65 



1919 (1922), Draudt, Seitz Macrolepid. World, Exotica part 231, Fauna 

 Amer. part 84, p. 763, (partim.?), Thecla (Callophrys). 



viridis Edw. 



1862, Edw., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 223, Thecla. 



The typical form has the upperside blackish-gray in the male 

 sometimes faintly tinged with rufous; the female is similar but with 

 the rufous cast often quite distinct. Beneath: sexes similar with 

 some white dots tending to form a band across at least the secondaries 

 and in about 90% of the specimens across both primaries and second- 

 aries. A gray-copper suffusion extends along the inner margin to 

 the apex, but is seldom continued nearer the costa than to about the 

 discal cell. The fringes are outwardly predominently white usually 

 with some checkering. 



This species appears quite distinct from the European C. riibi. 



Distribution : As far as shown by a long series of specimens in 

 the Barnes Collection, one of which was compared with the type ; Cali- 

 fornia, only from a region somewhere north of San Diego. 



Callophrys dumetorum race perplexa, nov. 



1898, Hell., Butterfly Book, p. 249, (as affinis partim.), Thecla; 



1905, Wright, Butt. West Coast, p. 212, pi. XXVIII, ff. 336, 336b (as 

 affinis), Thecla; 



1912, Haskin & Grinnell, Ent., News, XXIII, 3-8, (as dumetorum partim.), 

 Thecla; 



1914, McD., Ent. Record, XXVI, 196-7, (as dumatomm partim.), Cal- 

 lophrys. 



This appears to be a valid geographical race of C. dumetorum, 

 corresponding to the lower Austral vs. Gulf Strip races in the East 

 of many species. 



It can be distinguished from typical C. dumetorum by the complete or 

 almost complete absence of white markings on the underside. Some specimens 

 show two or three small dots but these form no line across the wings. The 

 gray-copper on the inner margin of the primaries is usually more pronounced 

 than the green and extends almost to the costa thus nearly dividing the primary, 

 while the green shows distinctly only at the apex and base, the two green 

 areas being connected by some green along the costo-radial region. The fringes 

 are either checkered or darkened, not pure white outwardly. 



This form has been mainly confused with the Colorado race of 

 C. apama and with the Utah race of C. sheridani. 



