416 LTCJiNIDJi. 
is distinguished by several characters ' : and in a footnote he adds : ' This 
species [Thecla letuloides, Lucas) has the Avings tinted with blue above and 
grey below.' " {Butler, I. c.) 
The bright orange patch on primaries, which is the distinguishing character 
of var. betnlokles, 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 Mea^tries' ' Catalogue ' (pi. iv. fig. 4) appears to have 
been made from a poor specimen. 
A very common species, occurring throughout the northern, western, and 
central portions of China. 
Fixsen (Eom. sui- Lep. iii. p. 268), in his subdivision of the Thecla group 
of Lycsenidse, places icana, Moore, as a synonym of micans ; but these two 
species are not even congeneric, the former is a Ze])ht/ri(s and the latter a 
Eafala. In this aiTangemeut, ataxus, Hewitson, is placed in one genus, and 
its female katura, Hewitson, in another genus. Ilerda oda and Ilerda 
saphir, 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 be accepted as it now 
stands. 
Specimens intermediate between typical miccnis and var. betuloides are 
not uncommon. 
Kapala arata. 
Thecla arata, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 25, pi. iii. fig. 6 (1864) ; Pryer, RLop. Nihon. 
p. 15, pi. iv. fig. 10 (1887). 
Thecla ichnoffvaphia, Butler, Joinu. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 57 (1866). 
Ihecla tyrianthina, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. p. 34, pi. iv. fig. 5 (1881). 
Thecla arata, var., Fixsen, Eom. sur Lep. iii. p. 281, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1887). 
" Al8B supra aut violaceo- aut argeiitco-coeruleo-micantes, marginem posteriorem versus obscuri- 
orcs : postica; caiidata3 angulo anali subrotundato uigro efc fulvo. 
" AliE subtus altfe, anticarum dimidio basali, posticarum dimidio interiore nigricantibus. 
" Alaj omnes macula discoidali elongata, fascia transversa, fascia submarginali margineque 
posteriore nigricantibus ; posticse plaga magna fulva, props angulum analem maculas nigras 
quatuor includente, angulo ani subrotundato nigro. 32 m." (Bremer, I. c.) 
Theda iclmographia, Butler. — " Aim supra ebalybeo-purpureee, ad marginem posticum fusces- 
centes ; postica; angulo anali in caudam obtiisam rufam nigro cinctam producto, veuaque 
mediana prima cauda tenui terminante. Corpus fuscum. 
