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LYC.ENIDM. 
spot, tliongii often this is absent, or is very narrow ; the hind wings 
have a hind-marginal row of black spots, and show faint traces of 
an orange l)and. 
The female is brown, the hind wings having a hind-marginal 
orange band and a row of black spots. The under side is light 
brown, and the spots and bands are arranged very much the same 
as in L. Astrarclie, but the fore wings have a small black basal 
spot. PL XXV., 1. 
Times of Appearance. — May to -July. 
Habitat. — Greece, Turkey, Asia Aliiior, and Syria. 
Larva . — U nkno wn . 
23. L. Eros, 0. i. 2, 42 ; Hup. i. 12, 5, 6 ; B. Ic. 14, 4 - 6 ; H.-S. 
212-3. — TitJioims, Hiib. 555-6. 
Expands 1 to 1‘12 in. in the typical form. Fringe of 
all the wings white. The male has all the wings shining light 
blue above, without discoidal spots, with a well-defined dark brown 
hind-marginal border, and on the hind margin a row of dark spots. 
The female is brown ; all the wings with a light orange hind- 
marginal hand and black spots ; fore wings with a black discoidal 
spot. Under side pale grey in the male, brownish grey in the 
female, with the usual orange bands and rows of ocellated spots ; 
fore wings with two basal spots : the bases are tinged with pale 
blue. Id. XXV., 2. 
Times op Appearance. — -June, July, and August. 
Habitat. — Mountain pastures in Switzerland, the Pyrenees, 
and the Altai. Not very common. 
Larva. — Not described. 
VARIETY. 
((. Eroides, I'riv. Imm. 1835 ; H.-S. 12, 13. — Anteros, Err. 386, 
3, 4. — Everos, Hup. — Boisduvalil, H.-S. 7-9. Much larger than 
the type, expanding 1-37 in. The wings in the male are of a much 
deeper and more brilliant blue, and the markings on the under side, 
especially the orange bands, are much more defined. PI. XXV., 3. 
Habitat. — The ])lains of North-East Germany, South liussia, 
and Asia Minor. 
