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on lower margin. On hind wings are, a basal d(H, a minute point at end 

 of cell, and a sub-marginal line of seven small spots ; all spots black 

 without white edges. Female dull smoky above, with the white fringe 

 alternated with black, beneath there are some brownish overwashings 

 the lower margin of fore wing is bordered with blackish, and the spots 

 are large. Expands .70. Found in Southern California. 



418. LYCAENA SONORENSIS Feld. 

 Queen Blue. 

 Size, small. Blue above, black-bordered, a little more widely at 

 apex of fore wings. Fringes white, interrupted by black. Three black 

 spots on fore wings beyond central cell, and below them a bright scarlet 

 patch, inside which is a black dot ; a bar at end of cell. On hind wings 

 are three dots. Beneath, brown with a row of bluish-ringed black spots ; 

 a bar at end of both central cells, and one above it on hind pair. The 

 scarlet spot is divided. Female has the black spots larger and there is 

 a second scarlet patch on hind wings. Expands 1.10. Found at Los 

 Angelos and San Bernardo, California. 



419. LYCAENA PODARCE Feld. 

 Gray Blue. 

 Medium size ; no tails. Bluish gray above, white-fringed and dus- 

 ky-bordered; a light space in middle of both wings and a pale-ringed 

 crescent at the end of the central cells. On outer border of hind wings, 

 is a row of white-ringed black spots. Fig. o4, c. Very pale beneath, 

 dusky on basal half of both wings. There is a faintly indicated sub- 

 marginal band of white-ringed dots, a central row of dots, one at end of 

 each cell, two dots in cell of fore wings, in a white space, side by side, 

 one in cell of hind pair, and one above and one below it, these last four 

 white-ridged. Female brown above. Expands 1.15. Found in Cali- 

 fornia and Nevada. 



420. LYCAENA AQUILO Bd. 

 Arctic Blue. 

 Similar to L. podarce, but differs in being smaller, and darker be- 

 low, where thespottings are clearer. Expands 1.00. Found in Labra- 

 dor and Arctic America. 



