930 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW EXdLAND. 



portion of tlie winss, on the fore wings as far iipwanl as ttie mitlille of tlie cell an'! out- 

 wartl to within the distance of the width of an interspace from the outer border, beyond 

 which it is dark or blackish brown ; the tip of tlie cell faintly marked by a transverse, 

 dnsky streak ; on the hind wings, excepting a broad, dark band on the costal margin, a 

 marginal thread of black on the outer border, and asubmarginal series of small, blackish 

 spots in the interspaces; the violet is not uniform in tint, becoming very gradually and 

 very slightly paler on the outer portion of the fore wings and bathed in a much paler 

 or whitish tinge over all but the basal half of the median area or over at least 

 the space between the middle subcostal and the median nervules; the inner margin 

 of the hind wings whitish ( ? ) ; fringe of fore wings more or less fuscous at the 

 extreme base, beyond whitish, abruptly and generally not very broadly interrupted 

 with blackish fuscous at the nervure tips, often and especially in the upper half of 

 the wing almost entirely blackish fuscous ; fringe of hind wings whitish, sometimes 

 entirely so, but more often obscured to a greater or less extent, especially below, 

 by fuscous and frequently interrupted abruptly and rather nari-owly with blackish 

 fuscous. 



Above (in the form lucia) nearly uniform bluish violet, scarcely in the least inclin- 

 ing to purplish, the central parts of the wings occasionally a very little paler, but the 

 hind wings seldom paler than the fore wings, the costal and br.anches of the subcos- 

 tal faintly marked with hoary violet, tipped faintly with fuscous, between which the 

 costal edge is hoary blue, tlie remainder being fuscous ; the outer border is edged as a 

 mere thread with blackish, infrequently expanding very slightly on the upper portion 

 of the fore wings, but never to the extent that occurs in the other species ((J) ; or a 

 little darker violet, inclining slightly more to purplish upon the whole of the hind 

 wings and on the lower bas.al portion of the fore wings, excepting the extreme base, 

 as far upward as the middle of the cell, and outward to within a distance from the 

 outer border equal to the width of an interspace on the lower portion of the wing, 

 and to a little greater distance above, in all of which it is dark fuscous; in the basal 

 half of the cell, the violet often extends to its upper limit and the tip of the cell is 

 marked by a dusky, transverse streak; the tint of the hind wings is as deep and 

 eipial as that of the fore wings; the outer border of the hind wings is edged 

 with a blackish thread, sometimes expanding minutely at the nervure tips, and is 

 followed by a submarginal row of small blackish spots ( ? ) ; the inner border of the 

 hinil wings is somcwliat paler; fringe of fore wings mostly blackish fuscous, 

 interrupted abruptly and either very narrowly or pretty broadly with pale or whit- 

 ish at the interspaces, below the median nervule often pale on the basal and fuscous 

 on the apical half; fringe of hind wings usually whitish, interrupted abruptly and 

 narrowly, more broadly below than above, with brownish fuscous; sometimes 

 almost wholly fuscous, though generally whitish above the middle subcostal 

 nervule. 



Beneath (in the form neglecta) uniform very pale ash gray, scarcely tinged with 

 pale bluish. Fore winijs with the apex of the cell marked by a slender, transverse, 

 obscure, pale fuscous streak edged faintly with pale; middle of the outer two-fifths 

 of the wing with a transverse, usually mostly obliterated series of pale, occasionally 

 dark, fuscous, very slender, short bars, arranged, so far as present, as in the other 

 forms; outer margin usually edged very faintly with a thread of pale fuscous, within 

 which is sometimes a submarginal series of faint, pale fuscous, small, round spots 

 and more frequently a series of slightly darker but still pale fuscous lunules, distant 

 by more than an interspace from the outer border, wanting or less distinct on the 

 upper half of the wing. Fringe white, narrowly and abruptly interrupted at the ner- 

 vure tips, on the apical half with dull fuscous. Hind winijs with a basal series of 

 three small, roundish, blackish spots, sometimes scarcely edged with pale, in the 

 costo-subcostal interspace, tlie middle of the lower half of the cell and the internal 

 interspace, the lowest frecjuently and the middle one occasionally absent; the lower- 

 most is situated at the middle of the basal half of the inner border and the three 

 fonn rather more than a right angle ; tlie tip of the cell is marked obscurely as in the 



