90 LYC^NA. 



" Male.— Expands 1.4 inch. Upper side pruinose blue with a niitallic lustre, somewhat olisoured bv fijscous on eccondaries ; hind 

 margin of primaries largely bordered bv fusious, of secondaries narrowly ; fringes of primaries white, black at end of nervules, of sec- 

 ondaries white. Under side grey brown mottled with calcareous white ;" primaries have a suli-marginal .series of brown lunulcs,'not dis- 

 tinct apically ; a median row of large round black spots, the first four from costa forming an arch, the fifth much anterior to fourth and 

 widely separated frcjm it ; the sixth duplex ; all edged witli white ; on the arc a .sub-rcniform lilack spot and one nearly similar in cell. 

 Secondaries have a suli-marginal scries of brown lunulcs ; a median sinuous row of round black spots, less conspicuous than those of pri- 

 maries, except the first, fourth and last ; the second, fifth, sixth and seventh half the size of the first ; on arc an indistinct lient streak ; a 

 small black spot in cell, a large one on costa and a third below cell ; fringes beneath on both wings cut bv brown. Body above blue, 

 beneath thorax blue grey ; legs black and white ; palpi white, black at tip and on upper .side ; antenna- anniilated black and white ; club 

 black, tip fulvous. From collection H. Edwards. Taken in the Sierra Nevada, Cal." 



S./EPIOLUS, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 297, (1852). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 36, (1872). 



Folyommatux Sa:piohi.s, Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (1860); Syn. I^pp. X. Am.', p. 88, (1862). 

 Cupirlo Sirjjiolus, Kirhy, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 373, (1871). 

 Expands IJ, inch. Male, above, gi-eenisli blue not very lustrous; a discal mark on primaries; blackish 

 borders at exterior margins, broadest on primaries; fringe white. Female dark brown. Under surface in 

 both sexes grey with diseal, mesial and sub-marginal spots as in allied species. California, not scarce. 



♦fLoRQUiNi, Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc, A^ol. Ill, p. 280, (1867). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 36, (1872). 

 Cupido Lorquini, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 377, (1871). 

 " California." I do not know this species ; the name, at any rate, must give way, as Dr. Herrich-Schaetfer 

 has already employed it in 1850 for a Mediterranean species.*) 



♦fD^DALUS, Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc, Vol. Ill, p. 280, (1867). Edwards, Svn. N. Am. Butt., p. 36 (1872) 

 Cujndo Da'dalus, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 366, (1871). " ' 



" California." Unknown to me. 



(PL. X, F. 17, ,f .) 



Gorgon, Boisduval, (Po/iyomj«a<us G.) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 292, (1852). Morrit, Qui. Lep N Am p 12 

 (1860) ; Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 86, (1862). ' ' 



Lyccena Gorgon, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 343, (1871). 

 Chrysophanus Gorgon, Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 33, (1872). 

 One of the largest N. American species ; I have not yet seen the female, but Boisduval says : " Upper 

 side of female dull brown, spotted with fulvous, as in the allied species but of a paler tint." California, rare. 



Epixanthe, Boi.sdnval & Leconte, [Polyommat'm E.) Lep. Am. Sept., p. 127, t. 38, (1833). Morris, Cat. Lep. 

 \. Am., p. 12, (1860); Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 85, (1862). Moschler, Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 114, 

 (1870). Staudinger, Cat. Eur. Lep., p. 8, (1871). 

 lyycama Epixanthe, Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg., Flint's Ed., p. 274, (1862). Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep. 

 p. 343, (1871). ' * 



Chrysophanus Epixanthe, Edwards, Syn. X. Am. Lep., p. 32, (1872). 

 ? Lycwna Dorcas, Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am., Vol. IV, p. 299, t. 4, (1837). W. F. Kirby, Cat. Diurnal 

 Lep., p. 343, (1871). 

 Polyommatus Dorcas, Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (1860); Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 90, (1862). 

 Chrysophanus Dorcas, Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 32, (1872). 

 Size of Phla;as. Male, upper surface primaries dark brown, glossed with purple on discs, edge of costa 

 orange; a black discal spot, another within the cell, and sometimes a third one between this latter and the in- 

 terior margin. Secondaries, a black di.scal mark, midway between this and the exterior margin are two small 

 spots; a small orange spot at anal angle continued in one or two more or less dimly defined lunules ; fringe 

 smoky. Female more of a reddish cast on the discs, no purple reflections ; in addition to the spots of the male 

 there is on the primaries an irregular mesial row of nearly confluent black spots ; secondaries also with mesial 

 row of like spots ; fringes white. Under surtiice both sexes yellowish, spots on primaries arranged as above 

 with the addition of a row of sub-marginal spots, the three nearest inner angle distinct, the others scarcely dis- 

 cernable. Secondaries have the spots of upper surface represented by mere black points or dots, a connected 

 row of orange sub marginal lunules, the four nearest the anal angle brightest. Labrador, Canada, New Eng- 

 land Sttitcs and New York. Kirby's figure of i)orca.s agrees exactly with Epixanthe ?, and the wonder Is 

 that their identity was not long ago discovered. I give below the short description of Dorcas that commences 

 Kirby's article ; this is followed in the Fauna Am. Bor. by another, much longer, but in part more obscure 

 diagnoses, which want of space will not allow of in.sertion here: 



" Dorcas Lycoena, wings above brown-feiruginous dotted and spotted with black ; beneath tawney ; primaries with black spots and 

 crescents ; secondaries obsoletely dotted with black ; marked at apex with obsolete oviinge crescents. Expansion of wings 1 inch Taken 

 in Lat. 54°." 



*)Lycsena Lorquinii, Herr.-Sch., Schmetl. Fur. I, f. 442-444, (1850); VI, p. 25, (1852). 



