928 



Tin; BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENCILANI). 



81-82(1875); x: 1-U, lig. 80 (1S7S) ; Piip., iii : 

 85-97(188;!);— Krcnch, Rep. ins. III., v!i:15S 

 (1S78) ; Butt. east. U. S., 286-291, ligs. 78-80 

 (1886);— Mi(l(ll.,Kci>- '"«• W., x: 95 (1881);— 

 Fern. Butt. Me., 9fi-92. ti^'S. 29-31 (1884);— 

 Miiyn., Butt. N. E.. 39-40, pi. 6. figs. 49, 49a-b, 

 49ac-cc, 49d (18«6). 



Cupido pseudargiolus Kirl)., .Syn. cat. Lep., 

 371 (1871). 



riebeius pseudargiolus Kill)., .Syu. cat. 

 Lep., 6!):i (1871). 



Cyaniris pseudargiolus Scudd., Syst. rev. 

 Am. butt., 34 (1872);— Butt., 174-179, 308, figs. 

 34,35,148-152(1881). 



Cyaniris ladon l$ntl., Knt. anier., i: 53 

 (1885). 



CY.VNIUIS PSEUDARGIOLU.S LUCIA. 



The early spring northern form. 



Pidyommatus Incia Kirb., Faun. bor. am., 

 iv; 299-300, pi. 3, figs. 8-9 (1837) ; — Morr., 

 Syn. Lep. N. Am., 90-91 (1862);— Harr., Ins. 

 inj. veg., 3d ed.,275, fig. 106 (1862). 



Lyc-aena lucia Doubl., List. Lep. Brit, mus., 

 ii: 45 (1847) ;— Streck., Lep., 82-83 (1S74). 



Cyaniris lucia Scud(l.,.Syst. rev. Am. butt., 

 34 (1872) ; Can. ent., viii : 61-66 (1876). 



Lycaena pseudargiolus form lucia Edw., 

 Butt. N. Amer., ii, pi. Lye. ii, fig. 1, 1, 2, 2 

 (1884). 



Lycaena pseudargioltis form marginata 

 Edw , Butt. N. Amer., pi. Lye. ii, figs. 3, 4,4 

 (1884). 



CYANIRIS P.SEUnARGIOLUS VIOI.ACEA. 



The typical spring form. 



Lycaena violacea Edw., Proc. ent. soo. 

 Philad., vi: 201-204 (1866); Traus. Am. ent. 

 soc, i : 287 (1867) ; Butt. N. Am., i, Lye. i, figs. 

 1-4 (18G9). 



Cyaniris violacea Scudd., Can. ent., viii : 

 61-66 (1876). 



Cyaniris pseudargiolus var. violacea 

 Scudd., Bull. Butr. soo. nat. sc., iii: 114 (1876). 



Argus pseudargiolus Boisd.-LeC, L6p. 

 Am. sept.,pl. 36fig. 3(18;?3). 



Lycaena pseudargiolus form violacea 

 Eihv., Bnlt. N. Amer., ii, pi. Lye. ii, figs. 5,5, 

 6 (1884). 

 CYANIRIS PSEUDARGIOLUS VIOI.ACEA NIGRA. 



The dark male of the spring form. 

 Lycaena pseudargiolus form ni^ra Edw., 

 Butt. N. Amer., Ii, pi. Lye. ii, fig. 7 (1884). 



CYANIRIS PSEUDARGIOLUS NEGLECTA. 

 The summer form. 



Lycaena neglecta Edw., Proc. acad. nat. sc. 

 Philad., 1862,56 (1862) ; Butt. X. Am., i. Lye. 

 ii, figs. 4-6 (1870) ; — Saund., Can. ent., i : 100. 

 (1869) ;— Lintn., Can. ent., vii: 122-123 (1875); 

 Ent. contr., iv : 55-56 (1878) ;— Middl., Kep.ius. 

 111., x: 96 (1881). 



Cyaniris neglecta Scudd., Syst. rev. Am. 

 butt., 34 (1872) ; Can. ent., viii : 61-66 (1876). 



Lycaena pseudargiolus form neglecta 

 Edw., Butt. N. Amer., ii, pi. Lye. ii, figs. 10, 

 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15 (1884). 



Papilio argiolus Smith-Abb., Lep. ins. 

 Geo., 29-30, pi. 15 (1787) ;— Abb., Dr.aw. ins. 

 Geo. Brit, mus., xvi :57, 212 (ca. 1800). 



Polyonimatus argiolus Harr. , Hitchc. Rep., 

 590 (1833). 



Polyommatus pseudargiolus Gosse, Lett. 

 Alab., 144-145 (1857);— Harr., lus. inj. veg., 3d 

 ed.,274, fig. 105 (1862). 



Lycaena pseudargiolus Edw. Butt. N 

 Am., i, pi. Lye. ii, figs. 4r6, 2 pp. (1870). 



Lycaena pseudargiolus form pseudargio- 

 lus Edw., Butt. N. Amer., ii, pi. Lye. ii, figs. 

 8,9, 9, 18,19(1884). 



Polyimmatus deutargiolus Harr., MS., 

 Ent. corr., 165 (1869). 



Figured by Glover, III. N. A. Lep., pi. 28, 

 figs. 2-4; pi. A, fig. 14; pi. E, figs. 4,5; pi. F, 

 figs. 5,6; pi. G, tig. 10, iued. 



(Not Papilio argiolus Linn., but possibly 

 Pap. ladon Cram). 



Jiaitre avec le printemps, mourir avec les roses; 

 Sur I'aile dn zi^phyr uager dans uu eiel pur; 

 Balance sur le sein des flenrs h peine (5closes, 

 S'enivrer de parfums, de lumiiire et d'azur; 

 Secouant. jeune encor, la poudre de ses ailes, 

 S'envoler comme nn souffle aux vofltes iJteruelles, 

 Voilil du papillon le destin enchants. 

 II ressemble an diSsir, qui jamais ne se pose, 

 Et sans se satisfaire, elfleurant toute chose, 

 Retourne cufiu au ciel chercher la voluptiM 



Lamartlne. — Le Papillon. 



. . . thou art much too fair 

 To be death's conquest and make vrorms thine heir. 

 Shakespeare.— (SonneJ. 



Imago (6:1, 3-."., S, 12 ; 13 : 4, 7). Head covered M-ith black scales and hairs, with 

 a longitudin,al line of whitish hairs running down the middle of the front and summit, 

 furnished behind with a mass of forward reaching dark brown scales with a few inter- 

 mingled white ones upon them; sides, especially below, almost entirely white; eye 



