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white dots at the insertion of the antennae. Thorax and abdo- 

 men concolorous with the wings, the latter paler beneath. Tarsi 

 ringed with white ; hairs at base of legs bluish. Antennae with 

 white rings, club black, with the apex dull orange. 



Exp. wings i.oo inch, i S . 



Mendocino Co., Cal. Mr. O. Baron. 



Type. Coll. W. H. Edwards. 



Lyc/Ena speciosa, Hy. Edw. 



I had the pleasure of describing the S of this beautiful little 

 species in the Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc, Dec. 1876, but as that publi- 

 cation may not be accessible to the readers of Papilio, I copy 

 the original description, and through the kindness of Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards, am enabled to add that of the ? also, two specimens 

 {S ? ) of this apparently rare butterfly having recently been taken 

 in S. California by Mr. H. K. Morrison. 



S " Pale silvery blue, somewhat the color of L. nielissa, Edw., 

 with the extreme margins black. Fringes, very broad, clear white, 

 cut very distinctly by black at the ends of the nervules. Under- 

 side, pale silvery gray, with a very minute round black spot on 

 the costa, and a series of five round sub-marginal and one oblong 

 central spots arranged almost in circular form on the disc. There 

 is also a distinct oblong discal spot, and a smaller round one on 

 the internal margin. The whole of the spots on the primaries are 

 comparatively large, very distinct, and jet black, without white 

 margins. The secondaries have one basal dot, a minute discal 

 point and a sub-marginal row of seven small black spots, also 

 without white margins. Fringes, as in the upper side. Antenna;, 

 with the club unusually large, and the shaft distinctly annulated 

 with white. Thorax and abdomen, blackish above, silvery be- 

 neath. 



Exp. of wings, 0.70 inches. 



Havilah, Kern County, R. H. Stretch, (i <5 Coll. Hy. Edw.) 



I should have hesitated to describe this exquisite specie 

 from a single specimen, but the peculiar arrangement of the 

 spots on the lower side of the primaries, its extremely small size, 

 and the broad and distinctly black and white fringes serve abun- 

 dantly to distinguish it from any other form with which I am ac- 

 quainted." Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc. 1876. 



? Upper surface, dull smoky black, with the fringes white, 

 alternated with black, and some bluish scales at base of wings, and 

 sides of thorax and abdomen. Under side, pale silvery grey, 

 with brownish irrorations, internal margin of primaries broadly 

 blackish. The spots on the forewings are unusually large and 

 very clearly defined. 



I think this .«pecies should be placed near to Lye. Regia, Bois. 



