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LYCMNID.^. 
margin of the fore wings broadly brownish black ; the bind wings 
are similarly brownish black on the costa ; sometimes the hind 
margin is also dark brown, and always has a row of black dots. 
Under side bluish grey ; fore wings with an elongated black 
discoidal spot, and a row of black spots running parallel to the 
hind margin ; hind wings blue at the base, with an irregular 
central row, an elongated discoidal and two basal spots. The spots 
in this species are all black, without white rings. PI. XXXI., 1. 
Times of Appeakance. — April to August, being double- 
brooded. 
Habitat. — The whole of Europe and North Asia (except the 
Polar region). Western Asia, and North Africa. 
Laeva. — Hark greenish grey, with a dark green dorsal line. 
Feeds on the flowers of Ilex, Hedera and Rhamiius in June, and 
again in the autumn. 
39. L. Sebrus, B. Ic., PI. 71, 1-3, p. 72; Tr. x. 1, 65; 
Err. 451, 1. 
Expands 0’75 to 1 in. Fringes white. The male is violet- 
blue, with a very narrow and defined black border. The female is 
dark brown, generally with traces of blue at the base. Under side 
bluish grey. Discoidal spots slender and crescentic. Fore wings 
without basal spots, and with central row evenly arranged and 
parallel to the hind margin. The hind wings have two basal spots, 
and an irregularly arranged central row. None of the spots are 
ocellated. PI. XXXI., 2. 
Times of Appeaeance. — May to July. 
Habitat. — Mountains in Austria, Piedmont, the Valais, and 
the South of France ; the Balcans ; mountains in Asia Minor and 
Armenia, frequenting dry places at a considerable elevation. 
Laeva.- — -Unknown. 
40. L. Minima, Fuessl. Verz. p. 31 (1775); Esp. 34, 3. 
Expands 0-75 to 1 in. Fringes of all the wings white. Wings 
dark brown in both sexes. The male slightly tinged with light 
blue at the bases. Under side pale grey. Fore wings with a 
