CHAP, XXI.] 



INSECTS. 



Family 13.— LYC^NID^. (39 Genera, 1,220 Species.) 



The Lycffinidse — of the variety and beauty of which in tropical 

 regions our own " Blues " and " Coppers " give but a faint idea 

 — arc a group of universal distribution. "We sliall therefore in- 

 dicate those genera which are restricted to one or more regions, 

 or are nearly cosmopolitan. The large genus Pohjommatus (con- 

 taining 325 species) has tlie same universal distribution as the 

 entire family. Our common " Blues " well represent this genus. 

 Lycccna (comprising the " Coppers ") is more especially charac- 

 teristic of the PalcTarctic and Nearctic regions, but stragglinsi 

 species occur also in North India, South Africa, Chili, and New 

 Zealand. Thccla is especially characteristic of the Neotropical 

 region, where there are about 370 species; in the Nearctic 

 region, 36 ; in the Palrearctic 13 ; and in the Ethiopian 3. 

 Miletus, Lucia, Hypolycccna, Myrina, and Dcudorix are common 

 to the three tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere — the 

 Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian. Aplmcus and lulaus are 

 common to the Ethiopian and Oriental regions, the latter 

 extending to Celebes. lalmenus, Pseudodiiisas, Curetis, and 

 AmUyiJodia are common to the Oriental and Australian regions, 

 but the first-named is found also in Madagascar. Ze2')hyTus is 

 found only in the Nearctic and Palaearctic, Eumams in the 

 Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The Nearctic region has one 

 peculiar genus {Fcniscca) ; the Palaearctic has two — Thestor and 

 Lc€oso;pis ; tlie Ethiopian has nine — Pcntila, Lipfana, U Urhania, 

 Axioccrccs, Ccqrys, Phytala, Epitola, Hnvitsonia, and Dcloneura ; 

 the Oriental has five — Allot inus, Ilcrda, Poritia, Cktmena, and 

 Lipliyra ; the Australian has three — Ilyiwclirysops, Utica, and 

 Oyyris ; and tlie Neotropical also three — Lamprospilus, Thcorana, 

 and Trichonis. 



