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lateral ones. Feeds on saintfoin, Oiiohrychis sativa, in May and 
June. PI. XXIX., lig. 3. 
VAEIETY. 
a. Damone, Ev. Bull. M. 1841, i. 18; Fit. 380, 2. Bather 
larger than the type. The male is deeper blue, and with a narrower 
hind-marginal border. Both sexes have the white streak on the 
under side much narrower. 
Habitat. — The Ural Mountains. 
37. L. Donzelii, B. Ic. 15, 1-3; Fit. 145, 2, 3; H.-S., 351-2. 
Expands 0‘81 to 1-25 in. Fringes white and grey. The male 
has all the wings greenish blue, with broad hind-marginal band of 
brown, indistinctly defined internally ; the fore wings have a black 
elongated discoidal spot. The female is brown, with a black 
discoidal spot on the fore wings. Under side brownish grey. Fore 
wings with a rather large discoidal and a central row of smaller 
spots black, surrounded by white rings. Hind wings bluish at the 
base, with a white streak, which is more triangular in shape than 
that seen in L. Damon ; besides the usual central row and discoidal 
spot there is a faint orange hind-marginal band enclosing a row of 
black spots. 
Times op Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — The Southern Alps, the Pyrenees, Scandinavia, 
Finland, South-East Bussia, and the Altai ; at a high elevation in 
the Alps and the South of France, but on the plains in its Boreal 
localities. PI. XXX., 7. 
Larva. — Unknown. 
38. L. Argiolus, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 483 ; Faun. Suec. 284 ; 
0. i. 2, 17 ; Fit. 445, 3, 4. — Acis, Fab. Mant. 73 ; 
Hiib. 272-4. — Cleohis, Esper, 40, 3. 
Expands 0*80 to 1‘40 in. Fringes of the fore wings black and 
white ; those of the hind wings white. Wings of the male clear, 
light blue ; fore wings with a very narrow black hind-marginal 
border. The female has the outer half of the costa and all the hind 
