LYCAENA. By Chr. Bollow. 
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albocuneata Wgn. is a 3 with a white cuneiform streak on hindwings stretching from marginal lunule in a point 
towards the discoidal lunule. — In 3 ab. cincta Tutt the interstices are circumscribed with white on under¬ 
side of hindwing. — 3 ab. cuneata Tutt like cincta but the dark spots are cuneiform. — caerulea Courv. and caerulea 
Musch. are nothing else than the old syngrapha Kef. (81 d). — Also $ ab. oberthiiri Gelin only differs on upperside 
of hindwings from syngrapha , they are suffused with brown internervally as in semibrunnea Mill. (Vol. 1 , p. 315). 
A large black patch in disc. — ab. anglica Oberth. is a $ with the upperside dusted over with silvery blue-grey 
scales. —- ab. boisduvali Ob&rtfr- is a $ from the old collection of Boisduval with the appearance of a normal 
coloured 3 on upperside with pale margin and a row of brown ocelli situate internervally on fore wings; these 
are margined inwardly by a silvery grey line and outwardly by a brown line . Hindwings have brown spots 
with silvery grey surrounds capped with orange red at outer margin. In disc of forewings 2 small black ocelli 
with white ringlets. —- £ ab. fuscociliata Metschl has fringes, especially of forewing, so heavily suffused with 
smoky brown that the usual checks are scarcely discernible. — $ ab. albomarginata Ebert shows a 2 mm wide 
pure white marginal band on upperside of forewings, which is intersected by the dark veins. There are white 
marks between the dark and red marginal spots on hindwings. —• ab. albipuncta Tutt is a $ with white disc¬ 
oidal lunules on upperside of all wings. Sometimes the lunules show a bluish white tinge. — aurantia Tutt 
designates blackish brown $$ with the red marginal spots of hindwings with light edges towards the base and 
semiaurantia Tutt are similar but with the addition of a blue dusted base. —- $ ab. albicincta Tutt has a white 
edge to all discoidal lunules and blue streaks on hindwings. — $ ab. subalbolunulata Tutt has orange coloured 
and white lunules on hindwings. — subsp. borussia Dadd (= borussia Lange, silesia Strd.) from E. Prussia and 
neighbourhood of Berlin is the most widely distributed race in mid and north Germany. It has considerably 
larger 33 than the name form. Blue of upperside is a typical coridon blue, black margin very wide occupying 
almost %rd of width of wing. The $ resembles typical coridon $$ on upperside, on underside it varies by 
considerably darker brown ground colour, winch is also the case in the 3- — The race saxonica described by 
Verity from around Berlin and Dresden cannot be maintained, as 33 with greenish tinge occur everywhere 
frequently among borussia. — The form described by Metschl as infuscata from the surroundings of Regensburg 
represents a genuine race, which later on (1926) was denominated germanella by Verity. It belongs to the 
small coridon races and the 3 varies from altica Neust. by darker, deeper black markings, as we 11 as by the more 
greenish tone of the bine. Underside shows considerable adumbration of ground colour as compared with 
name form and consequently the upperside appears darker. The $ is more dusky on upper and underside than 
coridon, especially the underside. —- altica Neust. from Salzburg and the East Alps is of small size like all forms 
from high altitudes, with an expanse of little over 30 mm on an average. It is easily recognisable by the darker 
blue of upperside of 3 and the narrow dark margin. Especially characteristic is the very pale, whitish underside 
with reduced ocelli and marginal lunules. —■ Verity describes a race alpiumfusca from Sistrans, 1000 m above 
Innsbruck which differs from the previous race by the wide dark margin covering about half the space between 
the outer margin and disco-cellular nervure, wiiilst the underside is precisely like altica. —- subsp. bieneri Std. 
(= alpiumpallida Vrty.) from the north and south Tyrol, Waidbruck, Clausen and Eisack Valleys is characterised 
like all the swiss races by the especially pale underside of 3 which is free of spot markings. Also upperside of 3 
has much paler blue with faint greenish hue, margin is y 3 rd to one half the distance between margin and cell 
end of forewings. The general impression is paler even than pallida Tutt. Among the 3S specimens occur with 
pure white fringes, ab. albofimbriata Gilm. and $$ frequently have all 4 discoidal lunules ringed with white, 
ab. circumscripta Std. — The form occurring in August around Oulx rufosplendens Vrty. is chiefly characterised 
by the light flame coloured underside of hindwings with vivid orange lunules. Ground colour of underside 
sometimes shows a slight admixture of grey. — atrescens Vrty. occurs as a variety among this race. Underside 
of forewings of 3 is grey and that of hindwings almost black; that of $ almost the same colour. —- rufoclarens 
Vrty. from the Fegana valley near Lucca in northern Tuscany closely resembles the race from Oulx, so that 
a separation and denomination are very superfluous. The differences mentioned are so immaterial that they 
may just §,s well be modifications. 
The specimens leading to the establishment of these races are generally only available in small quantity 
and from a single season. In order to establish a genuine race with definite characteristics one should insist 
upon large series spread over a number of years, so that one can watch and compare the reactions of the 
varying climatic conditions of the different years. 
The race jurae Vrty. from Dombresson and the Grand Saleve at Geneva is said to come between 
the former and insulana Vrty. as far as the colour and size of markings of upperside are concerned. The 
ground colour of underside of hindwings is deemed characteristic, it is impure white, sometimes with a 
faint yellowish brown hue. — ab. samsoni Vrty. also from the Grand Saleve is said to be similar to the 
asiatic caucasica Led. (!) and according to the date of capture it belongs to the first brood. —• insulana Vrty. 
from Kent in the south of England together with the following two races, quite resembles the typical 
coridon from Gratz in Styria in regard to size, the wide wings and especially the heavy spot marking 
albo- 
cuneata. 
cincta. 
cuneata. 
oberthiiri. 
anglica. 
boisduvali. 
fusco¬ 
ciliata. 
albomar¬ 
ginata. 
albipuncta. 
aurantia. 
semiau¬ 
rantia. 
albicincta. 
subalbo¬ 
lunulata. 
borussia. 
infuscata. 
altica. 
alpium¬ 
fusca. 
bieneri. 
circum¬ 
scripta. 
rufosplen¬ 
dens. 
atrescens. 
rufoclarens. 
jurae. 
samsoni. 
insulana. 
