CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 17l 



16. Lycaena Triton. 



Papilio (P. E.) Triton, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, cserulescen- 

 tibus ; subtus striga ferruginea punctisque numerosis nigris : habitat 

 in Russia meridional!." 



' Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 74. n. 692 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 298. 

 n. 132 (1793). 



S. Russia? (Obtained 1847, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



Closely allied to the L. Zephyrus of Trivaldsky. 



17. Lycaena Argus. 



Papilio (P. R.) Argus, Linnceus, " alis ecaudatis ; posticis subtus 

 limbo ferrugineo, ocellis caaruleo-argenteis : habitat in Europas 

 Rhamno" Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. pi. 64. figs. 316-318 (1805). 



$ . Papilio (P. R.) Acreon, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, fuscis ; 

 subtus nigro ocellatis, posticis fascia alba, rubra, strigaque punctorum 

 aureorum : habitat in Russia meridionali." 



c? . Hesperia (R.) Amphion, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, cseruleis, 

 nigro marginatis ; subtus cinereis nigro ocellatis ; posticis lunulis 

 rubris, puncto nigro aureo notatis : habitat in Germania." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 525. n. 346 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 122. 

 n. 549 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. pp. 74, 76, n. 690, 699 (1787) ; 

 Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 296, 301, n. 128, 139, 140 (1793). 



Russia. (Obtained 1850, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There is one worn specimen of P. Argus in the Banksian Collec- 

 tion in the British Museum ; the description of P. Acreon is rather 

 confused, " Margo lunulis albis, nigris, fulvis, nigris albisque stri- 

 gosus." 



18. Lycaena Artaxerxes. 



Hesperia (R.) Artaxerxes, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, nigris, 

 anticis puncto medio albo, posticis lunulis rufis ; subtus margine 

 albo rufo punctato : habitat in Anglia." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 297. n. 129 (1793). 



Edinburgh, Scotland. B.M. 



19. Lycaena Laius. 



Hesperia (R.) Cajus, Fabricius [P. Laius, Cramer], " alis integer- 

 rimis, fuscis, olisco cserulescente ; subtus cinereo alboque variis, 

 punctis ocellaribus fuscis : habitat in India orientali." Pap. Exot. 

 iv. pi. 319. figs. D, E (1782). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 296. n. 126 (1793). 



Hong-Kong, China. (Presented 1848, by J. C. Bowring, Esq.) 



B.M. 



