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Fcmnjr. — Paiue size. Dull blue, obscured by pale fuscous; on arc 

 of primaries a faint stroak ; hind niaryin of secondaries bordered by 

 indistinct brown oval spots. 



Tnder side clear drab; all the lunules and spots distinct and not 

 edtred with white. 



Three % , one 9 , from California. H. Edwards. 



Lyc.-ena Viaca, n. sp. 



M<ilr. — -Kxpands \.\ inch. Upper side pruinose blue with a nic. 

 tallic lustre, somewhat obscured by fuscous on secondaries; bind mar. 

 <iin of primaries largely bordered by fuscous, of secondaries narrowly; 

 fringes of primaries white, black at ends of nervnles, of secondaries 

 white. TJnder side grey brown mottled with calcareous white; prima- 

 ies have a submarginal series of brown lunules, not distinct apically ; a 

 median mw of large round black spots, the first four from costa form- 

 ing an arch, the fifth much anterior to fourth and widely separated 

 from it; the si.xth duplex; all edged with white; on the arc a sub- 

 reniform black spot and one nearly similar in cell. 



Secondaries have a submarginal series of brown lunules; a median 

 sinuous row of round black spots, less (jonspicuous than those of pri- 

 maries, except the first, fourth and last; the second, fifth, sixth and 

 seventh half the size of the first ; on arc an indistinct bent streak; a 

 small black spot in cell, a large one on costa and a third below cell; 

 fringes beneath on both wings cut by brown. 



Body abnve blue, beneath, thorax blue grey; legs back and white; 

 palpi white, black at tip and on upper side; antenna? annulated black 

 and white; club black, tip fulvous. 



From collection of Mr. Henry Edwards. Taken in the Sierra 

 Nevada, Cal. 



LycvEna Ardea, n. sp. 



Mtdc. — Expands 0.95 inch. Upper side violet blue, grey blue 

 when seen obli(juely; hind margin of primaries very narmwly edged 

 by fuscous; of .secondaries by a black line; fringes long, white. 



Under side fawn color, secondaries tinted with blue at base ; prima- 

 ries have a large black reniform discal spot, edged with white ; an 

 imperfect transverse median row of four black dots, surrounded by 

 white, those at either extremity obsolete; faint traces of a submarginal 

 series of brown lunules. Secondaries have traces of a similar series, 

 still less distinct; no median spots; a large white patch onarc. 



