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LYC^NlDiE. 



" 5 . Alx supra fuscae, ciliis albis ; corpus cinereo-fuacum ; subtus velut mari. 

 "Alar. exp. unc. Ij." {Butler, I. c.) 



L. lycormas differs from L. cyllarus, Rott., in the paler brown colour, 

 broader black margins, and broad Avhite fringes of the upper surface ; on 

 the under surface the ground-colour is whiter and the secondaries are less 

 suffused with bluish ; the spots are smaller on all the wings and are arranged 

 in more uniformly curved series. 



Pryer remarks that he has only seen this species from Yesso, where it Avas 

 abundant, and he adds that some male specimens are almost as dark as the 

 females. I believe that L. lycormas occurs also in the mountain districts 

 of Central Japan. 



The specimens obtained by Christoph at Raddeflia, Amurland, in June 

 and July, are deeper blue in coloration than the majority of Japanese 

 specimens ; but as examples almost exactly identical occur in Japan, it is 

 perhaps hardly necessary to retain the varietal name of scylla for the Amurland 

 form as proposed as Dr. Staudinger. 



Occurs in Japan and Amurland, 



Lycaena coeligena. 



Lyccena cailiyena, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. ii. p. 21, pi. i. figs. Za,b (187G). 



" Jc nc connais dc ccttc espece que le male. Sa taille est celle de notre L. nrion. II est en 

 dcssus d'ua bleu tres briUant et chatoyant. Ses ailes superiouros sont asscz largement 

 tciiitecs do noir a I'apex. Cette teinte noire commence par longer lo bord antericur des 

 ailcs, puis clle s'ej)aissit an somniet, ct cnfin sc teriuiue par un niiuco liseic noir qui se 

 prolongc aux ailos inforicurcs qu'il borde jusqu'a Tangle anal ; la fraugo est blanche. 



"En dessous, la Lyccena coeligena est d'un gris jauuatre; aux ailes superieures, un croissant noir 

 cntouro dc blunc forme la cellule discoVdale, et de gros points noirs cntoures anssi de bhinc 

 prcci'dcnt, prus du bord cxlc'rieur, uiio rangoo de potits croissants plus ou moins apparcnts 

 et continuant la serio bicn plus regulierement marquee de croissants semblables qui suit tout 

 le bord extcrne de I'aile iiifc'ricurc. Cetto aile inforieuro porto aussi un croissant list'rc 

 largement de blanc, feriuant la colhile discoVdale, ct uno couronne do points noirs ccrcles 

 do blanc. 



" I,cH ntit<!tinrs Hout anneb'cH (h; blaiic ct dc noir." (Oberthiir, I. c.) 



M. Obcilhiir described tlie male only; the following is a description of 

 tlie femal(! : — 



/ema7<!. Larger than tlie male, (i round-colour rather darker ; outer fourth of in-imaries and 

 tho coBtu of secondaries black; a marginal scries of large black spots on secondaries. 

 Under mirfacc as in male. 



Expanse, d 4U-4*> millim., J 45-48 millim. 



