LYCiENA, Fabr. 
(PL. X, F. 3, <f .) 
J Tejua, Reakirt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phil., p. 245, (1866). Edioards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 35, (1872). 
Cupido Tejua , Kirby , Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 356, (1871). 
Described from a single cT received from Southern California. 
(PL. X, F. 18, (?.) 
X Monica, Reakirt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phil., p. 244, (1866). 
Cupido Monica, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 356, (1871). 
Lyccena Manila, Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 34, (1872). 
From same locality as the preceding. The description was taken from two males, one ot which the author 
curiously mistook for a female. 
Comyntas, Godart, ( Polyommatus C.) Enc. Meth., IX, p. 660, (1823). Morris, Cat. Lep. N. A., p. 12, 
(1860). Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 83, (1862). Harris, Ins. Injurious to Vegetation, Flint’s Ed., 
p. 275, (1862). 
Argus Comyntas, Boisduval & Leconte, Lep. Am. Sept., p. 120, t. 36, (1833). 
Cupido Comyntas, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 356, (1871). 
Lyccena Comyntas, Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 34, (1872). Packard, Guide, p. 265, (1869). 
The commonest of our species, found in Canada and from thence southward to the Gulf of Mexico, and 
westward from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mts. It is closely allied to the European Polysperchon, Berg. 
Amyntula, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 294, (1852). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 34, (1872). 
Polyommatus Amyntula, Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (1860); Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 87, (1862). 
Mr. Kirby, in his Cat., (p. 356) cites this as a variety of the preceding, which it indeed represents on the 
Pacific slope but with which I do not think it is identical ; it is generally of much larger size; the tails are 
not nearly so long or slender in comparison, and there are many other minor points of difference. Common 
in California and adjoining territories. 
Pseudargiolus, Boisduval & Leconte, ( Argus P.) Lep. Am. Sept., p. 118, t. 36, ( 1833). Morris, Cat. 
Lep. N. Am., p. 12, ( I860); Syn. Lep. N. Am., p 82, ( 1862). 
Lyccena Pseudargiolus, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc., Phila., Vol. VI, p. 204, ( 1867 ); Butt. N. Am., 
t. 2, Lyc., (1869); Svn. N. Am. Butt., p. 38, (1872). 
Polyommatus Pseudargiolus, Harris, Ins. Inj. to Veg., Flint’s Ed., p. 274, ( 1862 ). 
Papilio Argiolus, Abbot & Smith, Insects of Georgia, Vol. I, t. 15, ( 1797 ). 
Lyccena Nec/lecta, Edwards, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phila., p. 57, (1862) ; Butt. N. Am., t. 2, Lyc., 
(1869) ; Syn. N. Am., Butt., p. 38, .( 1872 ). Packard, Guide, p. 265, ( 1869 ). 
Cupido Pseudargiolus et C. Neglectci, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 371, (1871 ). 
A delicate, handsome species, expanding 1 to 1J inches; male is on upper surface pale azure blue, sec- 
ondaries, except at outer margin, paler than primaries. Female white, blue at bases and sometimes on disc of 
primai’ies ; costal and exterior parts of primaries broadly margined with black. Under side satiny white or 
light grey, markings sometimes tolerably well defined, and in other instances faint or nearly obsolete. Found 
in the Atlantic States trorn Canada, southwards. 
Mr. Edwards has exercised a great deal of ingenuity in his efforts to persuade the world and himself that 
two species were confounded under the name of Pseudargiolus, but his labors have not been crowned with 
proportionate success, in proof of which I would refer to his six figures on plate II, Lyc., in Butt. N. Am., 
three of which the text informs us are Pseudargiolus, and three Neglecta, for truthfulness these figures cannot 
be excelled, but the funniest part is that with the exception of the one being a little larger than the other, the 
most critical eye will fail to detect the slightest difference between them. 
Piasus, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., p. 299, (1852). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 37, (1872). 
Polyommatus Piasus, Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (1860) ; Syn. Lep. N. Am., p. 89, (1862). 
Cupido Piasus, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 363, (1871). 
Lyccena Echo, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc., Phila., Vol. II., p. 506, (1864). 
Same size as and very near in most other respects to Pseudargiolus , the main difference being in the blue 
of upper surface, which is deeper and more inclined to violet ; the markings of under surface are identical 
with that species. Common in California and adjacent country. 
Lucia, Kirby, Fauna Boreali Americana, Vol. IV., p. 299, t. 3, (1837). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., 
p. 37, (1872). 
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