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sending out fine black processes along the veins. Costa of hind wings is widely black. Along the outer and 
hindmargin of the hindwings there are 6 large roundish black spots which are connected internervally with 
the 1 mnr wide black margin. Fringes are double, black on upperside, white on underside. Underside is 
a dark ash grey. Base of forewings slightly dusted with blue-green which extends on the hindwings far into 
the disc. In forewings the basal eyespot is absent, in hindwings only one near the costa. Discoidal lunule of 
fore wings large, of hindwings small, both with whitish surrounds. On fore wings there are 7 fairly large ocelli 
with whitish surrounds and on hindwings there are 7 such ocelli though smaller. The first has a faint “S” shape, 
the last forms an open arc towards the base. There are 6 blackish marginal spots circumscribed with dark grey 
on the fore wing and 7 such on the hindwing. The black marginal line is very fine. The body is dark blue on 
upperside and pale grey on underside. Feelers are delicately black and white ringed. Club of feelers is long, 
narrow and white on underside to the extent of 4 mm. The species comes closest to semiargus, lycormas 
and coelestina. 
sebrus. L. sebrus Bsd. (Yol. 1, p. 319, pi. 82 c). — Aberrations of marking occur more or less frequently and 
paucrpimct. so f ar the following have become known: ab. paueipuncta with reduced number of ocelli. — obsoleta Courv. 
L discoe- with extinct ocelli on underside. —- discoelongata Courv. with streak-like or comma-like diffusion of the median 
longata. ocelli. — 2 ab. caerulescens Rbl. with blue-violet dusting, especially along the inner margin. — 2 ab. violacea 
lescens with upperside quite dark violet and vide black margin. — 3 ab. plumbea Courv. (plumbeus) from the 
violacea. Valais is quite lead-grey on upperside with dull gloss instead of being steely blue. —- Verity notifies a race 
plumbea. angulosa from Firenzuola at 500 m altitude in Tuscany and in the Sibillini Mountains, the $$ constantly vary 
"ngulo.sa. |-} ie 2nd cubitalis on hindwings projects in an angular way that is most striking. The CS are distinctly 
smaller than typical sebrus from the plains and the black markings of underside are considerably reduced. — 
caerulea- caerulea-grisea Shelj. is found around Jalta in Crimea. The qC are notably darker and deeper blue than the 
grisea. name form, and the $$ are striking in that the base of hindwings is dusted with blue-grey scales. — pseudo - 
lorquini Vrty. from Albarracin has already been described as lorquinii H.-Schdff. (p. 252). An examination of 
the genitals is still necessary in order to ascertain whether it belongs to this species. 
semiargus. L. semiargus Rott. (Vol. 1, p. 319, pi. 82 c). — o ab. dubiosa Std. from Prosecco has a blue upperside 
dubiosa. a ] mos t like T. telicanus Lang (77 h) and the black margin is reduced to a hair-fine line. Underside pale grey 
plumbea. like argiolus L. (83 g, h) and eyespot dots are reduced to a minimum. — q ab. plumbea Tutt has upperside a 
damoetas. slate blue and ab. damoetas Bgstr. represents CS with pale blue upperside with narrow black margin and without 
discoidal lunule. The absence of the discoidal lunule on the underside of hindwings is characteristic so is the 
reduction of the median ocelli of forewings to 5 and the extension of the 5th eyespot to the vide surround 
byzenus. of the discoidal lunule. —- byzenus Bgstr. is a glossy blue d with sharply outlined but not vide margin on upper- 
side and without discoidal lunule. Underside grey with blue dusting at base without discoidal lunule and with 
argopoeus. irregularly placed median ocelli on hindwings. — d ab. argopoeus Bgstr. has a blue upperside with fairly vide 
black margin, discoidal lunules are absent, underside grey, arcuate ocelli reduced to 5 and white fringes. — 
byzas. byzas Bgstr. is a variety of the d which is distinguished by a unicoloured blue upperside with distinct discoidal 
lunule on forevings and internerval marginal spots on hindvings. Underside fairly dark with pronounced 
dentata. ocelli. — In d ab. dentata Tutt the black margin of hindvings extends in small pointed cuneiform marks inter- 
lineafa. nervally. — In d ab. lineata Tutt the median ocelli of underside of both wings are extended on both sides in 
hdea. long broad streaks. —- d ab. lutea is beautifully unicoloured on upperside like weak coffee colour. On forevings 
there are a only few black striations visible towards the apex. Underside is still paler, ocelli bluish, base of 
jlavescetis. hindvings similarly. It occurs at Berisal in Switzerland. — flavescens Gillm. is similarly a very pale and 
caeru- yellowish coloured $, it is not quite so pale as lutea Car. of argyrognomon (Vol. 1. p. 300). — caerulescens Oberth. 
le-scens. are qq suffused vith blue on upperside and caerulescens Rev. (= jura Strd.) are similarly $$ having blue 
leseens. streaks situate internervally on the lover half of both wings and stretching partially as far as the margin. — 
pusi- A dwarf form from Marburg a. d. L. is named pusilargus Strd. — $ ab. argopoei Bgstr. shows unicoloured brown 
largus. U ppr. rs k]. e without discoidal lunule, only the veins are deep black. On underside the chief characteristic lies 
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in the reduced submarginal eyespots which number 5 on forevings and 6 on hindvings. The twin spot of 
byzene. the same is absent on both wings. On hindvings the upper (costal) basal spot is present. — $ ab. byzene Bgstr. 
is dusted with blue at base of hindvings on the brown upperside and underside is dark. Markings are normal. 
byze. — $ ab. byze Bgstr. shows a blue dusted base on upperside of all wings and an ashy-grey underside vith large 
brunnes- ajcuate ocelli. — $ ab. brunnecsens Tutt has 2 — 3 red-brown spots (almost like burnt sienna) in the cellules 
semicaeca. 1 —3 of hindwings. — 2 ab. semicaeca Tschugunov from Zima in the province of Irkutsk has the underside 
of forevings without median ocelli and hindvings without basal spots but with 6 median ocelli. —- Small insects 
talcala. expanding to 25 and 26 mm are named minor Tutt and specimens of over 36 mm expanse major Tutt. — falcata 
initia. Std. are specimens vith falcate outer margin. — ab. initia Tutt are specimens having grey marginal spots on 
puncta u PP er -side °f hindwings. — paueipuncta Courv. (= paueipuncta Gillm.) are specimens vith reduced number 
antico- °f ocelli. — ab. antico-obsoieta Tutt show the ocelli of forevings reduced and caeca Oberth. (= caeca Courv., 
obsoleta. cala Strd.) has ocelli extinct on underside. —- addenda Std. has 2 —3 additional eyespots at base of hindvings 
addenda below the furthermost basal eyespot. — - elongata Courv. has elongated median ocelli. — discoelongata Courv. 
elongata. 
