FENISECA, Grute. 



65. (377.) FENISECA TAKQUINIUS, Fab. The Wanderer. 



Feniseca tarquinim, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 279. 



Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, II, 



1016; III, pis. 5, 25, 34. 43, 65, 84. 

 Polyommatus cratcegi, Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 85. 

 Taken only in Jefferson County, where it is rare, but should occur all 

 over the State. The larvae are remarkable for their carnivorous habits, as 

 they feed only upon plant lice or aphids, and are especially fond of the 

 species of these insects which frequent the common alder, Alnus incana, 

 Willd. Hence the butterfly is most often found in the vicinity of streams, 

 along the banks of which the alder grows. It is on the wing at intervals 

 from May 15 to mid-September, as there are three broods each season. 



CHRYSOPHANUS, Doubleday. 



66. (385.) CHRYSOPHANUS THOE, Bd.-Lec. The Thoe Butterfly. 



The Bronze Copper. 



Polyommatus thoe, Morris, Lep. N. A., 18<>2, 84. 

 Chrysophanm thoe, French, Sev. Rep. St. Ent. III., 1878, 158. 

 Id., But. E. U. S., 1886, 281. 

 Packard, Guide, 8th Ed., 1883, 264. 

 Blatchley, Hoos. Nat., II, 1886, 62. . 

 Scudder, But, E. U. S. and Can., 1889, II, 



977 ; III, pis. 5, 25, 65, 84. 



This handsome species is rare where found, and has been taken in four 

 widely separated counties. There are two broods each season which 

 emerge in June and August. The butterfly is to be found in low mead- 

 ows and about the borders of ponds. The food plant is curled dock, 

 Rumex crispus. 



67. (391.) CHRYSOPHANUS EPIXANTHE, Bd.-Lec. The Epixanthe 



Butterfly. The Purple Disk. 

 Lycaena epixantfie, Harris, Ins. Inj., 1862, 274. 

 Polyommatus epixanthe, Morris, Lep. N". A. , 1862, 85. 

 Chrysophanus epixanthe, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 282. 

 Epidemia epixanthe, Scudder, But. E. U. S., and Can., 1889, 



II, 985 ; III, Pis. 5, 25, 65, 79. 



Lake County. Rare. Probably throughout the northern half of the 

 State. It is single brooded, the butterflies emerging in June and July, 

 when they are found only in the vicinity of cranberry bogs and peaty 

 meadows. 



