Genus Lycsena 



the wings are smoky-gray, with all the black spots, which are 

 arranged as in the preceding species, greatly enlarged and quad- 

 rate, and a broad submarginal border of orange on the hind 

 wings. The female is like the male, but with more orange on 

 the upper side of the hind wings. 



Early Stages. — But little is, as yet, known of these. 



The insect ranges from California and Arizona to Colorado. 



(23) Lycaena shasta, Edwards, Plate XXXI, Fig. 23, 6 ; 

 Fig. 24, ? (The Shasta Blue). 



Btitterjfy.— The figures in the plate give a fairly good idea of 

 the upper side of this species in both sexes, though the male is 

 not quite so dark a blue as represented. On the under side the 

 wings have the usual black spots, on a dirty-gray ground, and, 

 in addition, on the hind wings there are a number of small mar- 

 ginal spots surmounted by metallic-colored bluish-green scales, 

 somewhat like those found in some species of the genus Thecla. 

 Expanse, i.oo inch. 



Early Stages. — So far as 1 know, these have never been de- 

 scribed. 



My specimens are all from Montana and Nevada. It is also 

 reported from northern California, Oregon, and Kansas, though I 

 question the latter locality. 



(24) Lycaena melissa, Edwards, Plate XXXI, Fig. 25, 5 ; 

 Fig. 26, ? (The Orange-margined Blue). 



Butterfly.— The male on the upper side is pale blue, with a 

 narrow black marginal line and white fringes. The female is 

 brown or lilac-gray, with a series of orange-red crescents on the 

 margins of both wings. On the under side the wings are stone- 

 gray, with the usual spots, and on the secondaries the orange- 

 colored marginal spots are oblong, tipped inwardly with black 

 and outwardly by a series of metallic-green maculations. Expanse, 

 .90-1.15' inch. 



Early Stages.— We know very little about these. 



It is found from Kansas to Arizona, and northward to Mon- 

 tana. 



(25) Lycaena scudderi, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 48, $ ; 

 Fig. 49, ? ; Plate V, Fig. 41, chrysalis (Scudder's Blue). 



Butterfly. — The commonest Eastern representative of the 

 group to which the preceding four or five and the following 

 three species belong. On the upper side the male cannot be dis- 



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