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421. LYCAENA RUSTIC A. 

 Rustic Blue. 

 Similar to L. podarce, but l)luer above, with the marginal band of 

 spots on hind wings above wanting ; less ashy beneath, with the two spots 

 in central cell of hind wings absent. Expands 1.15. Habitat, Colora- 

 do and British America. 



422. LYCAENA ENOPTES Be. 



Dotted Blue. 

 Violet blue above, rather widely black-bordered, black-and-white- 

 fringed on fore wings, white on hind pair. Beneath, ashy white, with 

 a great number of black pale-ringed spots. On hind wings the two out- 

 er lines of dots are separated by a series of five yellow crescents. Found 

 in California, "Washington, and Arizona. 



423. LYCAENA ANNETTA Mead. 

 Axnett's Blue. 

 Blue above, white-fringed, silvery on upper margin of fore wings 

 near base. Pale bluish white beneath. On both wings is a marginal 

 series of small dusky spots, preceded by crescents, behind which on hind 

 wings is some yellowish, and a little on fore wings. On hind wings are 

 three or four spots near inner angle, which are covered by pale blue 

 metallic scales ; there is a dusky bar at end of each central cell. Fe- 

 male, brownish above, and yellowish beneath. Expands 1.05 to 1.25. 

 Habitat, Utah. 



424. LYCAENA ANNA Edw. 

 Anna's Blue. 

 Violet blue above, white-fringed. Whitish beneath, blue-tinted, 

 most strongly at base, thei;e is a very narrow black marginal line, a sub- 

 marginal series of dots, fjllowed closely by a line of small crescents, and 

 the space between them is pale orange.. There is a central band of dots, 

 a bar at end of each cell, a spot within cell on hind wing, and two above 

 it. Female, brown, with a marginal line of spots, which are partly en- 

 closed by a series of jtale orange crescents. Expands 1.15 to 1.25. 

 Found from California to Colorado, also in Oregon, Montana, and at 

 Belly River, British America. 



