PL. XCIV 



Male shining lavender-blue; this color also glosses the dark 

 outer borders of the wings; female white, with outer borders 

 heavily blackish; fore wings shot with shining sky-blue at base. 

 Hind wings near anal angle have conspicuous eye-spots both 

 above and below. Expanse 0.80 inch. 



Occurs in the Gulf States and throughout the tropics of the 

 New World. 



(11) Lyccsna acmon Doubleday & Hewitson, Plate XCIV, 

 Fig. 1, cT (Red-margined Blue). 



In many respects resembling L. melissa, but somewhat smaller. 

 Male on upper side brighter blue, and female not as brown 

 as L. melissa, though darker than the male, her wings 

 broadly shot with violet-blue. In both sexes a broad deep 

 red submarginal band on hind wings, marked with black spots. 

 Expanse 0.85-1.10 inch. 



Ranges from" Arizona to Washington and Montana. The 

 larva feeds on Hosackia. 



(12) Lycaena ammon Lucas, Plate XCIV, Fig. 2, 9 , under 

 side (The Indian River Blue). 



Male brilliant lilac-blue on upper side; female violet-blue 

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