Genus Lycaena 
the hind wings. On the under side the wings are gray or pale 
wood-brown, with greenish-blue at their base and a profusion of 
small black spots margined with white. Now and then the 
black spots are lost, the white margins spreading inwardly and 
usurping the place of the black. Expanse, .95-1.10 inch. 
Early Stages.— These await further study. 
The species ranges from British Columbia to Colorado. 
(9) Lycaena pheres, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 37, S ; Fig. 
42, $ , under side (Pheres). 
Butterfly.— The male is pale shining blue above, with dusky 
borders. The female is dusky, with a little blue at the base of 
the wings on the same .side. Below, the spots on the fore wings 
are strongly defined; on the hind wings they are white on a pale 
stone-gray ground. Expanse, 1.20 inch. 
Early Stages.—We know no more of these than we do of 
those of the preceding species. 
Pheres has nearly the same range as scepiolus. 
(10) Lycaena xerxes, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 43, $, under 
side (Xerxes). 
Butterfly.—The wings in both sexes are dusky above, shot 
with blue, more widely in the male than in the female. On the 
under side the wings are dark stone-color, with all the spots on 
both wings white, very rarely slightly pupiled with blackish. 
Expanse, 1.25 inch. 
Early Stages. — Unknown. 
The species is found in central California. 
(11) Lycaena antiacis, Boisduval, Plate XXX, Fig. 35, S , 
under side; Fig. 36, $ ; Fig. 41, $ (The Eyed Blue). 
Butterfly. —On the upper side the male is pale lilac-blue, the 
female dusky, heavily marked with blue at the base of the wings. 
On the under side the wings are deep, warm stone-gray. There 
is a single quite regular band of large-sized black spots on the 
fore wing beyond the middle, and a triply festooned curved band 
of similar spots on the hind wing. These spots are all margined 
with white. Expanse, 1.15-1.25 inch. 
Early Stages.—'These await description. 
The insect is found in California. 
(12) Lycaena couperi, Grote, Plate XXX, Fig. 34, $, undei 
side (Couper’s Blue). 
Butterfly. — The wings of the male above are pale shining blue, 
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