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Under side bluish or brownish white. Fore wings with a discoidal 
lunule, a central row of ocellated spots and a double row of hind- 
marginal spots enclosing an orange band. Hind wings with four 
basal spots and discoidal lunule, a central row and double marginal 
row enclosing an orange band ; this row is often marked with silver 
as in JEgon. Habitat, Mount Bureja. 
L. Elvira, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1854, hi. 177. — “ L. Alis supra 
caerulescenti-argenteis, nigro marginatis (mas), aut fuscis (foem.) ; 
subtus cinerascenti-albis ; punctis ordinariis nigris satis magnis ; 
anticarum punctis basalibus nullis ; posticarum punctis anguli 
analis argentea-pupillatis subtribus.” Habitat, the Steppes of 
South-Western Siberia. 
L. Hijrcana, Ld. Hor. 1869, p. 78.— -Expands 0‘75 to 1 in. 
Fringes white. Male brilliant violet-blue, faintly brown along the 
hind margins. Fore wings with an indistinct discoidal spot. 
Female uniform brown, all the wings with a hind margina] row of 
black spots. Fore wings with a black discoidal spot. Under side 
brownish grey, all the wings with a faint hind-marginal orange 
band. Fore wings with a discoidal and one row of ocellated spots 
external to it. Hind wings with a central row, discoidal and four 
basal spots, all ocellated. Habitat, Persia (Astrabad.) 
L. Suhsolana, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1851, i. 620. — Expands 1'30 in. 
Male only described. “ L. Alis superne basi ceeruleis, externe 
nigro-fuscis, nervis nigris, ciliis albis ; subtus albido-ciiiereis, 
lunula discoidali, serie flexuosa serieque submarginali duplici 
punctorum nigrorum, hac luiiulis fulvis signata ; alis posticis 
praeterea punctis basalibus nigris quatuor punctisque nonnullis 
seriei limbalis externae argenteo-notatis.” Habitat, Eastern Siberia 
and the Altai. 
L. Loewli, Z. Is. 1847, p. 9 ; H.-S. 4, 34-7. — Expands 1-10 
to 1*20 in. Fringes of all the wings white. Male deep blue, with 
a narrow dark brown hind-marginal border. Fore wings paler, 
blue on the costa. Hind wings whth a row of faint hind-marginal 
spots. Female greatly resembles that of L. Argus, but is larger. 
Under side much as in Argus, with silver centres to the hind- 
marginal row of hind wdngs. (H. S.) 
L. Erschoffii, Ld. Hor. Ent. Boss. 1869, p. 80. — “ Alis supra 
fuscis anticis (mas antice late cyaneo-pulveratis) strigula media 
