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The variety Z. schmidtii\'s> an albino form, in which the copper 

 colour of thj wings is replaced with white ; Z. tinicus (Cramer) 

 IS a large dark Southern form with short tails. 



On the Continent, this species is frequently accompanied by 

 another species of similar size and habits, but much duller in 

 colour — Lyccena dorilis (Hofnagel) or Z. circe (Hiibner). It is 

 said to have been once taken at Ilfracombe, but cannot be 

 supposed to be indigenous in England. The male is brown 

 above, spotted with black, and with traces of a copper band 

 towards the anal angle of the hind-wings. The female has the 

 centre of the fore-wings filled up with rather pale copper, 

 spotted with black, and there is a sub-marginal copper band on 

 all the wings, enclosing black spots on the hind-wings. The 

 under side is greenish yellow, spotted with black, and there is a 

 pale sub-marginal orange band on the hind-wings. 



GENUS TOMARES. 



Tomares, Rambur, Faune Ent. Andalusie, ii. p. 261 (1839). 

 l^homares, Rambur, Cat. Lepid. Andal. i. p. 2,Z (1858). 

 Thesior, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 73 (1816); Lederer, 



AVien. Ent. Mon. i. p. 26(1857); Schatz & Rober, Exot. 



Schmett. ii. p. 274 (1892). 



This genus is generally called Thestor, but Dr. Scudder has 

 shown that Fapilio protum?ius, Linn., a South African species, 

 is the true type of the genus Thestor. 



Tomares includes a number of small brown Butterflies with 

 orange rather than coppery markings, which inhabit the Medi- 

 terranean Region and Central Asia. They are remarkable for 

 their stout femora, and short stout tibiae, with a strong spine at 

 the extremity, which led Schatz and Rober to consider them 



