NORTH AMERICAN Bl'TTERFLIE?. 163 



42G. LYCAENA SCUDDERII Edw. 

 Scudder's Blue. 

 Similar to L. battoides but differs in having •wliite fringes above. 

 (Female brown above with a sub-marginal series of yellow crescents on 

 hind wings.) Gray beneath, not yellowish, there is no spot in central 

 cell of fore wing, and the sub-marginal series of crescents on hind pair 

 areedged inwardly with silver. Expands 1.12. Found in New York, 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Ontario, and Lake Lahaehe, British Columbia. 



427. LYCAENA AFPtA Edw. 

 Saskn Blue. 

 Size, small ; no tails. Deep blue above, dusky-margined, very broad 

 on fore wings ; yellow-fringed. There is a black streak at end of cen- 

 tral cell. Grayish below, with a common central line of minute black 

 spots, each white-edged. Streaks at end of cell repeated, but slighter, 

 and white-edgea. Expands .90. Found at Saskn, British America. 



428. LYCAENA LOTIS Lintn. 



LoTis Blue. 



Size,small; no tails. Violet blue above, black-bordered and white- 

 fringed. Gray beneath, spotted as in L. scudderi, differs in having the 

 black marginal spots on the hind wings covered with greenish metallic 

 scales, not bluish, and outside these is a series of orange cresents, in- 

 clined to be arrow-shaped. The female is uniformly brown above. Ex- 

 pands 1.25 to l.oO. Found in Mendicino, California. 



429. LYCAENA ASTER Edw 



Aster Blue. 

 Size, medium. No tails. Purplish blue above, silvery on upper 

 margin of fore wings, black-bordered and white-fringed. On hind wings 

 is a marginal line of white points. White beneath on fore wings, dusky- 

 bordered' There is a sub-marginal line of round black spots, a central 

 line of black dots crossing both wings. On hind wings are sub-margin- 

 al metallic spots, each surrounded with orange, and above these are black 

 crescents. There is a bar at end of each central cell, broadest on fore 

 •wings ; a dot in cell on hind wings, and one beluw it. Female, dusky 

 above with spots larger ; yellowish below, with spottings heavier. Ex- 

 pands 1.00 to 1.10. Habitat, Newfoundland. 



