158 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



410. LYCAENA ARDEA Edw. 



Heron Blue. 

 Size, small; no tails. Violet blue above, dusky-bordered on fore 

 wings and black-lined on hind pair ; white-fringed. Yellowish white 

 beneath, bluish at base of hind wings. On fore wings is an imperfect 

 line of four white-ringed black spots and a sub-marginal line of faint 

 brown crescents. At end of cell is a black spot ; a white patch at end 

 of cell on hind pair, and the spottings are faintly indicated. Expands 

 .95. Found in Nevada. 



411. LYCAENA KODIAK Edw. 



KoDiAK Blue. 



Medium size: no tails. Dull violet blue above, white-fringed and 

 narrowly dusky bordered. Yellowish white beneath ; there is a white- 

 edged dusky bar at end of central cell on both wings, a common line of 

 dusky spots, and a sub-marginal line of fainter spots ; on hind pair a spot 

 on cell and one on upper border. Female, dusky 'above, blue at base. 

 Expands 1.25 to 1.30. Found at Kodiac, Alaska. 



412. LYCAENA XERXES Bd. 

 Xerxes Blue, 

 Medium size ; no tails. Blue above, (female grayish brown) white- 

 fringed, paler beneath ; a white spot at end of each central cell and a 

 wavy sub-marginal line of white spots. All spots are pupilless. Ex- 

 pands 1.12. Was formally found in San Francisco, California, but 

 supposed to be extinct. 



413. LYCAENA ANTIACIS Bd. 



Occelated Blue. 



Size, rather small ; no tails. Violet blue above, with a slender black 

 margin, white-fringed. Ashy gray beneath, with a line of black points, 

 broadly white-ringed; there is a crescent at end of cell and two dots in 

 it, all white ringed. Female blackish above. Expands 1.10. Found 

 in California, Nevada, and Arizona. 



413a. Lycaena ANTIACIS BEiiRii Edw. Glossy lilac blue above, 

 silvery on upper margin of fore wings. Uniform bluish gray beneath; 

 edge of outer margin dark brown, white-lined. On fore wings is a bar 

 at end of cell, outside which is a row of six black spots broadly white- 

 ringed. On hind wings is a small white spot on upper margin, a bar at 

 end of cell, and a double row of small round spots, white-ringed, and 

 three S}>ots near lower margin. 



