LYCENID, LYC/ENA. 69 
a*, Ofsmall size ; male, upperside lavender-blue, 
66x. L. cHAMANICA, Biluchistan, 
6%, Of larger size ; male, upperside smalt blue, 
662, L. Logwn, Taurus, Biluchistan, 
6?, Male, underside, hindwing, spots entirely white, female unknown, 
663. L. LEHANA, Ladak. 
664. IL. PHERETES, var. ASIATICA, Native Sikkim, 
61. Both sexes, underside, hindwing, ground-colour metallic greenish, 
a*, Male, upperside, blue coloration extending to outer margin, 
665. L. GaLatuEa, Western Himalayas. 
6°, Male, upperside, blue coloration confined to basal two-thirds of wings. 
a°, Male, of small size, blue coloration of upperside inclined to greenish, 
shining. 
666, L. METALLICA, Lahoul, Ladak. 
‘s 5°, Male, of larger size, blue coloration of upperside inclined to purple, 
dull. 
667. L.ompuissa, Ladak, 
5. Both sexes, underside, hindwing with prominent series of orange lunules; cilia of both wings 
prominently spotted with black. 
668. L,. HYLAs, Europe, Western Asia, Afghanistan, Western Himalayas. 
C. Both sexes above fuscous, irrorated with metallic greenish scales at base. 
@. Both sexes, underside, hindwing with no regular discal series of white spots, 
669. L. Jatoxa, Kashmir. 
2. Both sexes, underside, hindwing with a discal series of white spots. 
a‘, Both sexes, underside, forewing with discal spots entirely white, 
670. L. ELLisi, Pangi. 
41, Both sexes, underside, forewing with discal spots'white, prominently centred with black, 
671. L. LeEva, Ladak, 
The first group consists of a single species only, Z. medon, Hufnagel, which has a wide range 
in the old world. Both sexes are dark smoky brown on the upperside, forewing witha black 
disco-cellular spot, both wings with a submarginal series of orange lunules, often more or less 
absent. Underside, both wings pale brown, usually with the orange spots very prominent, the 
rest of the markings black surrounded with white; discal white streak on the hindwing not 
prominent ; sexes alike, 
647. Lycena medon, Hufnagel. 
Papilio medon, Hufnagel, Berl. Mag., vol. ii, p. 78,n. 41 (1766) ; id., Rottenburg, Naturf., vol. vi, p. xo, 
(1775) ; id., Esper, Schmett., vol. i, pt. 1, pl. xxxii, fig. 1 (1778) ; pt. 2, pl. lv, fig. 7 (1780); Papilio agestis, 
Wien. Verz., p. 184, n. 13 (1776) ; id., Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., vol. i, figs. 303—306 (1798—1803) ; Polyom- 
matus agestis, Godart, Enc. Méth., vol. ix, p. 689, n. 220 (1823); Pafilio astrarche, Bergstrisser, Nomencl., 
vol. iii, p. 4, pl. xlix, figs. 7, 8 (1779) ; Lycenu astrarche, Staudinger, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., vol. xiv, p. 240 
(1878) ; id., Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, p. 889 ; id., Lang, Butt. Eur., p. 114, n. 21, pl. xxiv, fig. 9, 
male and female (1884) ; id., Alphéraky, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross,, vol. xvi, p. 386, n. 42 (1881); id. Doherty, 
Journ. A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 133, n. 180 (1886); Pafpzlio idas, Lewin, Ins. Brit., vol. i, p. 82, pl. xxxix, figs, 
1, 2 (1795) ; Papilio allous, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett., vol. i, figs. 988—992 (1827—1841) ; Lycena astrarche, var. a, 
allous, Lang, Butt. Eur., p. 115 (1884); Polyomematus nazira, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 504, 
n, 102, pl. xxxi, fig. 4; Lycena nazira, id., |. c., 1882, p. 246; Cupido nazira, Butler, |. c., 1886, p. 368, 
n. 49. 
HaAsitaT : Throughout Europe, except the Polar regions ; North Africa (Zang) ; Asia Minor 
(Staudinger) ; Kouldja (A/phéraky) ; Askold, Amurland (Z/wes) ; Western Himalayas. 
EXPANSE: ‘9 to 1°3 (Indian specimens). 
DESCRIPTION: MALE and FEMALE. “ UPPERSIDE, doth wings satin-brown 3a marginal 
series of blackish dots, bordered inwardly with a submarginal row of deep red lunules. Fvre- 
wing with a black spot closing the discoidal cell. UNDERSIDE, doth wings purplish cream- 
colour ; with a submarginal red band, bordered exteriorly with black dots, internally with 
blackish lunules, and margined on both sides with white Junules, forewing with a spot 
closing the cell, five and a germinated sixth irregularly across the disc. Mindwing with 
eight spots also irregularly across the disc, three basal and one closing the cell black, 
each encircled with white; a dash of white longitudinally on the disc, Ci/ia broad, white, 
with black spots.” (dZoore, 1. c.) 
