416 



is distinguished by several characters ' ; and in a footnote he adds : ' This 

 species {ThecJa hetuJoides, Lucas) has the wings tinted with blue above and 

 grey below.'" {Butler, I. c.) 



The bright orange patch on primaries, which is the distinguishing character 

 of var. hetuloides, may occupy a large portion of the disc, or, on the other 

 hand, may be only very faintly indicated. All the intergrades occur. 



Bremer and Grey do not mention the sex of either of their types from Pekin, 

 but I have scarcely any doubt that their ccerulea is the female of their micans. 

 The figure of the latter in Menetries' ' Catalogue ' (pi. iv. fig. 4) appears to have 

 been made fi'om a poor specimen. 



A very common species, occurring throughout the northern, western, and 

 central portions of China. 



Fixsen (Rom. sur Lep. iii. p. 268), in his subdivision of the Thecla group 

 of Lycaenidae, places icana, Moore, as a synonym of micans ; but these two 

 species are not even congeneric, the former is a Zej^hyriis and the latter a 

 Bapala. In this arrangement, ataxus, Hewitson, is placed in one genus, and 

 its female kafura, Hewitson, in another genus, llerda oda and Ilerda 

 sapJiir, Blanchard, are also placed in different genera. Many other similar 

 instances might be cited, but those referred to will suffice to show that 

 Dr. Fixsen's revision of the group is one which cannot Jbe accepted as it now 

 stands. 



Specimens intermediate between typical micans and var. betuloides are 

 not uncommon. 



Kapala arata. 



Thecla arata, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 25, pi. iii. fig. 6 (1864) ; Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. 



p. 15, pi. iv. fig. 10 (1887). 

 Thecla ichnoijruphiu, Butler, Jouni. Linn. Soc., Zool. ix. p. 57 (18G6). 

 Ihecla tyrianthina, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. p. 34, pi. iv. fig. 5 (1881). 

 Thecla arata, var., Fixsen, Bom. sur Lep. iii. p. 281, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1887). 



" AlsD Hupi-ii aut violaceo- aut aigeiik'o-ca'nileo-micunfccs, marf^iiiein posteriorcm versus obscuri- 



ores ; postioa; cauduta) aiigiilo anali Bubrotundato iiigro ob I'ulvo. 

 " Alac Hubtus albsc, anticarum diniidio basali, posticarum dimidio interiore nigricantibus. 

 " Alio omncH macula discoidali clongata, fascia transversa, fascia submarginali margincque 



pOHtcrioro nigricaiitilmH ; postica) plnga magna fulva, propo unguium analcm niaculas iiigras 



(piatuor includontc, angulo ani subrotundato nigro. .'52 ra." {Bremer, I. c.) 

 Thec la ichnofjraphia, iJutlor. — " Ala 8nj)ra clialj))eo-i)uri)ureaj, ad marginem posticum fusccs- 



contcs ; postica) atignlo anali in candam obtusam rufam nigro cinctam producto, vonaquo 



niediana prima cnuda Icnui Icrmiiiaiilo. Corpus fuscum. 



