168 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



allic atoms, and ringed with pale yellow, Fig. 54, c. Expands .90 to .95. 

 Habitat, West Indies, Key West, and Sanford, Florida. 



444. LYCAENA MARINA Reak. 

 ]\Iarina Blue. 

 Similar to L. theonus, but is larger, and all of the bands beneath 

 cross the wings excepting the seventh and eighth. Expands .85 to 1.05. 

 Found in Southern California Southern Colorado, and Arizona, 



445. LYCAENA ISOPHTHALMA Herr-Schaeff. 



Dwarf Blue. 

 Size, very small. Yellowish brown above, with a marginal line of 

 black dots on hind wings. Paler beneath, with both wings crossed with 

 six or seven rows of elongated white dots or short lines, and at base, by 

 a row of rings. On outer margin of hind wings, in a buff field, are six 

 black spots edged outwardly by golden metallic atoms. Expands .75. 

 Found in Florida and Georgia. Fig. 54, d. 



446. LYCAENA EXILIS Bd. 



Pigmy Blue. 

 Size, exceedingly small. Generally similar to L. isophthalma, but 

 differs in being more reddish brown above. Beneath, the base of fore 

 wings is plain brown with no markings and there are three dusky dots 

 in base of hind wings, no rings. White markings as in isopthalma, 

 but the sub-marginal space on hind wings is white, the first sub-margi- 

 nal dot at inner angle is double, and covered with greenish metallic atoms, 

 and the two at outer angle are also covered with metallic green, others 

 black, greenish on outer side only. Expands .50 to .75. Found in Cal- 

 ifornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, and Florida. 



Family V. HESPERIDAE. The Skippers. 



Size, small to medium. Legs, six. Antennae, with 



CLUB usually hooked TERMINALLY. FlIGHT, RAPID, AND SPHINX- 

 LIKE. 



GENUS LIV. CARTEROCEPHALUS. PIGMY SIvIPPERS. 

 Size, smalL Colors brown, orange sj)otted above. 

 Fore wings, long and triangular; liind wings, short and 

 rounded. Terminal process of clul) of antennae, hooked. 

 Type, G. mandan. (Plate X. 2.) 



