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Tlie spots on tlie outer margin of tlie wings are very faint, fading out 

 on the upper wings, and outside tlie scalloped line is a hand of brown- 





Lycieua pseudargiohis. Under side. 

 Fig. 3. Male. 



isli-gray lighter toward the apex of the upper wings. The row of 

 spots on the upper and the scattered spots on the lower wings are 

 not so sharply defined, hut are largei- than in Fig. 2. The thorax 



Lycsena psendaigiolus. Under side. 

 Fig. 4. Male. 



is darker gray and the abdomen is white. Fig. 4 is still stronger 

 marked ; the gray is a little darker than in Fig. 3. Outside the 

 scalloped line along the outer margin of the wings is a wide band 

 of brown enclosing black spots on the lower wings. The row of 

 spots on the upper wings are heavy and make a continuous line. 

 On the lower wings the scattered spots have widened until they 

 have coalesced, making a large patch of brown on the middle of the 

 wing. The thorax is dark gray, the abdomen white. The typical 

 female form is shown in Fig. 5. The wings are satiny blue, some- 

 what darker than in the male. Along the outer margin and extend- 

 ing half-way along the upper edge of the upper wing is a wide band 

 of black, strongest at the apex. The upper edge next the body is 



