ohuysophanus] LYCAENIDAE 347 



Suffolk and Norfolk to Hants, in fens, local, wholly extinct 

 since about 1860; WC. and SE. Europe, Asia Minor, WC. 

 Asia ; 7, 8. Larva green ; dorsal lino darker : on Bwmex 

 hydrolapathwni ; 9-6. Pupa attached by tail and a central 

 belt. 



3. Lycaena, /''. 



Eyes hairy. Club of antennae elongate. Forowings : 6 

 separate, 8 and 9 stalked. 



A large genus of nearly universal distribution, though there 

 is no strictly indigenous species in New Zealand. Imago 

 usually with a horny apical hook on anterior tibiae. Larva 

 short, stout, attenuated at extremities, with short hairs. Pupa 

 attached by tail and often a central belt of silk, or unattached 

 or subterranean. 



1. Hindwings with linear terminal projection on 2 



1 . haetica. 

 „ without such projection . . 2. 



2. Hindwings beneath with orange subterminal spots 3. 



,, „ without orange spots . 6. 



3. Cilia barred . . . . .4. 



„ not barred . . . . .5. 



4. Wings of c? or basal scales of ? pale blue 3. corydon. 



„ „ „ ,, „ lilac-blue 4. bellargus. 



5. Forewings beneath with two anterior spots 6. icartts. 



,, „ without anterior spots 5. aeyon. 



6. Forewings above with black postmedian spots 7. avion. 



„ „ without such spots . 2. avyiolus. 



1. L. baetica, L. 26-30 mm. Wings fuscous, in $ suffused 

 with purple-blue except on termen, in $ on basal half only ; 

 hindwings with long linear terminal projection on 2, and a 

 blackish subterminal spot on each side of it. Wings beneath 

 pale brownish, with irregular partly connected white striae; 

 hindwings with white posterior fascia, and two black partly 

 orange-edged spots, marked with pale metallic green-blue, 

 before termen above tornus. 



Sussex, I. of Wight, Hants, an occasional immigrant only ; 

 W. France, S. Europe, C. and S. Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific 

 Islands; 8, 9. Larva green to reddish -brown ; dorsal line 

 darker ; lateral series of oblique pale streaks; spiracular 

 white : on scedpods of Pimm, Co/utea, Vicia, etc. ; 6, 7. Pupa 

 attached by tail and central belt. 



2. L. argiolus, L. 30-35 mm. Wings in $ purple -blue, 



