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372. Lycaena Oro. 

 No figure. 



This is said to be the Western form of the Eastern Lygdamus, 

 a species which flies from Michigan to Georgia. Lygdamus is 

 pecuHar in having one row of spots of same size on both fore 

 and hind wings, as is shown in the Figure 368, on this plate. 

 From what I know of it and of Oro, Oro is the same as Behri, 

 illustrated in Figure 368. 



373. Lycaena Sagittigera. 



Pl.^te XXIX ; Figures 373, b, c. 



Fig. 373, Male, Spokane, Washington, May 10, 1890; 

 Author. 



b, Female, Southern California, May 30. 1902 ; 



Author. 



c, Female, underside, Spokane, Wash., May 10, 



1890; Author. 



This elegant butterfly is so peculiarly marked that it cannot be 

 mistaken for any other. It is very wide-spread, but is larger and 

 finer at the north than at the south. 



The plant used to oviposit eggs upon is Lupinus. The eggs are 

 put upon the flower-buds, and doubtless the larvae feed on the 

 immature seeds. 



374. Lycasna Sonorensis. 



Plate XXIX ; Figures 374, b, a. 



Fig. 374, Male, Southern California, May, 1890; Author. 

 b, Female, Southern California, May, 1890; 



Author, 

 a, Male, underside, Southern California, May, 1890; 

 Author. 



This lovely little Lycaena is noted as being the most exquisite 

 "blue" that flies in America. I have taken it on the peninsula of 

 Lower California, where it is more plentiful than in any other 

 locality; in the State of California it flies as far north as Gilroy, 

 and to Yosemite, in the mountains. It is not abundant in any 

 locality except that it was plenty enough in Lower California. 



The eggs are oviposited on the leaves of cotyledon, and when the 

 larvae are hatched they eat their way into the interior of the thick 

 leaves and burrow therein until mature, when they come out to 



