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the antenor five of which are placed in a semicircular curve, vertically 

 below which the posterior spot, which is sometimes double and 

 geminate, is posited out of line of the curve formed by the anterior 

 five. All these spots encircled with white, which on the outer side of 

 the discal series of spots entirely replaces the ground-colour up to the 

 terminal margin. On the white area are superposed a transverse, 

 post-discal, highly curved series of connected black lunules, a sub- 

 terminal series of black spots, one in each interspace, and an anti- 

 ciliary slender black line ; the posterior two spots of the subterminal 

 row are inwardly edged with bright ochraceous and sprinkled with 

 metallic blue scales. 



Antenn:^ black, the club touched with white apically and the shaft 

 ringed with the same colour ; head, thorax, and abdomen black, with 

 a little blue pubescence ; beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 white. 



Var. chanianica, Moore, J.A.S.B. (1884), p. 23. 



The S is slightly paler blue on the upperside, on the underside 

 the markings, though small, are precisely as in L. loweia." — H.J.T. 



Note. — Zeller " List of the Lepidoptera collected by Prof. Dr. 

 Loew in Turkey and Asia," his, 1847, p. 9. 



Lycaena loweii, n.sp. (Zell.). — Alis supra g laetissime azureis, $ 

 fuscis, maculis posteriorum tribus aurantiaco marginatis ; subtus 

 griseis punctis ocellaribus distinctis, fascia posteriorum marginali 

 dimidia aurantiaca, maculis duabus nigris coeruleo argentatis. 



Zeller, in his notes, says, " The uppersides of the wings of the 

 male have a deeper and more brilliant blue than has L. adonis : the 

 margin is very narrow black ; the black scaling on the veins does not 

 extend far from the margin ; on the hindwings there are traces of 

 blackish spots between the veins along the hind margin. Fringes 

 brownish, at the apex of the forewings whitish. 



The undersides of the males powdered light gray." — H.J.T. 



Addendum to Mr. A. J. Fison's Note on Loweia (Chrysophanns) 

 amphidamas, Frey. 



By LILIAN M. FISON. 



Loweia (Chrysophanus) ampliidamas has apparently become scarce at 

 Caux latterly. A visit to and beyond Caux on May 31st, 1918, resulted 

 in nothing, and two more in early June, 1914, proved equally fruitless. 

 I hope other collectors may have been more successful in their quest 

 of this pretty butterfly. 



One may say, in fact, that an outstanding feature of my two 

 seasons' collecting — 1913 and 1914 — in several parts of Switzerland 

 and Savoy — at least, as far as my experience goes — was the remarkable 

 scarcity of " Coppers." Indeed, theonly timel found any Chrysojihanidae 

 in anything approaching profusion was in the valley of the Arve at 

 Chamonix, June 12th-21st, 1913, where Heodes [ChrysopJianns) rir- 

 yaitrcae was swarming with Chrysophanns hippothoe, chiefly over fields 

 of rye, the $ s easily out-numbering the J s. Both races were large, 

 and, being quite fresh, one was able to secure a nice series. 



At Grindelwald, July 22nd-August 7th, 1914, these species were 

 only very fairly common, even on the (sunny) slopes of the Faulhorn, 

 behind Grindelwald, where Ayriadescoridon, Hirsiitina daman, Folyom- 



