﻿[57] 
  New 
  Species 
  of 
  California^ 
  Butterflies. 
  

  

  VIII. 
  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  TWO 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CALIFORNIA!! 
  

  

  BUTTERFLIES. 
  

  

  Lycaena 
  Lotis 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Wings 
  glossy 
  violet-blue 
  ; 
  margins 
  bordered 
  with 
  

   black, 
  extending 
  narrowly 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  — 
  the 
  

   black 
  of 
  the 
  costa 
  edged 
  outwardly 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  veins 
  defined 
  

   by 
  black 
  scales 
  ; 
  fringes 
  white 
  with 
  black 
  basilar 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  

   black 
  above, 
  white 
  laterally. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black 
  with 
  

   long 
  whitish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Beneath 
  : 
  wings 
  gray. 
  Primaries 
  : 
  the 
  discal, 
  extradiscal* 
  

   and 
  submarginal 
  black 
  spots, 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  position 
  

   much 
  as 
  in 
  Scudderii 
  / 
  the 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal 
  series 
  

   are 
  more 
  contiguous 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  species, 
  nearly 
  equally 
  well 
  

   defined, 
  and 
  without 
  space 
  between 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  fuscous 
  spots 
  

   usually 
  present 
  (at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  range) 
  

   in 
  the 
  & 
  Scudderii, 
  and 
  always 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  . 
  Secondaries 
  : 
  three 
  

   white 
  -annulated, 
  black 
  extrabasilar 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  extradiscal 
  

   doubly-curved 
  series 
  of 
  similar 
  spots, 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  Scudderii 
  ; 
  

   the 
  black 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal 
  series 
  are 
  nearly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  metallic 
  scales 
  giving 
  a 
  green 
  reflection 
  (blue 
  in 
  Scud- 
  

   derii), 
  anterior 
  to 
  which 
  and 
  resting 
  thereon, 
  a 
  connected 
  (on 
  

   the 
  veins) 
  series 
  of 
  fulvous 
  crescents, 
  tending 
  to 
  a 
  sagittate 
  

  

  *Reference 
  in 
  this 
  description, 
  to 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  in 
  this 
  series, 
  is 
  purposely 
  

   omitted, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that, 
  in 
  this 
  group 
  they 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  so 
  great 
  variation 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  draw 
  from 
  them 
  any 
  reliable 
  specific 
  characters 
  — 
  at 
  least 
  

   from 
  the 
  inspection 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  individuals. 
  In 
  the 
  twenty-eight 
  examples 
  of 
  

   Scudderii 
  before 
  me, 
  the 
  following 
  variations 
  are 
  noticeable 
  : 
  In 
  one, 
  all 
  the 
  

   spots 
  are 
  round 
  (or 
  nearly 
  so) 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  interior 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  geminate 
  on 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  fold 
  : 
  in 
  another, 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  spot 
  is 
  round 
  or 
  even 
  approximating 
  

   that 
  form 
  : 
  in 
  one, 
  the 
  fifth 
  spot, 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  others," 
  is 
  in 
  this, 
  the 
  shortest 
  of 
  all. 
  In 
  four 
  

   examples, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  spots 
  are 
  prolonged 
  inwardly 
  toward 
  the 
  discal 
  

   spot 
  in 
  a 
  tail-like 
  projection, 
  while 
  in 
  others 
  they 
  are 
  regularly 
  rounded, 
  and 
  again 
  

   in 
  others, 
  quite 
  extended 
  toward 
  the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  In 
  one 
  example, 
  the 
  first 
  five 
  

   spots 
  are 
  distinctly 
  semi-oval 
  in 
  form; 
  in 
  oihers, 
  the 
  spots 
  assume 
  ovate, 
  ellipti- 
  

   cal, 
  triangular, 
  crescentic 
  and 
  irregular 
  forms. 
  In 
  five 
  examples, 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   additional 
  smaller 
  spot 
  between 
  veins 
  8 
  and 
  9, 
  preceding 
  the 
  one 
  commonly 
  called 
  

   the 
  first 
  spot. 
  A 
  difference 
  is 
  frequently 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  between 
  the 
  corresponding 
  

   spots 
  of 
  the 
  opposite 
  wings 
  

  

  