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can authors. Edwards says (Can. Ent., xvi., p. 84) that, according to 

 Wright, the larva eats into the pods of Astragalus, and lives on the 

 young and immature seeds, whilst Fletcher notes (Can. Ent., xxvii., 

 p. 315) that this is the common tailed blue, not only of Southern 

 Manitoba, but at Winnipeg, and as far east, at any rate, as Nepigon, 

 north of Lake Superior. The eggs are laid on the pedicels of the 

 flowers of Lathyrus ochroleucus, in identically the same manner as is 

 done by the same species in British Columbia, on the pedicels of the 

 same plant and of the allied Lathyrus venosus. 



y. var. herrii, Grinnell, " Can. Ent.," xxxiii., p. 192 (1901); Dyar, " List Nth. 

 Amer. Lep.," p. 45 (1902). — Lycaena amyntula var*. herrii, n. var. ? , expanse 

 l"25in. ; differs from typical amyntula by the replacement of the dark area of the 

 primaries by a narrow black band, about lmm. wide, and on the secondaries by 

 only two red crescents instead of five, as in the typical amyntula. On the under- 

 side the markings are all much heavier. J , expanse, POOin.; differs from c? of 

 typical amyntula in having a black margin about lmm. wide, whereas there is 

 none in typical amyntula, or, if any, a very slight trace ; on the underside the 

 markings are much more heavy. The male of this variety is also much smaller 

 than the male of typical amyntula, and the tails seem more distinct in this variety. 

 Habitat, Cochise Co. Arizona. Described from two c? s and two ? s in the collec- 

 tion of C. W. Herr and the writer, taken July, 1899, and September, 1900, by Mr. 

 Poling (Grinnell). 



5. var. (an spec, dist.) monica, Reak., " Proc. Ac. Nat. Sec. Phil.," p. 244 (1866) ; 

 Dyar, "List Nth. Amer. Lep.," p. 45 (1902). — <? . Upper surface rosy-violet, 

 covered with an ashy hue, darker towards the base ; a narrow terminal black line 

 runs along the outer margin of both wings ; near the anal angle of the hindwings 

 this is preceded by a narrow white line, above which there are two rounded black 

 spots, the interior being the largest ; hindwings with a single tail, black, tipped 

 with white. Fringe brownish. Expanse 1"05-1"12 inches. Underneath whitish 

 ash-coloured ; a long discoidal streak, and three transverse rows of dark and 

 ash-coloured dashes, of which the two outer are close together, running parallel 

 with each other, and also with outer margin, to which they are very near; the inner 

 one is midway between the margin and the discal bar ; it is slightly sinuated ; each 

 of these rows is composed of six oblong dashes, all being surrounded by whitish 

 lines from the ground colour. On the secondaries there are also three transverse 

 maculated bands, containing the same number of spots, but differing in shape ; 

 those of the inner row only are oblong, those of the central being lunulate, and of 

 the outer rounded ; the two interior spots of the marginal row are jet black, glossed 

 over with some greenish metallic atoms, and are surrounded by two large orange- 

 yellow lunules ; a discoidal bar as on the primaries, and three rounded black spots 

 encircled with whitish, situated transversely near the base, one on the costa, 

 another within the cell, and the third on the inner margin ; a similar spot, some- 

 times only ash-coloured, on the middle of the costa ; a narrow terminal line along 

 the outer margin of both wings ; tail as above ; fringe brownish-griseous. Body 

 above black, with some reddish-violet hairs, underneath whitish ; antennas brown 

 with white annulations, club reddish-ochreous. The female is larger — expanse 

 1*20 inches, and has the two black spots on the upperside of the secondaries sur- 

 mounted by orange lunules, sometimes indistinct. Bab.: California. In Coll. 

 Tryon Reakirt. Belongs to the group of which comyntas is the type. It is more 

 nearly related to the following new form (tijua) than to either that species, or its 

 Calif ornian prototype — amyntula (Reakirt). 



e. var. (an spec, dist.) tijua, Reak., "Proc. Ac. Nat. Soc. Phil.," p. 245 (1866). 

 — c? . Upper surface very similar to that of monica, but with more of a bluish 

 tinge ; a narrow terminal line as in that species, but edged anteriorly with white, 

 over the whole length of the secondaries, upon which there is only one black spot ; 

 tail double the length of that in monica ; fringe whitish, on the secondaries cut with 

 black at the ends of the veins. Underneath there are three transverse bands on 

 each wing, as in monica, but arranged differently ; the spots of the two exterior 

 on the primaries are almost confluent, and the inner one is broken into two divi- 

 sions, the spots in each running together, the upper consisting of four, and the 

 lower, which is nearer to the base, of two ; a discoidal bar, and a small spot on the 



