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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



329 



Lycaena argiolus in America. (Lep.). 

 I believe the multipluity of names we have in this country ranged 

 under Lycatna pstndargiolus BdK- Lee.* only represent varieties of the 

 European and Asiatic oryiolmj. I would list them as follows: 



Argiolus Linn, 

 var. paeudarfiolna Bdl.-Lec. (l»3J) 



ntgUita Kdw. {i96a) 

 var. luda Kirby (1837) 



t-iolacfa Edw. (1866) 



imargimota Edw. (l893) 



cinerea Edw. (i88j) 



fumida Scudder (1889) 



psendoro Scudder (1889) 



argentala Fletcher (1903) 



qufsnei: (1910) 



intemu- : (1878) 



var. n: -T" » 



it\(!' , 1 



var echo I. .a. UHAI) 

 (irijon.Mii ( \i\w. (1884) 



var nicresccns *" " .-r (1903) 



%ar. gozora i TO) 



/'i<>.(M.f ut lioi»uuvai uoc» not beloiw in ihts iist. as it represents a 

 <liNtinrt spedct of which m§itHgtrm off Pcldcr is a synonvm. Ptmiar- 

 tjtolus and nrgltcla are the same tht^f. as may he seen by exanrining 

 Mr. i-.<lwards' figures of the two. It is variable in site and the difTer- 

 ctit sues 6y together in the same locality at the same time. Seglreta 

 was named from the smaller individuals. Lucia is the form from win- 

 tering chr\'sa1i<l5 ami ti*<>/4itV(i represents the darker rxami>1ts .-ind 



margtny; 

 centre « 

 "dark ri 

 !»rown ' 



wa' 



f..r 

 ati' 

 i* ' 



I »«-r n«' .1 



as thcv are \ 

 to find out «i 

 already proposed conid lo- 

 tion. I hsvF arrrfitnl tti. 



who %3l\ 

 tures t\\ 



spotting a Httte less d 'e 



nor wings. QtusnfllU h.n . ts 



ruwn" f>n the underside. Sig is the l>lack or dark 



nfi-rm^ffw when they are not quite so dark. Mr. Ed- 



<f this but both sexes are probably repre- 



tmf frrer underneath. /1rgen$ata is slightly 



' ' ' ■' Gosora is the common 



is the Pacific Coast form 



irk in cok>r. Nigrescens 



ysalids. 



1 m.iiiunK »■" iTi.iny ruttnCS fOT S'*~'"" ''"'' '*^, 



^inK an<l oftm take many hours v 



.X, mean vi ■•<• more names of cqtu! ....w, ,.■ ...-•»« 



they would onlv add to the confu- 



^ work of Mr K C. Williams. Jr.. 



( and arijiolus ha\ < ' genitalic struc- 



ire one »|»ecie». — II :n'NCB. 



The Thomas Say Foundation. 



1 ry of America at its I' a meeting, 



in ' I'l the Thomas Say n for the 



pul k' with V- works are 



to ! ;t1.•^<•^:ra racier and 



to J. ; h sixc as t«> make a ^cp :mc of red or 



m.>,> _ T. M. Aldrich. Nath E. P. \ Mor- 



Kan llcliard (Ti 



) and Alex. Li. MacGiUivray v.i*-uiior; were 



