L^osopis. 



GENUS III. — THESTOR (lliJBN.). 



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Brown butterflies, more or less marked with orange or reddish, but rarely with the brilliant 

 coppery lustre of Lycccna. The club of the antenn.-e is distinct and rather thick ; the eyes are 

 hairy, the palpi short, and the hind-wings are rounded, not emarginate before the anal angle, 

 and without a tail. The few known species inhabit the shores of the Mediterranean and 

 Black Seas. 



1. T. Balhis (Hiibn.). — Male brown; fore-wings with the spots of the under side showing 

 through, and hind-wings with traces of a marginal orange band at the anal angle. Female 

 Avith the fore-wings orange, the costa and hind margin broadly brown. Hind-wings brown, the 

 outer half with a very broad orange band. Fore-wings beneath brown, tinged with copper, with 

 two rows of large black eyes in the discoidal cell, and two curving transverse rows nearer the hind 

 margin. Hind-wings beneath green, the hind margins broadly brown. Expands about i inch. 

 Common in South France, Spain, Morocco, and Algeria in February and March. The larva is 

 yellowish-white, with a row of reddish spots on the back, which are bordered with brownish-red and 

 bisected by a blue line ; there are also violet-red oblique streaks, and a longitudinal line on the 

 sides. The head is brown, and the first two or three segments are washed with whitish. It feeds 

 on Lotus hispidus in May. 



2. T. Nogcllii (Herr. Schaff.). — Dark brown, tinged with copper ; fore-wings of the male with 

 a large orange blotch in the centre ; there is also a short orange band at the anal angle of the hind- 

 wings. The under side of the hind-wings is slaty-grey, with the base greenish, and two rows 

 of square orange spots, edged on both sides with black ones. Nearer the base are four similar 

 spots, forming an imperfect third band. Expands from i to i| inches. Inhabits Turkey in 

 Europe and Asia. 



3. T. CalliniacJius (Eversm.). — Fore-wings red, with the costa and hind margin brown ; hind- 

 wings brown, with a large oval orange blotch on the hind margin towards the anal angle. Under 

 side of the fore-wings red ; the costa greyish-white, with large connected spots ; there is also a 

 large pure white spot in the centre of the costa, with a black lunule on each side. Hind-wings 

 beneath grey, varied with brown towards the margins and between the three double rows of small 

 black dots. Expands nearly i inch. It inhabits South Russia and Western Asia in May. 



GENUS IV. — L.€OSOPIS (RAMB.). 



The only species of this genus, L. Roboris (Esp.), resembles Zcphyrus Querciis in appearance, but 

 the eyes are naked, the hind-wings are not scalloped at the anal angle, and are destitute of a tail. 

 The male has purplish fore-wings, with the tip and hind margin broadly, and the costa narrowly, 

 brown ; the hind-wings are brown, with the base purple, and some purple marginal spots. The 

 female is brown ; the fore-wings have three purplish-blue streaks at the base, of which the middle 

 one is the shortest ; the hind-wings are brown, with six purplish-blue marginal spots. The under 

 side is grey, with a marginal row of orange spots, edged internally with a row of white ones, 

 and externally by a silvery-blue line, most conspicuous on the hind-wings. Between the white and 

 orange spots is a row of black dots. Expands about l\ inches. It is found in woods in Spain, 

 South France, and at Botzen, in the Tyrol, in May and June, and is particularly fond of privet 

 blossom. The larva is dull brown, with a black streak on the back, bordered with obscure 

 yellowish markings. It feeds on the oak. We do not know if any exotic species are congeneric 

 with this. 

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