Genus Lycaena 



the wings are smoky-gray, with all the black spots, which are 

 arranged as in the preceding species, greatly enlarged and quad- 

 rate, and a broad submarginal border of orange on the hind 

 wings. The female is like the male, but with more orange on 

 the upper side of the hind wings. 



Early Stages. But little is, as yet, known of these. 



The insect ranges from California and Arizona to Colorado. 



(23) Lycaena shasta, Edwards, Plate XXXI, Fig. 23, $ ; 

 Fig. 24, ? (The Shasta Blue). 



Butterfly. The figures in the plate give a fairly good idea of 

 the upper side of this species in both sexes, though the male is 

 not quite so dark a blue as represented. On the under side the 

 wings have the usual black spots, on a dirty-gray ground, and, 

 in addition, on the hind wings there are a number of small mar- 

 ginal spots surmounted by metallic-colored bluish-green scales, 

 somewhat like those found in some species of the genus Thecla. 

 Expanse, i.oo inch. 



Early Stages. So far as I know, these have never been de- 

 scribed. 



My specimens are all from Montana and Nevada. It is also 

 reported from northern California, Oregon, and Kansas, though I 

 question the latter locality. 



(24) Lycaena melissa, Edwards, Plate XXXI, Fig. 25, $ ; 

 Fig. 26, ? (The Orange-margined Blue). 



Butterfly. The male on the upper side is pale blue, with a 

 narrow black marginal line and white fringes. The female is 

 brown or lilac-gray, with a series of orange-red crescents on the 

 margins of both wings. On the under side the wings are stone- 

 gray, with the usual spots, and on the secondaries the orange- 

 colored marginal spots are oblong, tipped inwardly with black 

 and outwardly by a series of metallic-green maculations. Expanse, 

 .90-1. 15- inch. 



Early Stages. We know very little about these. 



It is found from Kansas to Arizona, and northward to Mon- 

 tana. 



(25) Lycaena scudderi, Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 48, $ ; 

 Fig. 49, ? ; Plate V, Fig. 41, chrysalis (Scudder's Blue). 



Butterfly. The commonest Eastern representative of the 

 group to which the preceding four or five and the following 

 three species belong. On the upper side the male cannot be dis- 



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