12 WEEKS — -SOME UNDESCRIBED BUTTERFLIES [ Vol. 111° 



General ground color of upper surface dark brown. 



One quarter distance from apex to base of fore wing are three minute white 

 spots at right angles to costa. In next lower interspace is a larger white spot 

 nearer to hind margin. In next lower interspace is a still larger white spot, situ- 

 ated not under the other but nearly touching discoidal space. Below this and 

 still nearer base, under the outer end of discoidal space, is another white spot, 

 the largest of all, nearly square, its lower portion extending outward somewhat 

 toward hind magrin. In the discoidal space is an oblong longitudinal white 

 mark, its outer point touching the last-mentioned white spot. Below these, in 

 centre of lower third of wing is a similar longitudinal white mark resting on the 

 lower nervule. Hind margin is dark brown without markings. 



Under side of fore wing presents the same white spot, but ground color is a 

 shade darker. The costa is of a lighter shade than ground color. The second- 

 mentioned "white mark " of upper side is replaced by a silvery dash of some- 

 what larger area. The interspaces at hind margin, excepting the three lower 

 ones, bear a triangular dash of grayish not at all prominent. 



Under side of hind wing is somewhat darker than fore wing. The nervures 

 and nervules are grayish. There is a small white spot in subcostal space, one 

 quarter inch from base, and another of similar size in end of discoidal space. 

 The two upper interspaces have an indistinct clash of gray scales, one third dis- 

 tance from upper angle to base, which are repeated in lower interspaces, but 

 are placed nearer hind margin. The triangular dashes of gray in the inter- 

 spaces of fore wing at hind margin are duplicated. The inner margin is 

 lighter brown than ground color. 



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The specimen which I describe has been submitted to Prof. 



K. T. Owen, Mr. E. M. Aaron, Dr. Henry Skinner, Dr. Herman 

 Strecker, and has been compared with the collections of Godman, 

 Druce, Hewitson, the British Museum, etc. It was taken by Mr. 

 M. Abbott Frazar in 1888. 



Lycaena maritima sp. nov. 



Habitat: Lower California. Expanse: 1. 00 inches. 



Head black above, grayish underneath. Palpi grayish, black-tipped. An- 

 tennae black, with white annulations at base of each joint. Club black, with 

 whitish tip. Thorax covered with bluish gray hairs above and beneath. Abdo- 

 men black above, gray beneath. Legs gray. 



Fore wing and hind wing the same, being entirely deep sky blue with consid- 

 erable lustre. Hind and inner margins fringed with bluish hairs. Hind mar- 



