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LYCAENA. By Chb. Bollow. 
galliae. 
narbo- 
nensis. 
furnosa. 
italgallica. 
diniae. 
minute- 
pun cfata. 
hispan- 
gallica. 
caelestis- 
sima. 
deliciosa. 
asturiensis. 
syn- 
graphoides. 
apennina. 
sibyllina. 
apuana. 
supera- 
pennina. 
ciscau- 
casica. 
albicans. 
alba. 
morena. 
guadar- 
ramensis. 
penuela- 
ensis. 
bjanca. 
of underside. However the upperside of varies considerably. It is much paler and more lustrous, a purer 
sky blue with very slight greenish admixture. The black margin is generally only narrow, underside grey 
with quite faint yellowish tone. Most $$ are brown on upperside with slight bluish scaling at base of 
hindwings and with small pale orange lunules. —- The race from N. France as far as the Gironde — 
galliae Vrty. is somewhat smaller than the former and the upperside of J is a pale, more milky blue. The 
dark margin is often interrupted by whitish rings and submarginal dots, even on forewings. Most of the 
££ belong to the form of “ mariscolore ” Gerh. —- narbonensis Vrty. is the race from Provence, between the estuary 
of the Rhone and Var, it is very large with brilliant blue and narrow, sharply defined black border. Underside 
of forewings very white, but pale yellowish brown on hindwings in both sexes. Orange lunae large and vivid. 
The $ is a warm chestnut brown on upperside. — In N. E. France a small race occurs on the Plateau St. Claude 
in the Oise named fumosa by Verity. It is just the reverse and approaches the german altica group. Upperside 
is decidedly greenish, duller and darker in tone than galliae and above all the underside is a steely dark grey. 
The $ belongs to the brown forms and quite resembles the german type. —- italgallica Vrty. from Clavieres and 
Cesana in the West Alps is a very small mountain race of only 25—30 mm expanse, being even smaller than 
altica. The $ has an even narrower black margin, which is never interrupted by white rings. Underside of 
hindwings is mostly buff, lunae similar to those of rufosplendens Vrty. Generally however it is paler and with 
many more spots and lunae than the following. —■ diniae Vrty. from Digne, Basses-Alpes and Vaucluse and 
whilst being similar to the former, can be distinguished by the paler colour of most specimens. The black margin 
inclines to bleach and disappear. This is caused by the wide white ringlet surrounds to submarginal spots. 
In size it exceeds italgallica to a slight degree. Underside of <$ is still whiter, hindwings either quite white or 
very pale to reddish yellow. — minutepunctata Vrty. from Cuchon, Haute Garonne is just as small as italgallica 
but more delicately and slenderly built. Underside is still whiter and paler than cliniae and all the markings 
are very reduced. — hispangallica Vrty. from Gedre in the High Pyrenees closely resembles the latter and 
italgallica, but differs through a slightly larger size, paler colours and the black marginal area which is often 
interspersed with white patches. Colouration of underside a colder grey, black spots standing out boldly. —- 
The race caelestissima Vrty. from Albarracin in Spain is best recognisable by the beautiful bellargus blue of 
the 33. The $$ occur as an aberration with a similarly beautiful blue as the and these are called deliciosa 
Sag. — According to Sagarra the race asturiensis occurring at an altitude of 1300 m at Pajares belongs to 
corydonius H.-Schdff. (81 d). It stands half-way between the former and sybillina Vrty., the colouration of 
upperside of $ is more green than in caelestissima and ocelli of underside are very small. —- As an aberration 
we have here: $ ab. syngraphoides Sag. with more lively blue on upperside than syngraplia Kef. The brown 
margin is much reduced. As all the new descriptions and diagnoses of Sagarra are in the Catalonian dialect, 
it is difficult to obtain precise translations and for this reason we can only give them in abbreviated and not 
more detailed form. 
Verity described in 1914 the following 4 races from Italy. I have not been able to give the descriptions, 
as I coidd not obtain a copy of the minutes of that year of the Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. -— The race apennina Vrty. 
from the Monte Fanna near Florence and Palazzuola in the Romagna at an altitude of 500—1000 m; — 
the race sibyllina Vrty. from the Sibillini mountains (Marche) and the Mainarde mountains (Caserta) at an 
altitude of 500—-1000 m. —- The race apuana Vrty. from the Ayraan Alps inTuscanyat 1000—4300 m altitude and 
also superapennina Vrty. from around Lucca, Abetone, Vallombroso and the Giogo pass in the province of 
Florence at 500—1000 m height. — The race ciscaucasica Jack, is darker than name form with intensively 
brown underside. The G has a wide brownish margin on upperside. 
L. albicans H.-Schdff. (Vol. 1, p. 315, pi. 81 d) is deemed by Verity as being decidedly a distinct 
species from coridon. The following races, which hitherto were grouped to coridon are now placed here. Ribbe 
and other authors had previously presumed these were different species and everything seems to point this 
way, although so far nothing has been published in regard to what result has been ascertained from an 
examination of the genitals and plumules. — Fernandez describes as a modification a very pale form alba 
from Ucles (Cuenca) and Morede (Grenada) having the nice azure blue of upperside almost quite white, as also 
the grey submarginal area. — caerulescens Tutt cannot be separated from albicans and arragonensis Gerh. is 
the dimorphous $ which occurs in some districts simultaneously with albicans in other places it occurs 
separately. — ab. morena Ribbe are unicoloured brown $$ from Andalusia. — The race occurring in the Sierra 
Guadarrama, guadarramensis Ribbe (= transalbicans Tutt) is smaller than albicans and more distinctly marked. 
The wing contour appears more rounded and colouration more whitish blue. — The of the subsp. penuelaensis 
Ribbe from Grenada in Andalusia are paler white on upperside and margin is more brownish and bleached than 
in specimens from Murcia. Also the $$ are of a paler brown and the red submarginal band is generally only 
faint on hindwings, whilst on forewings it is scarcely discernible. — ab. blanca Ribbe belonging to same is still 
lighter and the margin of both wings is reduced to a narrow stripe. In place of the mother-of-pearl spots, 
hindwings have semi-extinct black dots. On the other hand specimens also occur having a wide black outer 
margin, which on the forewings tends to diffuse towards the base and which have been denominated 
