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Genus THE STOP,. 
T. Mauretanicus, Luc. Expl. Alg. p. 360, PI. i. 8. — Very 
much resembles T. Ballus above, baviug about the same expanse ; 
the female, however, brighter orange, having the orange patches 
nearly oval and bordered very narrowly with brown. Under side : — 
Fore wings almost as in T. Ballus, but the spots are more uniform 
in size and more closely placed. Hind wings brownish grey, with 
four faint bands or rows of brown spots running across the wing, 
and having a direction parallel to the hind margin. Habitat, 
Algeria and the North of Morocco. 
.Genus POLYOMMATUS. 
P. Caspius, Ld. Hor. 1869, p. 77.—“ Alis fuscis, posticis 
caudatulis anticis e basi louge igneo-violasceutibus, punctis disci 
duabus nigris ; subtus omnibus dilute grisescentibus, multi ocel- 
latis, posticarum fascia marginali rufescente obsoleta, 27 mm.” 
Habitat, the shores of the Caspian. 
P. Phcemcurus, Ld. Hor. 1871, t. i. 4, 5. — “ Alis suj)ra, mas 
violaceo-fuscis (foem. fuscis), macula venae transversas nigra, fascia 
marginali rufa (in anticis maris evanescente), cordula posticarum in 
basi rufa. Subtus mas et foem. exalbido canis, fascia marginali laste 
rufa, ocellis multis, vena transversa striolam nigram gerente. Ex. 
25 — 28 mm.” Habitat, the shores of the Caspian. 
P. Lampon, Ld. Hor. 1871, t. i. 2, 3. — “ Alis mas supra 
croceo-aureis, anticis apice limboque nigris ; posticis caudatulis, 
in margine nigro maculatis ; foem. pallidioribus seriebus tribus 
macularum nigrarum ante-marginalibus, anticarum maculis disci 
duabus, posticarum una obsoleta nigris. Subtus mas et foem. ut 
in Thersamone, sed pallidioribus, ocellis latius pallido-cinctis. 30 
mm.” Habitat Persia. 
P. Asahinus, H.-S. 527-8; Helms, H.-S. vi. p. 33. — About 
the size of Phlceas. Male golden copper above, with a narrow black 
hind-marginal band and a row of black dots parallel to the hind 
margins. Discoidal spot black. Under side : — Fore wings with a 
black discoidal spot, internal to which are two more black spots, 
and external to it two rows of spots, one regular and the other 
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