1G2 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



425. LYCAENA PSEUDARGIOLUS. 



Common Blue. 

 Plate X, 2. 



Blue al)Ove with violet reflections ; fore wings narrewly edged with 

 black. Beneath, bluish white ; there is a marginal series of pale dusky 

 dots and crescents, a common band of black dots, a faint line at end of 

 each central cell, a spot in cell of hind wings, and a spot above and be- 

 low this ; spots white-ringed. Female, with fore Avings broadly bordered 

 with black, which is widest at apex, and there is a marginal series of 

 black dots on hind pair. Expands .00 to 1 .25. Habitat, Alaska ; Brit 

 ish America to Quebec, Anticosta, New England to Georgia. 



Lucia Kirby, is a winter f ji-m, appearing in Massachusetts the 

 last of April, in which the spots below are enlarged, and those on mar- 

 gin and middle are run together to a greater or less extent. Fig. 5-4, d. 



Marginata Edw., another winter form, appearing with lucia, and 

 in which the spots of the margin of hind wing only are fused together. 

 Found in Ontario, and from Quebec to Long Island and in Colorado. 



Violacea Edw., also a winter form, has the spottings below quite 

 distinct and prominent, never fused, and the color above is deep. Has 

 the same range as the type and is also found in Pennsylvania and West 

 Virginia. 



Nigra Edw., is a dimorphic form, colored below as in violacea, but 

 black above. Found in West Virginia and Colorado. 



Neglecta, is a summer form very pale above, with the hind wings 

 noticeably paler than the fore pair and the spottings below are very small. 

 Found in Ontario, Quebec, and from New England to West A^irginia, 

 and in Montana and Nevada. 



425a. Lycaena pseudargiolus cinerea Edw., is very small, ashy 

 below, where the spottings are inconspicuous. Expands .00 to LOO. 

 Found in Arizona. 



425b. Lycaena pseudargiolus arizonensis Edw. Deeper blue 

 above than in the type and a little more ashy below ; female, brownish 

 above. Found in Arizona. Expands L25. 



425c. Lycaena pseudargiolus piasus Bd., is a Pacific f3rm, very 

 bright violaceous above, ashy beneath, with the spottings very minute 

 and pale. Expands LIO. Habitat, California. 



425d. Lycaena pseudargiolus echo Edw., somewhat resembles 

 the Eastern form neglecta being very pale on both surfaces. Found in 

 California and Arizona. 



