Early Stages.—These await description.
The insect is found in California.
(12) Lycæna couperi, Grote, Plate XXX, Fig. 34, ♂, under side (Couper's Blue).
Butterfly.—The wings of the male above are pale shining blue, with a narrow black border; of the female darker blue, broadly margined externally with dusky. On the under side the wings are dark brownish-gray, with the spots arranged much as in L. antiacis, but with those of the hind wings generally white, and without a dark pupil. The series on the fore wing is usually distinctly pupiled with black. Expanse, 1.25 inch.
Early Stages.—Unknown.
The species is found in Newfoundland, Labrador, Anticosti, and westward and northward. It is a boreal form.
(13) Lycæna lygdamas, Doubleday, Plate XXXI, Fig. 17, ♂; Fig. 18, ♁; Plate XXX, Fig. 50, ♁, under side (The Silvery Blue).
Butterfly.—The male has the upper side of the wings pale silvery-blue, narrowly edged with black; the wings of the female on the upper side are darker blue, dusky on the borders, with a dark spot at the end of the cell of the primaries. On the under side the wings are pale chocolate-brown, with a submarginal band of black spots, margined with white, on both wings, as well as a spot at the end of the cells, and one or two on the costa of the secondaries. Expanse, .85-1.10 inch.
Early Stages.—These are yet to be ascertained.
The insect is reported from Michigan to Georgia.