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25. L. Eumedon, Esp. 52, 2 (1780); Hub. 301-2; 0. i. 2, 48; 
Fit. 235, 2, 3. — Chiron, Eott. Naturf. vi. p. 27 (1775), 
sed Chiron, L., alius erat papilio. 
Expands 1 to 1*16 in. The male lias all the wings very 
dark brown, the fore wings with a black discoidal spot. The 
female is somewhat lighter in colour, and has a row of faint orange 
spots on the hind margin of the hind wings. The fringes of all the 
wings white. Under side : — -Brownish grey ; the fore wings have 
a row of faint orange spots along the hind margin, and internal to 
this a straight row of round black spots in white rings. The 
discoidal spot is oval and black, with a white ring : there are no 
basal spots. The hind wings have the same arrangement of spots 
as the fore wing, and in addition to these there is one basal spot, 
black and surrounded by a white ring. The base of the wing is 
dusted with shining greenish blue, and from the discoidal spot to 
the orange hind-marginal band there runs a rather broad white 
line. PI. XXV., 6. 
Times of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — South-Eastern and Central Europe (not Britain), 
the southern parts of Scandinavia, mountains in Asia Minor and 
the Altai. It frequents moist pastures, generally at rather a 
considerable elevation. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
26. L. Idas, Banibur, Eaiin. And. p. 266, pi. 10, 5-7. 
Expands 0-87 to 1 in. All the wings are brown, with a white 
marginal fringe ; the fore wings have a black discoidal spot. 
In the female there is a faint trace of an orange hind-marginal 
band on the hind wings. The under side much resembles that ol 
Astrarche, but the orange hind-marginal spots are very pale and 
small, those of the fore wings being almost obscured by white ; the 
central row of the fore wings is very irregular, the two spots nearest 
the costa being considerably internal to the rest. The shape of 
the wings is much longer and narrower than in slstrarche. PI. 
XXVI., 1. 
Time of Appearance. — June. 
