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elongated discoidal, and an irregular central row ; the hind margin has a double row of black 
spots, three or four pairs enclosing each a spot of bright orange, two or throe of the external 
row nearest the anal angle having a spot of shiny blue or silver. 
" Times of ajipearaiice. June and July. 
" Habitat. Europe and Siberia, inhabiting peaty or boggy places and mountain sides. Its range in 
Europe is limited to Germany, Scandinavia, Russia, and the Alps of Switzerland. It does not 
occur in Western or North-western Europe. 
" Larva. According to Ereyer, pale green, with short reddish hairs, the spiracles marked with 
white, and the head dark brown or blackish. Its food-plant is Vaccinium oxyococcus, on 
which it feeds in September and October, and again in the spring after hybernation." 
(Lang, 1. c.) 
There was a female specimen of this species in Fryer's collection which is 
not referred to in his work. This example differs from the type in being 
smaller and darker on the under surface ; it was probably taken in the 
mountains of Central Japan or in Yesso. 
L. 02}tilete has been recorded from various parts of Ammiand, also from 
Trans-Baikal. 
Lycsena pheretes. 
Papilio pheretes, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. p. 45 (1865). 
Lycoena pheretes, Lang, Butt. Eur. p. 112, pi. xxiv. fig. 6 (1884). 
" Expands 1-12 inch. Fringes of all the wings white. The male has the wings deep rich violet- 
blue, with a narrow black border ; discoidal spots absent. Tho female has aU the wings 
uniformly brown in colour, without any markings. The underside is grey, slightly tinged 
with greenish blue at the base in both sexes. The fore wings have a central row of black 
spots, and an elongated discoidal surrounded with white. The hind wings have two rows of 
large white spots without ocelli." (Lang, I. c.) 
The Western Chinese form of L. pheretes differs from the European type 
in its larger size (34 millim.) and deeper blue colour in the male ; the black 
margins are broader, and there is usually a series of black spots on the outer 
margin of secondaries. Under surface paler, and the spots are generally less 
distinct ; the white-ringed black spots forming a transverse series on primaries 
are sometimes very distinct, but often only faintly indicated, and sometimes 
entirely absent. 
The female differs only from European examples of the same sex in being 
larger. 
In India L. pheretes is represented by var. lehana, Moore, Avhich is smaller 
and darker than the type, with broader margins to all the wings. The 
