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NEGLECTA BUTTERFLY. 
Larva Feeding on Central Florets of Actinomeris, and Guarded by Ants. 
under side of the wings, which is relieved by a row of spots 
along the outer margin, each preceded by a crescent, a 
curved row of elongate spots across the disk of the fore- 
wings, and several spots on the basal part of the hind-wings, 
all the markings being of a pale brown color. Violacea, the 
so-called winter form, has the dark parts and crescents on 
the under side of the wings quite prominent, but they do 
not, either in the outer border or in the basal portion, 
coalesce. Pseudargiolus, the largest of the series, there 
being but three forms in Pennsylvania, expands one and 
four-tenths inches. The upper surface of the male usually 
has a terminal border to the hind-wings of the same shade 
of blue as is visible on the fore-wings, the middle area of 
the hind-wings being a little paler than this border on the 
fore-wings. On the under side of the wings the spots are 
much smaller than on the preceding form. Neglecta, which 
