NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 1G7 



is a marginal series of buif spots, preceded l)y a wavy line of the same 

 color, all on white ground. There is a central row of brown spots, on 

 fore wings, eight and large; on hind wings, seven and small ; a bar at 

 end of each central cell. Expands .90. 



441. LYCAENA FILENUS Poey. 



Southern Blue. 

 Size, small ; tails, present. Violet blue above, of the same shade 

 as L. comvntas, narrowly black-boixlered, and with a black dot on outer 

 margin of hind wing, nut far frum inner angle. Beneath ashy, white- 

 fringed; there is a double series of marginal crescents bluish white, then 

 a central row of dusky spots, bluish white-encircled ; a dusky white-edged 

 crescent at end of each central cell and four white- ringed black spots 

 near base of hind wing, the three upper larger and very dark. The 

 spot seen above near inner angle of hind wing is black, orange-ringed 

 and sprinkled Avith green metallic atoms on the outer edge, Fig. H-t, b. 

 Female, bro^vn above, tinged with bluish. Expands .75 to .95. Habi- 

 tat, Gulf States. 



442. LYCAENA AMMON. 

 Florida Blue. 

 Similar above to L. filenus, but the white fringe is cut by the black 

 veins. Beneath, also similar to filenus, but differs in having the space 

 between the outer and middle bands of spots white, broadest on hind 

 wings, and there are two black spots near inner angle of hind wings both 

 ringed with metallic blue scales and the one nearest the angle is sur- 

 mounted with an orange crescent. Female differs in having a border 

 of black on upper and outer border of both wings, and a marginal scries 

 of blue crescents on hind wings ; there are two black spots near inner 

 angle, the second surmounted by an orange crescent. Expands 1.05. 

 Habitat. Cuba and South-eastern and Southern Florida. 



440. LYCAENA THEONUS Luc. 

 "West Indian Blue. 

 Size and general coloration of L. filenus, but differs in having- no 

 black spot on hind wings above, but all on the markings below show 

 through. The marginal markings beneath, are similar to those of file- 

 nus, but within these are about six rather broad dusky bands, the third, 

 fifth, and sixth, counting from base on f jre wing, reach only half across 

 wing, and the first within the marginal bands on hind i»air are promi- 

 nent on the center only, thus leaving white spaces on both wings. On 

 inner angle of hind winss are two black spots, encircled Avith green met- 



