Dec., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 483 



gray tinge; lateral band also pale drab, with a pale purplish dorsal 

 border. 



This is a broader larva than anfiacis, and of a different ground 

 color, lacking entirely or in part the pale green of the former species. 



Pupa. Similar in size and form to that of antiacis, but the ground 

 color is darker, being wood-brown with paler meta-thorax and wing- 

 covers. The distribution of markings is the same as in antiacis, but 

 more obscure, thus giving it a more uniform coloration. 



The eggs and larvae of this insect were taken in Marin Co., 

 on the small annual blue lupine (L. micranthiis}. The eggs 

 are laid on the flower buds, or more rarely on the young leaves. 

 The -larvae feed upon the tenderer parts of the plant, and when 

 of large size eat through the wall of the pod and devour the 

 seeds. They are not very particular as regards food-plants and 

 will readily eat Lotus glabcr, Astragalus, and the large yellow 

 lupine. The single pupa obtained (June loth), 1907, disclosed 

 a male on March 22, 1908. 



Lycaena pheres Bdv. 



This, like the following "blue"' is an early summer species. 

 It was first described by Boisduval, and its habitat given as the 

 environs of San Francisco. This is therefore its typical hab- 

 itat, and as the food-plant of the larva is Lupinus cliainissonis, 

 a large maritime blue lupine, true pheres is to be found near the 

 sea in the vicinity of these plants, which are common on the 

 sand dunes. No larvae of this blue were reared, but the fe- 

 males were observed ovipositing on the densely tomentose 

 stems of the lupine, some distance below its summit, but always 

 in the vicinity of young leaves and sometimes upon them. The 

 insect flies in May and early June. 



There is undoubtedly some confusion as to what pheres 

 really is, and it is probable that it has a more restricted range 

 than it is accredited with. 



Lycaena icaroides Bdv. 



Commo'i in the region about San Francisco, having the same 

 habitat as behrii, but appearing much later. The larva like- 

 wise feeds upon Lupinus micranthus, but it could not be in- 

 duced to eat other legumes. 



