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TAB. LX. 
LYCAENA IGNITA. 
L. alis supra nigris, disco purpurescente nitido ; subtus 
cinereo-brunneis, maculis igneo-rubris ceruleo-ar- 
genteo-marginatis, anticis costa basilari fulva. 
Habitat in Australasia. 
FIERY ARGUSFLY. 
Wings black above with a shining purple disc, cinereous- 
brown beneath with fire-red spots bordered with silvery- 
blue, anterior ones with the base of the costal margin ful- 
vous. 
This splendid species of Lycena inhabits New Holland. 
The anterior wings of the male have a much broader mar- 
gin of black than those of the female. The rays of the 
internal wing-bone of the hinder wings are generally ful- 
vous, but are sometimes found black. 
Fig. 1. Female. 
2. Male. 
3. Underside, which in both sexes is the same. 
