123 



277. Autibiibastiis Iluhti.' Zntr. Exot. Scliraett., 1, 19-20, figs. 99-100 {Hemi- 



argus); Westw.-Hewits., Gen. Diurii. Lep., 2, 486 {Thecla); Morr., 

 Cat. Lep. N. A., 12 {Polyommatus) ; Kirb., Syn. Cat. Lep., 350 {Cupido) ; 

 lb., ib., 653 {Plebeius). 



Bubastus Hiibn. (nee Cram.), Prospectus, 5 {Rusticus). 

 Hanno Hiibn. (nee Stoll'), Samral. Exot. Schmett., 1 (Busticus 

 adolescens) ; lb.. Index, 3 {Hemiargus) ; Streck. Lep. liliop.-Het., 

 83 {Lycaena). 

 Uamo Luc, Sagra Hist. Cuba, 612-3 {Lycaena). 

 FUenus Poey, Cent. Lep. Cuba, 2 {Polyominatus); Boisd.-Le C, 



Lep. Am. Sept., 114-7 (Argus). 

 Pseudoptiletes Boisd.-Le C.Lep. Am. Sept., pi. 35, figs. 5-7 (Argus). 

 Asteiiidas Boisd. MS., Lucas Sagra Cuba, 613 (Lycaena). 

 Colorado and Gulf States (to the Antilles and Panama). 



278. Isola Beak., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1866, 332 (Lycaena) ; Kirb., Syn. 



Cat. Lep., 376 (Cupido); lb., ib., 653 (Plebeius); Streck., Lep. Khop.- 

 Het., 84 (Lycaena). 



Gyas Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 3,210-11 (Lycaena); Streck., 



Lep. Rhop.-Het., 84 (Lycaena). 

 Alee Edw., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, 3, 272-3 (Lycaena) ; Streck., Lep. 

 Rhop.-Het., 88 (Lycaena). 

 Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Texas (to Guatemala and Panama). 



27. BREPHIDIUM Scudder. 



Type : Lycaena exilis Boisd. 



This charming group of the tiniest of butterflies is not far removed from 

 the preceding, but is somewhat remarkable for the length of the antennae, 

 which are noticeably more than half as long as the elongated fore wings, and 

 have a heavy though elongated club ; the palpi are not long, and are rather 

 heavily beset beneath with long hairs ; the eyes are naked. The fore wings 

 are unusually elongated, produced, though not at all pointed, at the ajjex, the 

 costal being half as long again as the inner margin, while in its nearest N. 

 American ally, Hemiargus, it is only two-fifths longer ; in contrast with this 

 the hind wings are comparatively short in this genus, being but two-thirds 

 the length of the fore wings, while in Hemiargus they are nearly three- 

 quarters the length of the front pair; the cell of the fore wings is also less 

 than half as long as the wing, so that the parts beyond it are unusually 

 extended. 



2 79. isophtlialraa Ilerr.-ScJiaeff. , Corr.-Blatt. Zool. Min. Qesellsch. Regensb., 

 1862, 141-2 (Lycaena); Kirb., Syn. Cat. Lep., 350 (Cupido); lb., ib., 

 653 (Plebeius). 



pseudofea Morr., Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci., 1, 186-7 (Lycaena). 

 Florida (Cuba). 



280. Fea Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc , 3, 211 (Lycaena). 



exilis pars Streck. (uec Edw.), Lep. Rhop.-Het., 83 (Lacaena). 

 Texas. 



