Early Stages.—Unknown.
This species, which is not common, is found in southern California.
(7) Lycæna dædalus, Behr, Plate XXXI, Fig. 11, ♂; Fig. 12, ♁; Plate XXX, Fig. 28, ♁, under side (Behr's Blue).
Butterfly.—The wings of the male on the upper side are deep lustrous blue, with darker borders and white fringes. The wings of the female are brown, margined with reddish. The name œchaja was applied to this sex by Dr. Behr, before it was known to be the female of his L. dœdalus. Expanse, 1.12 inch.
Early Stages.—These have not yet been studied.
Dædalus is common in southern California.
(8) Lycæna sæpiolus, Boisduval, Plate XXXI, Fig. 15, ♂; Fig. 16, ♁ (The Greenish Blue).
Butterfly.—The male on the upper side has the wings blue, shot in certain lights with brilliant green. The female on the same side is dusky, with greenish-blue scales at the bases of the wings, and often with reddish markings on the outer margin of the hind wings. On the under side the wings are gray or pale wood-brown, with greenish-blue at their base and a profusion of small black spots margined with white. Now and then the black spots are lost, the white margins spreading inwardly and usurping the place of the black. Expanse, .95-1.10 inch.
Early Stages.—These await further study.
The species ranges from British Columbia to Colorado.