342 PAPILIONINA [nemeobius 



1. Nbmeobius, Stph. 



Eyes hairy. Club of antennae abrupt. Hindwings : 6 and 

 7 stalked. 



Includes only the one species. 



1. N. lucina, L. 27-31 mm. Forewings blackish; ante- 

 median, postmedian, and almost terminal irregular brownish- 

 orange fasciae cut by dark veins, last enclosing a series of small 

 blackish spots. Hindwings as forewings, but antemedian 

 fascia obsolete, postmedian reduced. Hindwings beneath 

 with antemedian and postmedian series of large whitish spots. 



Britain to Dumfries, in woods, rather local ; C. and SW. 

 Europe ; 5, 6. Larva light brownish ; dorsal line blackish or 

 dark brown ; subdorsal dark brownish, sometimes marked 

 with dull yellowish spots ; subspiracular yellow-ochreous ; four 

 series of ochreous or orange tubercles bearing tufts of hairs ; 

 head reddish-ochreous : on Primula ; 7, 8. 



4. LYCAENIDAE. 



Anterior legs developed, but tarsi of $ more or less abbi-e- 

 viated, or with one or both claws absent ; posterior tibiae 

 without middle -spurs. Forewings : 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked 

 or coincident. Hindwings without praecostal spur. 



The family is large, and very generally distributed. The 

 species are of moderate size or more often rather small, usually 

 blue, dark brown, or coppery -orange in colouring, often with 

 series of small black pale-ringed spots on lower surface. 



Ovum flattened-spherical or svibcylindrical, reticulated and 

 sometimes ribbed, seldom smooth \L. arion). Larva stout, 

 with few hairs. Pupa attached by tail and a central belt of 

 silk, or sometimes unattached or subterranean. 



The relation of the genera is sufficiently expressed by their 

 order. 



Tabulation of Geneba. 



1. Forewings with 6 out of 9 . . I. Tiiecla. 



,, ,, 6 separate . . .2. 



2. Eyes glabrous . . .2. CiiUYSoriiANUS. 



„ hairy . . . .3. Lycaena. 



1. Thecla, F. 



E^'es hairy. Club of antennae elongate. Forewings : 6 out 

 of 9, 8 out of 9 or absent. 



