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LYCyENIDM. 
VARIETY. 
a. Marchandii, Htib. i. 996-7. Differs from the type in the 
spots on the under side of the hind wings not being ocellated. 
45. L. lolas, Ochs. Schmett. Enc. iv. 144 ; Boisd. Ic. t. 11, 
f. 1-3; Err. 91.—Iolam, Htib. 879-82. 
Expands 1-25 to 1-70 in., being the largest European species. 
Fringes of all the wings white. Both sexes have the wings violet- 
blue. The male has a narrow black hind marginal border, the hind 
wings having very faint dots along the hind marginal edge. The 
female has a very broad dark brown border extending along the 
costte and hind margins of all the wings, and the hind wings have 
a row of rather large black-lined marginal spots ; the nervures of 
all the wings are strongly marked in this sex. Under side : — Pale 
fawn-coloured grey ; all the wings have a narrow crescentic discoidal 
spot, and a central row of black eyes in light rings, that on the 
fore wings being parallel with the hind margin, that on the hind 
wing somewhat waved. There is a faintly marked hind marginal 
light band enclosing dark spots, more strongly marked in the 
female ; the base of the hind wings is slightly blue, and there are 
two basal spots. PI. XXXIL, 2. 
Times of Appearance. — June and July. 
Habitat. — North-Eastern Germany, Hungary, the Balkan, 
the South of France, Catalonia, rarely in Switzerland. It also 
occurs in Asia Minor. 
Larva. — Olive-green, with a black dorsal and a broad pale 
green lateral stripe. It feeds on the pods of Colutea arhorescens. 
46. L. Alcon, Fab. Mant. 72; Hrdi. 263-5; Boisd. Ic. 13, 1-3. — 
Areas, Esp. 34, 4. — Evplieiiins, Godt. i. 11. 
Expands 1'25 to 1'35 in. Fringes of all the wings white. 
The male is purplish blue, with a narrow brown hind marginal 
Ijorder. The female bas the wings of the same colour but with a 
broad costal and hind marginal border. Under side : — Brownish 
