Pol yomma tus. 5 1 



angulated central row of black dots. There is an eye on the costa of the fore-wings above the 

 discoidal lunule. Expands two-thirds of an inch. It is found in meadows in the south of France, 

 Spain, the greater part of Africa, Western Asia, and the East Indies in July. 



33. P. Pcenope (Eversm.). — Brown, blue in the centre and towards the base in the male, fringes 

 spotted with black and white. Under side greyish-brown, with black discoidal lunules, outside 

 which is a curved row of black eyes, and a double row of submarginal black dots ; hind-wings 

 with three or four basal eyes. All the eyes, except the marginal dots, are rather large, and 

 surrounded with white. Expands about i inch. It inhabits the marshy steppes of the Lower 

 Ural, and is one of the rarest of the Russian species. 



34. P. Hylas (W. V.).— Male blue, with black dots towards the anal angle of the hind-wings ; 

 female brown, blue at the base, and with a marginal row of bluish-white lunules, partly enclosing 

 the black spots of the hind-wings. Fringes spotted with black and white ; fore-wings with a large 

 discoidal lunule. Under side bluish-grey, with the usual central row of eyes ; fore-wings with a 

 second smaller eye in the cell within the discoidal lunule, and a marginal row of small black spots ; 

 the eyes of the fore-wings are much larger than those on the hind-wings. Hind-wings with a 

 double marginal row of small black spots, between which is a row of orange spots. Widely 

 distributed on the shores of the Mediterranean, and in France, South Germany, and Northern 

 Asia. It is double-brooded, and is found in dry, sunny places from May to August. The larva 

 feeds on different species of thyme. 



35. P. Orion (Pall.), Battus (Hiibn.). — Brown, purplish-blue at the base; fore-wings with a 

 black discoidal lunule, and a row of violet-blue lunules towards the hind margin ; hind-wings with 

 a marginal row of large black spots in violet-blue rings. Fringes very distinctly spotted with black 

 and white. Under side whitish, with large black spots instead of eyes ; fore-wings with basal 

 spots and a discoidal lunule, beyond which are two rows of large and almost confluent spots, 

 and a third row of smaller separated spots nearer the hind margin ; hind-wings with a discoidal 

 spot, and four basal spots ; outside these is an orange band, edged within with black lunules, on 

 each side of which is a row of large round black spots. Expands about i inch. It is common, 

 though local, in many parts of Southern and Central Europe (except the north-west) and Southern 

 and Western Asia from May to July, generally frequenting rocky places. The larva is sea-green, 

 with a black head, and a dark violet line on the back. It feeds on Seditm telcphinin in July and 

 August. 



36. P. Bavins (Eversm.). — Male purplish-blue, with a rather broad black border, and three or 

 four black eyes in orange rings at the anal angle of the hind-wings. Female dark brown, slightly 

 orange at the base, with a marginal row of orange spots on the hind-wings. The fringes are 

 spotted with black and white. Under side of the fore-wings with the spots much larger than 

 on the hind-wings. There is a double row of eyes, the innermost much curved, and two spots in 

 the discoidal cell, that nearest the base double. Hind-wings beneath with a marginal row of 

 orange spots, edged outside with black spots and inside with black lunules, within which the 

 central row of eyes curves round the discoidal lunule ; and there are also four basal spots. It 

 expands about i;^- inches, and is found in South Russia and Western Asia. 



37. P. Pylaon (Waldh.). — Male purplish-blue, with a very narrow black border, and white 

 fringes ; the hind-wings with some black dots occasionally marked with orange near the anal angle, 

 and slight traces of an inner whitish line within the black border. Female brown, with marginal 

 orange spots, which diminish as they recede from the hinder angles of all the wings ; and nearly 

 always with bluish-white streaks or spots before the marginal line. Under side silvery grey, with 

 a submarginal row of orange spots on all the wings, edged on both sides with black ones. The 



