62 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



I append to this paper full extracts from the account of the different 

 species of Cyaniris, as written several years ago for my book on New 

 England Butterflies, omitting only that of C. Pseudargiolus, as 1 had 

 nothing to add to Mr. Edwards' account in the " Butterflies of North 

 America." 



These considerations, and the hypothesis presently to be offered, show 

 that observations are needed in many different places upon the succession 

 of the broods of all the forms of Cyaniris. Fruitful results would surely 

 follow from a series of complete observations for a single season in such 

 separated localities as W. Virginia, Philadelphia, the Catskills, Albany, 

 Boston, the White Mts., Quebec, Montreal, London, Ont, Detroit, 

 Chicago, St. Louis, Lawrence, Ks., Denver, Col., and San Francisco — all, 

 excepting Denver and the mountains, places where there are resident 

 collectors. The present article is written for the purpose of drawing 

 attention to this point. 



In W. Virginia, three forms of Cyaniris appear : First, one (violacea) 

 of medium size, in which the spots on the under surface of the wings are 

 of medium size and distinct, and the marginal markings are cloudy 

 angular lunules ; in which some females are wholly brown above, and 

 others blue with a heavy brown border. Second, and later, one (Pscud- 

 argiolus) of large size, in which the spots on the under surface are 

 scarcely more than dots and very light, and the marginal markings are 

 cloudy angular lines ; in which all the females are blue above, but with a 

 dash of white in the middle of the fore wing. And third, occasionally, a 

 form (neglecta) almost wholly like the latter, but smaller. 



In Albany and London, which, zoologically speaking, are more 

 southerly stations than the vicinity of Boston (or, rather, situations more 

 accessible to southern influences), the second of the forms just mentioned 

 does not seem to have been recognized." As far as I am aware, the 

 females of the first (violacea) are always blue. 



In the neighborhood of Boston we have : First, a small species 

 (Lucia), in which the spots on the under surface of the hind wings are 

 very large, usually completely confluent and often suffusing nearly the 

 whole base of the wing, and the marginal markings tend to form a broad 

 band with serrate interior margin ; in which the females, always blue, have 

 seldom any trace of pale color on the upper surface of the fore wings. 



* Lintuer, however, eatalogues it from New York, 



