LYCMXA. 
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straight central row of black spots and an elongated discoidal spot. 
Hind wings tinged with bine at the base, with an irregular central 
row and two basal spots ; all the spots are snrronnded by light rings. 
Times of Appeakance. — May to August. 
Habitat. — The whole of Europe except the Polar Eegioiis and 
the Southern parts of Spain and Portugal. Northern and Western 
Asia, and the Amur. In Britain it occurs in dry chalky places. 
Lakva. — Green, with an orange dorsal stripe edged with pale 
yellow, a lateral yellowish line and an oblique streak. It feeds on 
several kinds of vetches, as Anthyllis vuliieraria, Coronilla varia, 
Astragalus, &c., in June and August. 
VARIETY 
Lorquinii, H.-S. 442-4. This form is larger than the type, 
and has the wings of the male blue except on the hind margins. 
The female is dark brown, larger and blacker than Alsus. It is 
found in Andalusia and the South of France, and is very probably 
a distinct species. PI. XXXI., 4. 
41. L. Semiargus, Kott. Nat. vi. p. 20 (1775); Hbst. xi. p. 177. 
—Ads, Schiff. S. V. p. 182 (1776) ; 0. i. 2, 14 ; Err. 451, 
4. — Argiolus, Esp. 21, 1, 2; Fab. Mant. 73; Hub. 269-71. 
Expands 1-0 to 1-25 in. Fringes of all the wings white. 
The male is dull violet-blue, with a dark brown ill-defined hind 
marginal border. Female uniform brown ; fore wings with a narrow 
discoidal spot. Under side : — Light brown. Fore wings with a curved 
central row and an elongated discoidal spot. Hind wings tinged 
with blue, with a somewhat irregular central row, a very narrow 
discoidal and one basal spot. The rings surrounding the spots 
are less white than in the last species. PI. XXXI., 5. 
Times of Appearance. — May to July. 
Habitat. — The whole of Europe, Northern and Western Asia, 
and the Amur. In Britain, rare and local, frequenting rough 
pastures in the South-Western and Midland Counties of England, 
and sometimes taken in Wales. 
Larva. — Undescribed ! 
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