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being near the inner margin and nearer the anal angle than the last of the 

 series of five. The marginal series of fine narrow lines surmounted by. 

 darker sagittate markings, which appears on the primaries, is repeated on 

 the secondaries, the spots growing larger and more distinct toward the 

 anal angle. Between the first and second median nervules, between the 

 outer spot and the inner sagittate spot, there is a red spot. The abdomen 

 on the under side is white ; on the upper side the body is fuscous tinged 

 with bluish. The legs are bluish gray. 



9 —The wings on the upper side are fuscous, with the primaries on the 

 costa near the base and the secondaries in the region of the cell shot with 

 purplish violet. On the under side the female is marked like the male, 

 but with all the spots larger and heavier. 



Expanse cf, 22 mm. ; 9,24 mm. 



4 (? ^ , I 9 , Mountains between Mission and Forty-mile 

 Creeks, N. E. Alaska, July 20-24. (Young.) 



I have hesitated to add another species to the list of North 

 American Lycaenidse, but after carefully examining all the col- 

 lections which are available, and having read up the entire 

 literature on the subject, I am convinced we are dealing here 

 with an undescribed form. I possess the types or cotypes of 

 almost all the species attributed to our fauna, with the excep- 

 tion of /-. arnica, L. pembiiia, L. ardea and L. kodiak, species 

 described by Mr. Edwards, but the types of which were not 

 contained in his collection at the time I purchased the same. I 

 had hoped that the insect above described was one or the other 

 of these, but after carefully going over the published descrip- 

 tions with the insect before me, in which work I was aided by 

 Dr. Skinner, it has been impossible for me to believe that I 

 was in any case justified in regarding the insect before me as 

 having been already described by Edwards. 



29. L. pseudargiolus var lucia Kirby. 



2$ $ , Skaguay, May 24, 3 <? $ ; Skaguay, June 12. (Young.) 



Family PAPILIONID^. 

 Sub-family Pierin^. 



Genus PIERIS Schrank. 



30. P. nelsoni Edw. 



The male of this species has been described and beautifully 

 figured by Edwards, Butterflies of North America, Vol. II, 

 Plate 1, of Pieris. The type, a male, came from St. Michael's, 



