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Very characteristic is the underside, which is white A\-ith black dots and hook-spots, which are especially 

 distinct on the hindwing. — Li West and Central China; also in India (Sikkim, etc.), where it is seasonally 

 dimorphic according to De ^'iceville. 



C. hersilia Leech (83 f). Ground-colour whitish above and beneath, the margin in the 5 very heri:ilia. 

 narrowly blackish grey, with pale ocelU before the margin. Underside with very few dispersed dots and 

 feeble submarginal limules. — In Central China (Chang- Yang), in June and July. 



C. oreas Leech (83 f). (^ somewhat similar to the ^ of argiolus, but deeper violet-blue and the oreas. 

 black apical area of the wings broader. The $ too, is darker, being more purplish blue, the underside 

 bearing fewer, but very strongly marked elongate spots. — In West China, up to 10 000 ft. 



C. nebulosa Leech (83 g). Similar to oreas, but the underside more abundantly and brightly spotted, nebulosa. 

 the spots arranged in more complete and more regular rows. — Central and West China. 



C. vardhana Moore (83 g). Easily recognized by the very bright metallic greyish blue gloss along vardhana. 

 the veins of the forewing, and particularly by the very conspicuous underside. The latter is snowy silver- 

 white, bearing on the forewing a large black discoceUular spot and 4 — 6 heavy black spots of the discal 

 row. — In Kashmir, Cheena (Xainital), from August to October, appears to be met with but singly. Also 

 in several Himalayan countries belonging to the Oriental Begion. 



C. albocaerulea Moore (83 h). Forewing of J above dark at the base and margins, hght on the albocaerulea. 

 disc; the hindwLog dark only at the base and outer margin. $ above rather more shaded with lilac. 

 Underside white, the forewing with markings only at the margin, the hindwing more strongly spotted. — 

 In the Xorth- Western Himalaya; also widely distributed on Indian territory and seasonally variable. 

 Specimens of the wet season are much darker than dry season individuals. 



36. Genus: Taraca Nicev. 



AUied to the Indian genus Spalgis, but the forewing more rounded, its outer margin convex instead 

 of straight, as it is in Spalgis. The hindwing likewise more rounded. The insects are larger, but more 

 dehcate, slenderer, less robust, and quite different from Spalgis in pattern. The genus has also been placed 

 near Gerydus. Which is its proper place, only the life-history wiU teach us. 



F. hamada Druce (88 f, g). Above dark brown, the disc of the forewing more (Indian specimens) hamada. 

 or less (Palearctic specimens) pale; the black dots with which the whole under surface is covered are 

 visible also on the brown upperside. — In West and Central China as well as Japan; at Yokohama and 

 many places on the west coast in July and August, flying at the Bamboo which grows along the brooks, 

 being local but not rare where it occurs. 



Alphabetical List 



of the Palearctic Lycaenidae with reference to the original descriptions. 

 * signifies that the form is also figured in the place quoted. 



abdominalis Tecl. Gerh., Monogr. Eur. Schmett. * 



abeacprragns Lye. Pier. Ann. See. Ent. Fr. 1837, p. 21. ' 



acat-iae Thecl. F. Mant. Ins., p. G9. 



aeamas Ceg. Klug, Symb. Phys. * 



aeaudata Thecl. Sigr. Stgr.-Reb. Cat., p. TO. 



actlnides Lye. Stgr. Stett. Zg. 1886. p. 214. 



aetis Lye. H.-Schaff. Syst. Schmett. Eur. 1. * 



acuta Cur. Moore. Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. (4) 20, p. 50. 



aditya Chrys. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 571. * 



admetus Lye. Esp. Eur. Schmett. Abb. I (2). * 



adouis Lye. Ebn. Abb. Eur. Schmett. * 



aedon Lye. Christ. Hor. Ent. Ross. 7, p. 236. * 



aegagrus Lye Christ. Hor. Ent. Ross. 10, p. 24 *. 



aegidion Lye. Meisn. Nat. Anzeig. Schweiz 1818, p. 88. 



aegina Lye. Gr.-Vrsh. Hor. Ent. Ross. 25, p. 451. 



aeruginosa Lye. Stgr. Stett. Zg. 1881, p. 285. 



aestiva Lye. Stgr. Cat. Lep. Eur. Faun. (2). p. 11. 



aetnaea Lvc. Zett. Isis 1847, p. 48. 



agnata Lye. Stgr. Stett. Zg. 1886. p. 19. 



agraphomena Lye. Verity. Entomolog. 37. p. 59. 



alaina Lye. Stgr. Stett. Zg. 1887, p. 50. 



alaica Clirys. Gr.-Grsh. Hor. Ent. Ross. 22, p. 305. 



alba Chrys. Tuti, Brit. Butt., p. 355. * 



albiannulata Lye. Harr. Entom. Rec. 18, p. 236. 



albicans Chrys." Fucks, Nassau. Ver. Nat. 42. p. 193. 



albicans Lyc. Aur. Nord. Fjar., p. 13. 



albicans Lyc. H.-Schaff. Syst. Schmett. Eur. * 

 alhida Lyc. Leech. Butt. China, p. 317. * 

 albipietaLyc. SchiiUz, Entom. Zeitschr. 19, p. 214. 

 albocaerulea Ziz. Rob. Iris 1, p. 59. * 

 albocaerulea Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 139. 

 albocaerulea Cyan. Moore. Proc. Z. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 139 

 alboocellata Lyc. Wheel. Bull. Switzerl. Lond. 1903. 

 alboeincta Cyan. Tutt, Brit. Butt. 2, p. 398. 

 albocineta Lvc. Sehidtz. BptI. Ent. Zeitschr. 48. p. 265. 

 albot'aseiata thecl. Tutt. Brit. Butt. 2, p. 200. 

 alboUnearis Lvc. .'^chultz. Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 48. p. 267. 

 albovirgata Thecl. Tutt. Brit. Butt. 2. p. 149. * 

 alcedo Lyc. Christ. Hor. Ent. Ross. 12, p. 200. * 

 alciphron Chrys. Rott. Naturf. 6, p. 11. 

 alcon Lyc. Schiff. Wien. Verz., p. 182. 

 aleonides Lyc. Aur. Nord. Fjar., p. 15. 

 aldrovandus Lyc. Selys-L. Mem. Soc. Sci. Liege 2, p. 35. 

 alexandra Chrys. Pang. Iris 14, p. 179. * 

 algirlca Lvc. Ruhl-Ueyne, Pal. Gross-Schmett., p. 768. 

 allardil Lyc. Oberth. Pet. Nouv. Ent. I. p. 412. 

 allous Lyc. Hbn. Abb. Eur. Schmett. * 

 alpherakyi Chrys. Gr.-Grsh. Hor. Ent. Ross. 22, p. 305. 

 alpina Lyc Stgr. Hor. Ent. Ross. 7, p. 52. 

 alpina Lyc. Berce, Faune Ent. Frang. Lep. L p. 134. 

 alpina Thest. Gr.-Grsh. Rom. .Mem. Lep. 4. p. 357. 

 al.soides Ziz. Gerh. Monograph. Eur. Tagschm. 1. * 



