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NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



430. LYCAENA GLAUCON Edw. 

 Colorado Blue. 

 Size, small. Purplish blue, of the same shade as L. comyntas, black- 

 ish-bordered, which is of equal width on fore wings, wider on hind pair, 

 where there is a series of crescents, of these, two at inner angle are some- 

 what orange. Grayish brown beneath, tinted with blue at base of hind 

 wings. There is a double row of marginal brown spots, the outer cres- 

 cent-shape, and indistinct on fore wings, but larger on hind pair, while 

 the space between tde two lines is orange. There is a bent bar at end 

 of cell, two spots between cell and upper margin, a third near base, and 

 one below cell. Female, brown above with a marginal row of brown 

 spots partly enclosed with orange. Expands .95. 



a b c u e f 



Illustrating the genus Chrysophanus ; a, upper side, hind wing, helloides; b, upper side, fore 

 wing, fasciata; c, adrienne : e, same cpixanthe : f, antennae of same ; d, lower Bide, rubidus. 



431. LYCAENA BATTOIDES Behr. 



Behr's Blue. 

 Size, small. Dark violet blue above, dusky-margined and smoky- 

 fringed. Yellowish gray beneath, with a bar at end on each cell with 

 a central and sub-marginal line of spots, the latter having each spot sur- 

 mounted by a crescent, and the space between the spot and crescent is 

 yellowish and there is a spot in cell of fore wing. Expands 1.00. Hab- 

 tat, California, Nevada, and Colorado. 



432. LYCAENA SHASTA Edw. 

 Shasta Blue. 

 Size, small. Violet blue above, tinged with pinkish , broadly dusky- 

 margined and broAvn-fringed. There is a broad spot at end of each cell ; 

 and two or three dusky spots near inner angle of hind wings, the second 

 surmounted by a pale yellow crescent. Grayish white beneath, spots at 

 end of cells repeated, and there is one dusky spot in cell on fore wing, 

 and three in that on hind pair. Central line of spots dusky, and there 

 is a fainter sub-marginal line on fore wing, each spot surmounted by a 

 faint crescent. On hind wings is a bordering line of small metallic blue 

 spots, each of which is surmounted by a dusky crescent. Female brown 

 above, with an extra line of yellow crescents on inner angle of hind wings. 



