NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 165 



Expands l.CO. Found from California to Oregon, also in Utah, Neva- 

 da, Montana, and Kansas. 



433. LYCAENA INIELISSA Edw. 



Yellow-spotted Blue. 

 Violet blue above, bordered by a black line and -white-fringed. Pale 

 gray beneath, bordered as above ; there is a sub-marginal line of bluish 

 spots, within this a line of orange spots, dusky-edged inwardly, then a 

 line of black spots; a bar at end of each central cell, one in cell on hind 

 wings, and one above and one below it. Female brown above, with a 

 marginal series of black spots, within which is a series of orange cres- 

 cents, partly enclosing spots. Expands 1.20 ts 1.25. Found in Arizo- 

 na, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, INIontana, and Kansas. 



434. LYCAENA ACMON Doubl-Hewt. 

 AciMON Blue. 

 Violet blue above, edged with a black line ; on hind wings is a row 

 of black sub-marginal spots, succeeded inwardly by a narrow band of 

 orange. Fringe, white ; female brown above, with the orange sub-mar- 

 ginal band. Pale blue beneath, with a sub-marginal band of dots, each 

 surmounted by a small inwardly black-edged crescent ; there is a central 

 line of dots, a bar at end of central cells, one in cell on hind pair, and 

 one above it, and one on upper border, near middle. Expands .75 to 1.00. 

 Found from California to Washington, and from Arizona to Montana. 



435. LYCAENA COMYNTAS Golt. 

 Tailed Blue. 

 Size, small; one tail on hind wings. Deep blue above, with violet 

 reflections, dusky bordered, (female Avholly dusky) the border being of 

 about equal width on both wings. There is a marginal series of black 

 dots the two first, near tail, being surmounted by an orange crescent. 

 Fig. 54, a. Whitish beneath, margined Avith a double black line, then 

 a line of black dots followed by a line of crescents, then a central line 

 of spots, a line at end of each cell, a spot in cell of hind wing, and one 

 above, and below it ; all spots are pale and white-ringed. The spots and 

 orange crescents on inner angle are repeated, but the former are black, 

 and are ringed with metallic gold. Expands LOO to 1.20. Found, 

 from the Atlantic States to the Rocky Mountains, and in Colorado. 



