1942] 
Lycoenidce of Bahamas 
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Rum Cay (1934, Armour Exp.); Great Inagua Island (Feb. 
1934, Armour Exp.). 
9. Hemiargus catilina ammon Lucas 
Lyceena ammon Lucas, 1857, p. 612, pi. 16, figs. 7, 7a, 7b. 
Hemiargus ammon : Bates, 1935, p. 197. 
This record is founded upon a single and very badly damaged 
specimen. Though positive examination is very difficult, it 
doesn’t appear to differ from typical Cuban specimens. 
Distribution. Long Island (Simm’s, July 16, 1936, H. D. 
Russell and R. A. McLean). 
This subspecies of catilina is found also in Hispaniola and 
Cuba. 
10. Hemiargus bahamensis, new species 
upperside : 
Male. Both wings blue. Fore wing with a thin black mar- 
ginal border, faintly thicker at the apex. Hind wing with a 
single black spot between veins Cu.-Cuo, and a suggestion of 
another between Cu 2 -2A. Fringe of both wings white, darker 
at the ends of the veins. 
underside: 
Male. Ground color uniform gray-brown. Markings char- 
acteristic of catilina , but hardly distinguishable, due to the 
darker ground color, and almost complete absence of the white 
which usually surrounds them. In addition, the three spots in 
the basal area of the hind wing, usually jet black, have here 
lightened to the color of the ground, and can hardly be dis- 
tinguished from it. On the fore wing there is a submarginal 
line of white, rather thin, contrasting sharply with the dark 
gray-brown which surrounds it. On the hind wing there is a 
corresponding white line, slightly thicker, which runs from 
costa to inner margin, as does that of the fore wing. On the 
outer margin, near the anal angle, are two black spots, irrorated 
heavily with metallic blue green scales on their outer margins. 
The one in Cux-Cu 2 is capped by a thin curved line of orange, 
while the smaller one adjacent to it is capped by a similar 
line of white. Length of fore wing 9 mm. 
Holotype , male, Crooked Island, Bahamas, March 1 , 1934 
(Armour Exp.), M.C.Z. 25737. 
