April, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II5 



extremely strong perfume of a quite agreeable character, hav- 

 ing something of roses and of musk together. This perfume 

 was much alike the one observed in Cicindela and, I think, 

 other ant-eating insects. In our special case the odor was so 

 strong, that it remained in my net for more than a year, and it 

 lasted long even in the cyanide bottle. I have not observed 

 the phenomenon again in the same species nor in any other 

 dragonfly, and suppose the specimen had fed on ants, Formica 

 rtifa for instance being abundant in its region. 



Lycaena emigdionis n. sp. 

 By Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., Palo Alto, Calif. 



Female. — Expands 22 mm.— Upperside of primaries uniformly metal- 

 lic brown, with a few bluish scales-towards base of wings ; a black discal 

 dash ; a marginal fine black line. Fringes long and white. Secondaries : 

 same as primaries, but with five, submarginal, large, distinct, black 

 spots surrounded by a brighter tinge of brown, the encircHng brown 

 rather broad inwardly. Underside of primaries uniformly grayish white; 

 a large, black, distinct, reniform discal dash ; next a series of seven, very 

 distinct, large, cuneiform spots (the first circular), extending parallel to 

 the outer margin. Next a series of six more, obscure, smaller dashes ; 

 next a series of four less well-defined dashes ; a fine submarginal black 

 line. Underside of secondaries uniformly grayish white ; a rather obscure 

 black discal streak surrounded by white ; between this and base three 

 small, distinct black dots extending from upper to inner margin, one in 

 middle, one near upper and the other near inner margin. Between discal 

 streak and outer margin a series of seven distinct black spots, the first 

 six forming a > , the other a little outward and evidently consisting of 

 two fused spots. Submarginally a series of seven black crescents, the 

 lower five enclosing red dashes, next these red dashes are five metallic 

 silver circles enclosing, each, a black dot ; the first of the seven black 

 crescents is small and in the apex, the next is more distinct and accom- 

 panied by a like one submarginally. A narrow, fine black marginal line. 

 Fringes white. Body below grayish, with some long hairs. Palpi gray- 

 ish, tipped with black. Antennae annulated black and white ; club black, 

 above tipped with white. 



Male. — Upperside of primaries violet-blue; with a broad, very dark 

 margin, one-fourth inch in width, widest at costal margin, extending 

 from costal to inner margin. A fine, black marginal line. Secondaries : 

 violet blue, with a broad dark brown band extending from costa to inner 

 margin ; in anal angle are three black spots surrounded by a lighter 

 brown. A marginal fine black line. Fringes long, white. The under- 

 side is almost exactly like that of the female, and in the other particulars 

 they are the same. 



