124 



281. exile Boisd., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. [2], 10,294 {Lycaena); Kirb., Syn. Cat. 

 Lep., 357 (Cupido); lb., ib., 653 (Plebeius); pars Streck., Lep. Rhop.- 

 Hel., 83 {Lycaena). 

 California, Nevada, Arizona (Mexico). 



28. LEPTOTES Scudder. 



Type : Lycaena Theonus L(f. 



A group of very delicate winged, tropical butterflies, whose wings are com- 

 pletely covered with markings ; allied to the tailed Lampidae. The antennae 

 are exceedingly slender, but have a large, elongated, subcylindrical club, long 

 and slender palpi with terminal joint longer than in our other genera, the 

 fore wings proportionally long, though not to so great an extent as in Bre- 

 phidium. The cell of the fore wings is more than half as long as the wing ; 

 first superior subcostal nervule arising somewhat beyond the middle of the 

 wing. Legs very slender and considerably shorter than usual; fore and middle 

 tibiae of equal length and four-fifths as long as the hind tibiae. 



282. marina Reafc.I'Toc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1868, 87 {Lycaena); Kirb., 



Syn. Cat. Lep. 351 {Cupido) ; lb., ib., 653 {Plebeius). 



Cassius (pars) Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, 354 {Lampides). 

 Cassioides Boisd., L6p. Guat., 16 {Lycaena). 

 ? Cassidula Boisd., Lep. Guat., 16-17 {Lycaena). 

 Southern California (Mexico and Honduras). 



283. Theonus Lef., Sagra Hist. Nat. Cuba, An. Art., 611-12, pi. figs. 8,8a,b 



{Lycaena) ; Kirb., Syn. Cat. Lep., 351 {Cupido); lb., ib., 653 {Plebeius). 

 Cassius Herr.-SchaeflF. (nee Cram.), Corr.-Blatt. Zool. Min. Ges. 



Regensb., 1864, 164 {Lycaena). 

 Cassius, var. Plinius Butl. (nee Fabr.), Cat.Fabr. Lep. iei'{Lampi- 



des). 

 Cassius var. floridensis Morr., Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci., 1, 187-8 

 {Lycaena). 

 Florida Keys (Cuba). 



Note. — There are no descriptions corresponding to "Lycaena Clara Ed w.," 

 "L. Eunomia Edw." and " L. Embla Edw.," referred to in Kirby's General. 

 Catalogue, pp. 376, 653. These names were sent to Mr. Kirby as about to be 

 published, and by accident were never canceled. 



IV. Tribe: Villicantes Llubn. {1%\Q>). 



[Papiliones rutili Wien. Verz., 1775; Cives pars Herbst, 1798; Polyommatides 

 lurb., 1858 ; Lycaeninae pars Butl., 1869.J 



