CHRYSOPHANUs] LYCAENIDAE 347 



Suffolk and Noi'folk to Hants, in fens, local, wliolly extinct 

 since about 1860; WC. and SE. Europe, Asia Minor, WC. 

 Asia ; 7, 8. Larva green ; dorsal line darker : on Rumex 

 hydrohqmthum ; 9-6. Pupa attached by tail and a central 

 belt. 



3. Lycaena, F. 



Eyes hairy. Club of antennae elongate. Forewings : 6 

 separate, 8 and 9 stalked. 



A large genus of neai'ly luiiversal distribution, though there 

 is no strictly indigenous species in New Zealand. Imago 

 usually with a horny apical hook on anterior tibiae. Larva 

 short, stout, attenuated at extremities, with sliort hairs. Pupa 

 attached by tail and often a central belt of silk, or unattached 

 or subterranean. 



\. Hindwings with linear terminal projection on 2 



1. haeticct. 

 „ without such projection . . 2. 



2. Hindwings beneath with orange subterminal spots 3. 



,, ,, without orange spots . 6. 



3. Cilia barred . . . . .4. 



,, not barred . . . . .5. 



4. Wings of S or basal scales of $ pale blue 3. corydon. 



„ ,, ,, ,, ,, lilac-blue 4. hellm-gtis. 



5. Forewings beneath with two anterior spots 6. icarns. 



„ ,, without anterior spots 5. aegon. 



6. Forewings above with black postmedian spots 7. avion. 



,, ,, without such spots . 2. argiohis. 



1. L. baetica, L. 26-30 mm. Wings fuscous, in $ suffused 

 with purple-blue except on termen, in 9 on basal half only ; 

 hindwings with long linear terminal projection on 2, and a 

 blackish subterminal spot on each side of it. Wings beneath 

 pale brownish, with irregular partly connected white striae ; 

 hindwings with white posterior fascia, and two black partly 

 orange-edged spots, marked with pale metallic green-blue, 

 before termen above tornus. 



Sussex, L of Wight, Hants, an occasional immigrant only ; 

 W. France, S. Europe, C. and S. Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific 

 Islands ; 8, 9. Larva green to reddish-brown ; dorsal line 

 darker ; lateral series of oblique pale streaks ; spiracular 

 white: on seedpods of Pismn, Colutea, Vicia, etc.; 6, 7. Pupa 

 attached by tail and central belt. 



2. L. argiolus, L. 30-35 mm. Wings hi $ purple-blue, 



