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Chrysophanus thoe, West. 
This is quite a rare species. The egg is nearly round, flattened 
slightly at the apex and at the base; of a greenish-white color, and 
thickly indented. At the apex is a considerable depression; imme¬ 
diately around this the indentations are small, growing larger 
toward the base. 
The larva feeds on Prickly Ash and Polygonum. 
Chrysophanus Americana. 
The larva of this species is of a green color, and feeds on Sorrel. 
There are three broods of butterflies, during the year. The chrysalis 
is usually suspended under a stone. The eggs are laid singly, one 
on a leaf. 
Lycaena scudderii, Edw. 
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This larva, which measures about one-half inch in length, is of a 
dull velvety green color, thickly sprinkled with very minute brown¬ 
ish dots and fine whitish short hairs; a deeper green dorsal stripe, 
with paler margin; on the sides of the body are oblique lines of a 
paler shade, and below the stomata a cream-colored stripe extend¬ 
ing from the anterior part of the third segment; under side darker 
than the upper, with a bluish tinge along the middle; feet and pro¬ 
legs tipped with pale brown. Head very small, shining black, and 
drawn into the second segment when at rest. 
Found on the upper side of the leaves of Lupinus perennis, during 
the first part of July; the butterfly appearing in August. 
This caterpillar may be easily found, by the numerous ants seen 
running up and down on the stems of the plant. Probably, as is 
the case with the pseudargiolus , it is furnished with honey tubes, 
from which the ants take the honey. 
Lycaena pseudargiolus, Bd-Lec. 
This larva is green, a yellowish tinge on the back, pubescent; an 
interrupted dorsal red stripe; a greenish stripe below the stomata, 
and a darker, oblique stripe on the sides of each segment. Head 
black, concealed in the thorax when at rest. 
Feeds on Cimifuga racemosa and the flowers and seed vessels of 
of Actinomeris. The eggs are laid singly, on the still undeveloped 
.flower, in September, the butterflies appearing. 
Lycaena comyntas, Godt. 
The following description is taken, chiefly, from the notes of Mr. 
W. H. Edwards, published in the Canadian Entomologist, Yol. VII, 
(1876), p. 202. 
The gentleman states that larvae hatched from eggs deposited on 
two different plants, viz, Red Clover and Desmodium , in July, of 
those hatched on the Desmodium, but one was raised to maturity, 
and on the clover, ten. The former was green through all of its 
stages, and the chrysalis was green; the latter were reddish, and 
