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crossed by four irregular white lines, and on the hind wings, near the 
outer margin, a row of deep oranage-colored crescents, and a large 
blue spot near the anal angle. Expanse, 1.10 inches. Food plants of 
larvae, oak, thorn and holly. 
Chrysophanus thoe, Bd. and Lee.—The Thoe Butterfly. 
Expands an inch and a half. Wings above coppery brown, the 
hind wings the darkest. Near the outer edge of the hind wings a 
row of orange crescents enclosing black dots, the crescents running 
together toward the anal angle. Black at the end of the discal cells, 
and a few black dots, besides, on the hind wings. Underside, fore 
wings orange, except the tips and base, which are the same, almost 
white, pale blue of the hind wings. An outer marginal band of deep 
orange to the hind wing, and both wings sprinkled over with black 
dots. Food plants of larvse, prickly ash. 
Chrysophanus Americana, D’Urban—The American Copper Butterfly. 
Fore wings, upper side, copper red, with about eight small, square, 
black spots, and the outer margin broadly bordered with dusky brown ; 
hind wings with a few black spots in the middle, and a broad, coppery 
red band on the hind margin. Expands 1.10 inches. Larvse—green, 
long, oval, slightly convex above; feed on sorrel. There are three 
broods in a season. 
Lyc^ena pseudargiolus, Bd. etLec.—The Azure-blue Butterfly. 
Expands from 1 to 1.10 inches. Male— upper surface, pale azure 
blue, the hind wings, except at outer margin, paler than the fore 
wings. Female —white; blue at the base of the wings, and some¬ 
times a spot on the fore wings, w T ith the costal and outer margin of 
both wings bordered with black. Under side bluish white, spotted 
faintly with black. There is also a form with the upper side of 
the wings black, thought until recently to be a dimorphic female 
variety. The larvse feed on Qomas actinomevus and Cimicifuga race- 
mosa. 
Lyc^ena comyntas, Godt.—The Comyntas Butterfly. 
Wings in the males, violet blue; in the females, blackish, glossed 
with blue on the upper side, with whitish fringes. Near the anal 
angle of the hind wings is a little thread like tail, with several black¬ 
ish spots and two orange crescents near the anal margin. Underside, 
bluish gray, with black spots circled with blue. Expands one inch. 
The larvse are oval, convex, downy, and a pale green color with three 
darker lines of the same, sides reddish and head black. Food plants, 
Lespedeza , red root, Desmodium Marilandicum and clover. 
