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t’. Stieberi, Gerh. pi. 35, 1 a. Much smaller than the type. 
The female fulvous. This is the boreal form of the insect, being 
found in Lapland and the northern part of Scandinavia. 
d. Candens, H.-S. 229-31; Fr. 571,3,4. Larger than the 
type. The male is a very brilliant copper-red, without violet 
reflections, and with an even black border, as in Euryhia, but 
wider. The female is fulvous. 
Habitat. — Turkey and Asia Minor. 
8. P. Alciphron, Kott. Naturf. vi. p. 11 (1775). — ■ Hippono'e, 
Esp. 78, 6 (1782) ; 0. I. 2, IQ.—Hicrc, Fab. Mant. 80 
(1787); Godt. ii. 23, 3, 4. — Lampetie, Htlb. 35G-7. 
Expands 1*16 to 1-25 in. The male has all the wings 
brownish violet, streaked with copper towards the bases, especially 
on the hind wings. The fore wings have two black discoidal spots ; 
between the outer one of these and the hind margin is a row of five 
or six black spots. The hind wings have an elongated discoidal 
spot. The female has the wings brown, without any violet colour ; 
they are spotted as in the male, and the hind wings have an orange 
band running parallel to the hind margin. Under side : — Grey, 
inclining to orange, especially on the fore wings, and more so in 
the male than in the female ; with numerous black spots, and on 
the hind wings an orange hind-marginal border. In this species, 
as well as in several others of the genus, the shape of the wings 
differs slightly in the two sexes ; the fore wings of the male have 
their hind margins nearly straight, whilst in the female they are 
more or less convex. PI. XXI., 1. 
Time of Appeaeance. — July. 
Habitat. — ■ Woods in the East of Europe, Asia Minor, 
Armenia, Persia, and the Altai. It is found more sparingly in 
Central Europe and Kussia. 
Laeva. — “ Dull green, darker on the back and sides ; stigmata 
blackish ; head brownish (V. G.) ; on Paunex acetosa ” (Kirby). 
Times of Appeaeance. — April and May. 
