LYC^NA. 
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margin. Fringe black and white. Beneath, the wings are ashy 
grey, slightly brownish ; they have a hlack discoidal lunule, a 
waved central row of black spots, and a double submarginal row. 
The fore wings have no basal spots ; there are three or four basal 
spots on the hind wings ; these spots, except those in the sub- 
marginal bands, are large and surrounded by white circles. The 
female differs little from the male, only the wings are duller 
beneath, being smoky grey.” 
16. L. Lysimon, Hiib. 534-5; H.-S. 28, 29. 
Expands 0‘67 to 0-87 in., being probably smaller than any 
other European butterfly. The male has all the wings brown, 
with bluish violet ; the fore wings have a small hlack discoidal 
lunule and a row of indistinct spots. The female is brown, 
slightly blue at the base. Under side : — Light grey ; fore wings 
with black discoidal and basal spots, a double hind-marginal and a 
central row. Hind wings similarly marked, but with three hasal 
spots ; and the bases of the wings slightly tinged with blue. 
Fringes of all the wings brown. PL XXIV, 3. 
Time of Appeakance. — July. 
Habitat. — The South of Europe, Western Asia, China, 
Africa, and a part of Australasia. Thus it is one of the most 
widely distributed of butterflies. In Europe it is confined to the 
South of France and Spain, principally the southern part of the 
latter, such as Andalusia and Granada, frequenting meadows. 
Larva . — U nkno wn . 
17. L,. Rhymnus, Eversmann, Nouv. Mem. Mosc. 1832, 350, 
t. 19, 1, 2; H.-S. 22, 23. 
Expands 0*75 to 1 in. All the wings are brown, the bases 
greenish blue. Under side : — Hark brown ; all the wings with a 
faint hind-marginal orange band ; internal to this a row of white 
spots, and a waved central row of similar spots ; the fore wings 
have a white discoidal and are without hasal spots ; the hind wings 
have, besides the white discoidal, two or three white basal spots or 
streaks. PI. XXIV., 4 (from H.-S.) 
