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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



124. Lyc^na Comyntas, Godt. 



Expanse of wings from .7 to 1 inch. 



Hind wings with one thread-like tail. The males are 



dark violet-blue above, with a narrow blackish outer 



border. Along the outer margin of 



^^^' ^^' ^^ ^'^ \\\vA wings are several black 



spots, and usually one or two orange 



crescents. The females are blackish 



brown, some specimens with bluish 



at the base, the black spots of the 



Lyc^na Comyntas left j^j^^^^ ^^j ^^^^^ obsCUre. 



wiugs, under sxae. o 



Under side whitish gray; both 

 wings with a double row of spots along the outer margin, 

 the inner row crescents ; between this and the cells a row 

 of black spots circled with white, the row on the hind 

 wings broken twice. There is also a bar at the end of 

 each cell, and on the hind wings a spot in the cell, and 

 one above. Near the anal angle are two or three orange 

 crescents, enclosing each a black spot with a circle of 

 silver scales. 



According to Mr. Edwards, the eggs of this species 

 are deposited on red clover and DesmocUum Marilandicum. 

 They are round, flattened, depressed at top, covered with 

 a frost-work of interlaced points. Color delicate green. 



The young larvse are .05 of an inch long, cylindrical, 

 of a yellowish color, except two rows of white points 

 along the back, and one near the base on each side. A 

 long, curved, white hair has its origin in each of these 

 points. Head black and shining, retractile, nearly as 

 large as joint 2. 



After the first moult they are .08 of an inch long, 



