ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



[Jan., '14 



A new Lycaena from Arizona (Lep.) 

 By VICTOR L. CLEMENCE, Pasadena, Cal. 



Lycaena florencia, new species. 



Expanse, 15 to 24 mm. 



$ Upperside: Light violet blue (blue violet No. 487*), lighter to- 

 wards the costa and veins ; fimbriate black border on all wings, fringes 

 white. 



Underside : Ground color greyish-white, spots similar to hanno, only 

 very much less intense; secondaries, spots also like hanno excepting 

 for the metallic marks which are distributed in the new species as fol- 

 lows : The black eye-spot has a metallic half-circle on the outer side ; 

 a round, black spot covered with metallic scales above and two such 

 spots, but smaller, below. 



$ Upperside: Mouse color, dusted with sky-blue scales from the 

 base outwardly ; secondaries are dusted in the same way, the anal 

 spot of secondaries showing through indistinctly in both males and 

 females. 



Underside : Same as male. 



Habitat: Southern Arizona (Huachuca Mountains, May 

 and June, Clemence) ; Brawley, Imperial Valley, California, 

 May ; Yuma, Arizona, June, W. G. Wright. 



Types: 2 males, 2 females, from a series of 14 specimens 

 in the collection of V. L. Clemence. 



Comparing Lycaena florencia with hanno, its nearest relative, 

 the following comparative table will enable students to readily 

 separate these two species : 



florencia. 



Size : 15 to 24 mm. 



$ Upper side : Light violet blue 

 No. 487. A black fimbriate bor- 

 der. Slight reflection of anal spot 

 from under side. 



9 Upper side : Mouse color 

 dusted with sky-blue scales. 



Under side $ $ : Even light 

 gray, spots very light brown. 



Four metallic spots. 



hanno. 



Size : 18 to 27 mm. 



$ Upper side : Bright purplish 

 blue (Holland). Very wide black 

 border. A distinct black anal spot. 



$ Upper side : Dark purplish 

 blue (Holland). 



Under side $ $ : Brownish gray 

 with broad dark border. Spots 

 dark brown and black. 



Two metallic spots. 



*Klincksieck et Valette, Code des couleurs, 1908. 



