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LYC/ENIDM. 
Times of Appearance. — May to August. PL XXIY., 2. 
Habitat. — Central and South-Eastern Europe (not in Britain), 
and Western Asia, being found in dry sandy or chalky places. 
VARIETY. 
a. Panoptes, Hilb. 6, 670-3; Mill. Ic. pi. 85, 1. Bather 
smaller than the type, the wings being of a duller blue, and the 
ocellated spots of the under side smaller and closer. It is found in 
Spain and the South of France. 
Larva. — Milliere thus describes the larva of Panoptes : — 
“ It is green, inclining to olive ; the head is black and retractile. 
There is a broad dorsal stripe of pink, bordered on each side by a 
narrow stripe of light yellow. In a line with the stigmata is a 
brilliant white stripe, the stigmata themselves being whitish. 
The ventral surface is green, but duller than the back and sides ; 
the legs (pattes ccailleuses) are brown ; the claspers {pattes membran- 
euses) are green. It feeds on Thymus vulgaris. The egg is hatched 
when the thyme is in full flower, and its growth is rapid, the pupa 
being formed by the flrst week in June. The pupa is ovoid, short, 
and slightly tapering at the extremities ; its surface is smooth, 
clay-coloured, the wing-cases being tinged with green.” Milliere 
describes it as occurring at Hyeres, Cannes, and other places on 
the Mediterranean. 
15. L. Panope, Eversmann, Bull. Mosc. 1851, ii. 619. 
I regret my inability to give a figure of this species, which is 
described by Eversmann as inhabiting the Steppes of the Lower 
Ural. It appears to be a great rarity. I have never seen a 
specimen, and am not aware that any figure exists. The following 
is the original Latin description, and a translation from Evers- 
mann’s paper in the Moscow Bulletin referred to above : — 
“ L. Alis supra fuscis, disco caeruleo, ciliis albo nigroque 
variis ; subtus fusco canis ; lunula discoidali nigra, serie flexuosa 
externa serieque submarginali duplici punctorum nigrorum ; pos- 
ticis praeterea punctis basalibus tribus.” 
“ The wings are blackish brown above, with the base and disc 
violet-blue, slightly silvery, merging insensibly into the black 
