90 
LYC.ENID.E. 
Habitat, — South-Eastern Europe, North and Central Italy, 
Asia Minor, and Persia. 
Lakva. — Unknown. 
G. P. Dispar, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 40; Dup. i. 13, 3-6; Boisd. 
Ic, 10, 1-3, — Hippothoe, Lewin, Insects, pi 40; Donovan, 
Brit. Ins. pi. 117 ; Esp. 38, 1, 2 (Hippothoe, Linn, est 
noinen specie! sequentis). 
Expands 1-62 to 2 in. The male is brilliant copper-red; all 
the wings have a narrow black hind-marginal border. The fore 
wings have two spots in the discoidal cell, the outer one being 
elongated, and the inner one being merely a black dot ; about 
midway between the outer spot and the hind margin, and parallel 
to the latter, is an indistinct row of dark spots ; the hind wings 
possess a similar row, and also an elongated discoidal spot. The 
female is larger than the male ; the fore wings have a broader hind- 
marginal band, and parallel to this a row of seven large black spots ; 
there are three spots in the discoidal cell. The hind wings are 
copper, with three rows of black spots, generally clouded over with 
dusky brown, except along the hind margin, which has a broad 
copper band ; sometimes the hind wings are rather broadly veined 
with copper. The under side is similar in both sexes. The fore 
wings are bright orange-red, with a grey hind-marginal border. 
In the discoidal cell there are three black spots, surrounded by grey 
rings, and parallel to the hind margin is a row of spots similar to 
those just mentioned, and seven in number. The hind wings are 
pale grey, strongly tinged with light blue towards the base, and 
with a broad and very distinct hind-marginal orange border 
enclosing a double row of black spots ; at the base are two black 
spots, and one near the centre of the costa ; there are three spots, 
two small and round, and one elongated, in the discoidal cell, and 
then one midway between the latter and the inner margin ; beside 
these, there is an irregular row of ten large spots running parallel 
to the hind margin, and these, as well as all the other spots, are 
surrounded by light rings, PI. XIX., 4. 
Time of Appearance.^ — From the end of June to the end of 
August. 
