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LYCAENA. By Chr. Bollow. 
than famelica Seitz. It is also from N. Africa and around Derna in Cyrenaica. — The largest of all abencerragus 
unbntaeus. races is nabataeus Graves from Petra, Qasr-Wimad and Qasr-Azraq in Transjordania. The $ is easily recognisable 
by the considerable reduction in the blue scaling of upperside reminding one at the same time of amelia, 
although the tone of the ground colour is not such a dark black brown. The ground colour of underside and its 
markings closely resemble those of cavazzae. Orange markings are generally present, but only faintly developed 
and not especially striking. 
vicrama. The newly created species vicrama Mr. (Vol. 1, p. 305 and Vol. 9, p. 929) has, of the races described 
schiffer- in Vol. 1 , p. 305, clara Christ, and cashmirensis Mr. allotted to it. Further as a new subspecies schiffer- 
mutlrri. m yj] er j Hemming from Deutsch-Altenburg, Marchfeld and Oberweiden in Lower Austria and Gratz in Styria. 
The length of wings is on the average about 11 mm in <$, 12,5 mm in $. In appearance it quite resembles 
the baton name type form, but it has quite differently formed androconia and genitals. The other differ¬ 
ences and macroscopic characteristics are difficult to describe but sufficient to diagnose the race without 
having to resort to an examination of the genitals and androconia. In both sexes on upperside the check 
markings of the fringes extend to the outermost margin, whilst in baton generally they only extend to half the 
cilia. Discoidal lunule of is small or absent in contrast to baton; it is always absent on hindwings, similarly 
the black borderation of veins in the <$, which is generally present in baton. Upperside of $ is pale light blue, in 
baton dark blue. Underside in both sexes whitish grey whilst in baton it is bluish or brownish grey, basal spots 
and arcuate ocelli with faintly indicated white ringlets in contrast to those of baton which are generally with 
distinct ringlets. Discoidal spot of forewing's generally long and narrow, in baton often wide in comparison to 
mbri- length and often quadrate. — An individual aberration is $ ab. rubripuncta Courv. classified to clara Christ, 
panda. jq j g described from Van in Armenia and has on upperside of hindwings 3 round nice red ocelli in the anal part 
of outer margin. The middle one is the largest with a smaller one each side. 
orion. L. orion Pall. (Vol. 1, p. 306, pi. 79 e). — ab. czemyi Dioszeghi from Hungary has a silvery blue 
‘■■'in>ii. U pp erg j ( j e w ith violet sheen and very large discoidal lunules, below which there are longish black dots on 
rabri fascia- forewings. — $ ab. rubrifasciata Courv. was caught in Silesia and shows on upperside a contiguous reddish 
arcuata. wings with their light edges. — ab. arcuata Courv. has the posterior basal eyespots and the 2 posterior arcuate 
ocelli of forewings merged forming one eyespot and between these conglomerate spots there is a sort of a bar. - 
semiar- semiarcuata Courv., as the name indicates, has only a partial confluence of this nature. — In ab. costa-juncta 
costajuncta Courv. the most anterior basal eyespot is conjoined with the corresponding submedian eyespot. — ab. 
striata, striata Schultz (= radiata Courv.) has ocelli of underside widely elongated like streaks and merging with one 
caeca, another. — ab. caeca Zullich from the surroundings of Vienna is a that is almost entirely without eyespots 
on underside and only the deep orange submarginal band with the small marginal dots and the 4 discal lunae 
metioche. are retained. — Frithstorfer found the subsp. metioche in the Valais, Tessin and S. Tyrol, which is larger 
than the more northern races with restricted blue suffusion at base on upperside. It is also characterised by 
the very large black maculae, which often merge forming complete bands. Submarginal band is ochre yellow 
menippe. and relatively narrow. Here we should classify a $ form menippe Fruhst. from Lana near Meran which differs 
by its yellowish instead of whitish underside, the black spots of which distinctly reflect through on upperside. 
lari ana. —- In subsp. lariana Fruhst. from Monte Bisbino and from the Lake of Como, the Jc? are distinguishable by a 
paler blue which extends to the whitish submarginal dots of forewings, whilst the hindwings are richly marked 
with white like ornata Stgr. (79 e) but without the black ocelli with white ringlets. Underside as in metioche 
parvula. but with much wider and paler submarginal band that appears more red-brown than yellowish. — parvula Sag. 
is a very small race from Espluga de Francoli in Spain which is characterised by a strong contrast on underside 
between the pale ground colour and the sharply outlined black border. Hindwings are paler still than forewings 
coreana. and have still more restricted markings than same. — Of the subsp. coreana Mats, only the <$<$ are known, 
they differ from those of the name type form by having the basal half of forewings suffused with lilac, discoidal 
spots smaller and narrower. The white submarginal line is absent. On hindwings the large black marginal spots 
schmidti. are enclosed in scarcely perceptible whitish cuneiform marks. <$ ab. schmidti Kard. conies under ornata Stgr. 
(79 e) and emanates from the neighbourhood of Vladivostock. where it. occurs in the Spring generation and is 
distinguished by heavy antemedial dots. 
bavins. L. bavius Ev. (Vol. 1, p. 306, pi. 79 e). Dioszeghi describes the race hungarica from the Comitat 
hungarica. g zo lnok in East Hungary. The C has a greenish blue or turkish blue colour, rarely with violet sheen and 
sometimes with golden spots on costa. The 9three-quarters dark violet with greenish or ultramarine lustre 
on forewings. Hindwings suffused to the extent of %rds with turkish blue or green violet. Both sexes have 
rothschildi. pale grey undersides with slight violet sheen; the spot markings vary in development. — The $ ab. rothschildi 
rargai. Diosz. is distinguishable from hungarica by the yellow red spots on hindwings and $ ab. vargai Diosz. by the 
discoidal lunule on hindwings which is heavily marked and prominent. 
