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Lrc.-EXIIXE. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Beilis, 398, 1, 2; H.-S. — 232-4. Larger than the type, and 
with traces of a marginal row of red spots on the hind wings 
beneath. 
Habitat. — The South-East of Europe. ’ 
h. Parnassia, Stgr. Hor., 1870, p. 55. A smaller form of the 
last, found in the mountains of Northern Greece. 
c. Helena, Stgr. Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1862, 265; Mill. Ic. pi. 39, 
1, 3. In this variety or sub-species the female has a marginal 
orange band on the upper surface of the hind wings. Both sexes 
have an orange marginal l)and beneath on all the wings, that on the 
fore wings being faintly marked. 
Habitat. — The mountains of Southern Greece. 
Obs.- — Dr. Frey has named the small specimens occurring in 
the higher Alps of Switzerland, var. Montana. It does not differ 
from the type excepting in its smaller size. 
42. L. Caelestina, Eversm. Bull. AIosc. 1843, iii. 535; H.-S. 
335-8; Err. 445, 1, 2. 
Expands 1-0 to 1-20 in. Fringes of all the wings white. The 
male is bright blue, with a slight purplish tinge ; all the wings 
have a narrow dark brown hind marginal border. Female uniform 
dark brown. Under side :■ — Slaty grey. Fore wings with an elongated 
discoidal and a central row of black spots small and uniform in 
size. Hind wings with a central row similar to those of the fore 
wings ; discoidal spot wanting ; there is a conspicuous patch of shiny 
blue scales at the base, without any tinge of green. PI. XXXI., 6. 
Time of Appearance.- — June. 
Habitat. — The South-East of Eiissia (principally Sarepta.) 
Larva. — Unknown. 
43. L. Cyllarus, Pott. Nat. vi. ]). 20 (1775) ; Esp. 33, 1, 2; 0. i. 
2 ; Err. 271 ; Mill. Ic. pi. 108, 2. — Dama'tas, Htib. 206-8. 
Expands 1-0 to 1'30 in. Fringes of all the wings white. The 
male is blue, brighter than the last species. The female is brown. 
