LYCAENA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 815 



L. icarioides Bsd. (= pardalis Behr, erymus B-sd., miiitha Edu\) (144 b) extremely resembles julla, icarioidcs. 

 above blue, towards the border somewhat darker; the under surface is more grey-brown, in the $ still darker; 

 in the basal area slightly dusted with blue, with a large, reniform discal spot which is obsolete on the hindwing; 

 the postdiscal row of eye-spots of the forewing is a straight line between the proximal margin and the upper 

 median vein, by wliich it differs from most of the other species; submarginally only one row of brownish puncti- 

 form spots, the fine black marginal line, being present otherwise, is absent here altogether. Rather rare in 

 South California. — f. maricopa Reik. is above brown with a violet lustre and obsolete roundish spots at the maricojia. 

 border of the hindwing, beneatii dark ashy-brown towards the base. 



L. daedalus Behr (144 b) is smaller, of a deeper and purer blue with broader black margins, the $ dcirrhiJiix. 

 is brown with red-yellow marginal bands which may attain a very considerable width. Beneath darker brown- 

 grey with the usual rows of eye-spots which are just as well developed on the hindwings as on the forewings; 

 the submarginal rows are double, on the hindwings in the middle more or less spotted orange. Common in 

 South California. 



L. Hilda Gnnnell is very near to daedalus, above lustrous deep blue with a broader black border hUda. 

 and a black reniform discal spot; at the anal angle of the hindwing some black spots; fringes snow-white. Under 

 surface on an ashy-grey ground marked thickly and sharply prominent, the postdiscal band forming an angular 

 semi-circle; at the anal angle of the hindwing there are only 3 small orange spots. The 9 is above brown with 

 narrower orange marginal bands. Expanse of wings: 25 to 32 mm. From San Bernardino (California). 



L. saepiolus Bsd. (= aehaja Behr, rufescens Bsd.) (144 b). The (^ has above a green lustre, a lighter sacjuolufi. 

 blue and a more broadly smoky border and apex, the 5 i^ tinged green-blue towards the base with orange marginal 

 liinae on the hindwing. The under surface is lighter, more brownish, marked like daedalus, but on an average with 

 smaller spots, at the border the orange colour is mostly absent. Pacific States, Rocky Mountains. 



L. amica Ediv. (= orbitulus Scudd. nee Prun.) (144 b) is above more silvery blue, at the margin amica. 

 brownish with a narrow straight discal streak of the forewing and white fringes. The under surface is lustrous 

 grey- white with rows of small spots; on the hindwing the postdiscal band runs almost straight, the small 

 brownish submarginal lunae are sometimes obsolete. From the Mackenzie River. Expanse of wings : 27 mm. 



L. pembina Edw. is closely allied to pheres (144 c), of a darker violet-blue, with the discal streak pembina. 

 of the preceding, the $ brown, towards the base bluish. The under surface is light brown-grey, towards the 

 base dusted lilackish with the same arrangement of spots as in the following species, but on the hindwing with 

 more distinct submarginal dark dots ending in the anal angle with a dark diffuse spot; also in the costal-marginal 

 area there are two black, white-ringed, small spots. British North America (Lake Winnipeg). 



L. pheres Bsd. (144 c) is larger, lighter blue than pembina, without the discal streak. The under pheres. 

 surface is characterized by the white diffuse spots on the light brownish-grey surface of the hindwing; — the 

 f. evius Bsd. is an alpine form from the Rocky Mountains. — Pacific States. evius. 



L. phileros Bsd. (= helios Edw.) is in its exterior very much like icarioides (144b); it is smaller, phileros. 

 above more violet-blue, beneath of a purer ashy-grey; the white discal spot of the hindwing has the shape of 

 a heart like in the European icarus. The $ is brown, with a blue-violet tinge towards the base and with small, 

 obsolete, red-yellow marginal spots of the hindwing. California, Arizona. 



L, ardea Ed^w. The ,^ is above violet-blue to grey-blue with a very narrow dark marginal band in ardm. 

 the forewing and a dark marginal line in the hindwing, as well as white fringes. Under surface fawn-coloured 

 the base of the hindwing bluish. The forewing exhibits a large, reniform, black, white-bordered discal spot, an 

 incomplete postdiscal row of 4 spots and traces of a submarginal row of small brown lunae; on the transverse 

 vein of the hindwing a large white diffuse spot, the postdiscal spots are absent altogether. Expanse of wing : 

 24 mm. Nevada. 



L. kodiak Edw. (144 c) is a smaller species, the ^ above dark blue, with a very narrow black kodlak. 

 border, the V of a plain dark brown. Beneath the forewings are grey-brown with the usual though small eye- 

 spots; the hindwings are extensively tinged greenish, likewise with minute eye-spots; the proximal submarginal 

 row consists of small angular spots in the openings of which the distal punctiform spots are placed. Known 

 only from Alasca. 



L. mela Streck. is another species having been inserted in this subgenus. It has not become known ""'"• 

 to us, and its diagnose in the supplement of a North American special work is not available for us at present. 

 It is said to occur in Colorado and British Colombia. 



3. Subgenus: Nomiades Hbn. 



L. Xerxes Bsd. (144 c). The (^ is above dusted with dark blue; also the $, but le.ss, on the under surface jvt.cc.s-. 

 very easily recognizable by the large white spots which may occasionally be very finely pupilled black. From 

 California. 



