L YCJIN A II, 
as their name also indicates. In the description they make repeated comparisons 
with Argiolus, and close by saying ; “the tint of the under side, the size of the black 
dots and the marginal lunules easily distinguish this species from Argiolus” all 
which is correct as between the males of the two species in question. They also 
describe the fringes of the male as white cut with black implying the fringe of both 
wings. Of the female they say ; “The upper side is of a paler and less violet blue, 
with a large black border upon the forewings and a marginal series of points of 
same color nearly as in the female of Argiolus. At the extremity of the discal cell 
of forewings is likewise a small black arc. The fringe of forewings is cut with 
black.” This description of the female is that of the species figured by Abbot and 
Smith. The figure of female on the plate also represents that species, and follows 
the text. But the description of the male, except in its comparisons with Argio- 
lus, and the figure corresponding on the plate, seems not to indicate the Argiolus 
of Abbot and Smith, any more than Neglecta or Violacea. The figures rather rep- 
resent the former of these two, especially in the long white fringe to hind wings, 
while the text describes the fringe of Violacea, that is, white cut with black on both 
wings. It is very difficult to determine closely allied species from any but the 
most carefully executed plates and in the case of Pseudargiolus, I think it prob- 
able the description was intended to cover what were considered varieties of one 
species. In this rather confused state of things it seems to me proper to fix the 
name Pseudargiolus upon that species which is nearest the true Argiolus, and which 
is also the one figured by Abbot and Smith. 
The figures of Pseudargiolus in Harris represent Lucia, Kirby; at least, the 
under side is of that species, while the text describes Neglecta, Edw. which replaces 
Pseudargiolus in the Northern States. 
The plant figured in our plate is the Sand Blackberry, B. cuneifolius, common 
in Virginia. 
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LYCAENA NEGLECTA. 4—6. 
Lycse.na neglecta , Edwards, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1862. Pseudargiolus, Harris, Insects 
Massachusetts, 2nd edition, page 274, (text). 
Male. Expands 1.1 inch. 
Upper side of primaries delicate azure-blue, paler in the disk and silvery on 
costal margin ; secondaries greyish-blue, with a broad azure margin ; both wings 
edged by a black line which expands towards apex of primaries into a narrow bor- 
der and runs a little way along costal margin ; fringe of primaries white cut with 
black at tips of the nervures ; of secondaries also sometimes cut with black, but 
usually wholly white. 
