228 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



mountains of Central California to far into British America, and 

 east to the Rocky Mountains of Montana. 



385. Lycaena Amyntula. 



Plate XXIX ; Figures 385 b, c. 



Fig. 385, Male, Riche Canyon, S. Cal., March 29, 1880; 

 Author. 



b, Female, Portland, Oregon, May 3, 1891 ; Author. 



c. Female, underside, Tenino, Washington, May, 



20, 1 891 ; Author. 

 Amyntula is spread over all the West Coast States, from Mex- 

 ico to Juneau, Alaska, and very likely still further north than 

 Juneau, perhaps to the Arctic Circle. In the south Amyntula lays 

 its eggs on the young seed-pods of Astragalus crotolarae, and when 

 the larvae hatch, they eat their way into the pod and live there 

 secreted till mature, if there are enough immature seeds there to 

 suffice; if not, they come out and enter another pod and seal the 

 aperture behind them. When mature, they come out to pupate 

 in rubbish on the ground. 



386. Lycaena Herri. 



No figure. 

 This is a variety of Amyntula, from Arizona, differing from 

 type in having a black margin on the wings of the male, and the 

 female has a narrow black band instead of the usual dark area on 

 fore wings, and on under side of both sexes the markings are all 

 heavier than on the type. 



387. Lycaena Annetta. 



No figure. 

 Annetta is from Utah, and is unknown from the Coast States 

 proper, or from any other locality than Utah ; it is therefore rather 

 a Great Basin species than a Coast States form. The male is bright 

 lustrous blue, resembling the male of Melissa, and the female is 

 lighter or paler, having around the margins of all wings a whitish 

 appearance, and on hind wings are a series of dots similar to those 

 seen on the hind wings of Echo. 



388. Lycaena Lucia. 



No figure. 

 Lucia is a small winter variety or varietal form of Argiolus 

 which type I do not recognize on the West Coast, though four or 



