204 W. H. Edward's Descriptions of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



taken at Newburgh have the borders, but not the patch, and both are 

 mottled with white. 



(The period of Lucia is probably considerably later relatively than violacea. 

 Those from Newburgh were taken about the 25th May, some weeks after the 

 blooming of the peach trees, with which, in Kanawha, violacea is cotemporary. 

 The latter is the earliest butterfly of the sjiring. The former is preceded by 

 several species.) 



I think, therefore, it will not be doubted that violacea is a distinct 

 species. How widely it may be distributed I have not yet the means 

 of knowing. Probably it will be found in Ohio and the lower Middle 

 States. 



LYCiENA Psetjdargiolus, Bois'l. and LeConte. 

 Argiolus, Abbot and Smith. 



Male. Expands 1 T 4 (7 inch. Upper side delicate pale blue, with a 

 pink tinge; costa of primaries silvery ; hind margins edged by a black 

 line, which rarely is expanded on the apical half of primaries into a 

 border ; fringes black and white on primaries, white on secondaries. 



Under side white, sometimes pure but oftener with a greyish tinge ; 

 the spots and markings are pale black or brown, and often nearly or 

 quite wanting; when distinct, primaries have a discal streak, a trans- 

 verse row of six spots, mostly elongated, the 3rd, 4th aud 5th turned 

 obliquely, the 6th frequently wanting; a marginal row of dots, each 

 preceded by a serrated tooth. 



Secondaries have three dots in a transverse row near the base ; a dis- 

 cal streak ; a row of eight minute spots across the disc, the two next 

 costa much in advance of the others, the next four and the 8th nearly 

 parallel to the margin, the 7th back of the line ; the margin border- 

 ed by a row of black points, each preceded by a serrated tooth as on 

 primaries. 



Body above blue, below white ; palpi black above, white below, 

 tipped with white ; antennae black, ringed with white ; club black 

 tipped with ferruginous. 



Female. Same size. The apical half of costal margin and the 

 whole of hind margin of primaries and costal of secondaries broadly, 

 and basal half of primaries narrowly, edged with blackish ; the rest 

 of primaries metallic violet-blue, (sometimes lilac or green), except a 

 large whitish patch on the disc; secondaries a duller blue, not metal- 

 lic, the hind margin edged iwith a row of small, rounded, blackish spots. 



Under side purer white than the average of males. 



Found occasionally in great numbers on the Kanawha River, West 

 Virginia, in the mouths of May and June, (after violacea has disap- 



