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taras. Tlie 3 shows a reversion to the english eutyphron and is striking by the pale and indistinct grey-black tarns. 
margin. The black spot marking is very sparse, generally limited to only 3 spots which are approximately 
arranged in the same way as in the most poorly marked ligurica Wgn. The underside is pale grey with light green 
basal dusting and black spot marking similar to arcina Fruhst. 
L. punctifera Grund from Agram in Croatia is a glossy light blue race with feeble black markings and pundifercc. 
a narrow margin to forewings which only appears on the hindwings as a black marginal line; before same there 
are black marginal dots with white surrounds. — antesion Frulist. is the race from Koricna and the Maklen antesion. 
Pass in Bosnia. The $ is of similar appearance and has the same arrangement of spots as arcina Fruhst. but 
differs by the more striking black cuneiform marks on upperside of forewings as well as by the wider black 
margin on all wings. Underside as a rule somewhat darker and basal blue more extensive than in arion L. 
In the Government of Kieff we find the race lutschniki Krul. of which the are coloured with azure blue on lutschniki. 
upperside and a very wide dark margin. In the 9 same are still wider and often merged with the cuneiform 
black marks. On underside the ground colour is pale grey with brown tinge, faint blue basal dusting and distinct 
marking. Forewings always have 1, more rarely 2, basal spots. — subsp. naruena Gourv. from Naryn is a very naruenn. 
large race expanding up to 42 mm in both sexes. The wing contour is strikingly narrow and elongated, outer 
margin of forewings, also in the $9, is less rounded and extends rather obliquely. Ground colour of both sexes 
is unusually pale grey-blue, in the 9 $ the fore wings are heavily suffused with smoky grey whilst the hindwings 
remain distinctly blue. Instead of the wide margin as usual with arion the $ and 9 only have a narrow black 
marginal line with small black dentations extending into the white fringes. Immediately on the margin on both 
wings there are dark marginal spots with pale surrounds situate internervally. On forewings there are 6—7 and on 
hindwings 3—5 arcuate spots and prominent discoidal lunules. Underside of forewings is normal in regard to 
markings and colour, generally somewhat darker, hindwings like cyanecula Stgr. (83 d) dusted widely with verd¬ 
igris at base. — 
Subsp. tatsienluica Oherth. from Thibet has S<S with quite blue upperside without spots and 9 $ dusky tatsienluica. 
blackish with black spotted upperside. On underside hindwings are widely dusted with greenish and the usual 
spot marking is much reduced. — From the Juldus, Thian Shan region, Frlthstorfer obtained the race 
sosinomus which he designates as an extremely dark race. Differing from cyanecula Stgr. (83 d) as AVell as sosinomus. 
naruena Gourv. by the dusky upperside which is like obscura Christ. (83 c). It also has a reduced blue-green 
suffusion at base which is also similar to obscura. — nepete Fruhst. from the province of Kansu in Central China nepete. 
most closely resembles on the upperside the <$ of naruena Gourv. but the black spots of forewings are more 
prominent and longish. Outer margin of all wings is extensively black. The 9 almost like large laranda 99 
from S. Tyrol but the heavy black discal spots of fore wings are still larger than in the race named and also the 
submarginal spots of hindwings are almost double the size of those of naruena Gourv. The light blue suffusion 
at base is very extensive. — In the Chingan Mountains in Mongolia we find the race philidor Fruhst. The philidor. 
closely approaches the former race and forms a transition to naruena Gourv. but the black row of spots is bolder 
than in the latter and the individual spots are more shortly cuneiform. The 9 is black-brown with cpiite minute 
remains of a blue suffusion in the disc of hindwings. Underside resembles naruena. The entire hindwing to the 
fringes is greenish blue but without the nice silvery sheen. — The race ussuriensis Shelj. from the southern ussuriensis. 
Ussuri region of Novo-Kijewsk and from the Station Pogranitshnaja in E. Mandchuria has a length of 21—23 mm 
in the fore wings of the $. The wings are fairly extended and the apex very acute. Blue of upperside approxi¬ 
mately like ligurica Wgn. (Yol. 1, p. 321), cuneiform marks and also the discoidal lunule are more boldly marked. 
Fringes are white, extremities of veins black. Underside of forewings is yellow-grey, partly darker black-brown 
especially behind the median row of spots. The outer margin does not participate in this adumbration. Hind¬ 
wings are also grey-yellow with a heavier green-blue basal dusting. Spots on underside of forewings similar 
to mid-european arion, those of the median row however are not so roundish but more elongated. The pale 
surround of the spots is also absent, whilst on hindwings it is present. — subsp. shiranensis Scriba from Shirane shiranensis. 
east of Nikko differs by its goodly size and the very wide black margin. The is a more vivid blue, black 
margin wider with heavy enlarged spot marking and sharply contrasting discal spot. The 9 very darkly 
dusted with a still wider margin than the it merges with the cuneiform marks especially on hindwings. These 
become so dark that the spot marking can no longer be clearly discerned. Only the cell area towards the base 
is scaled with vivid blue. Underside of forewings is bluish-grey, nicely dusted with blue at base. The large 
black spots diffuse. In the disc there are 2 further smaller spots besides the large discoidal lunule. The o has 
an expanse of 41 mm, the Q 42 y 2 mm on an average. The race is not exactly rare but it is very local in the 
high mountains of Shirane, east of Nikko. 
L. arionides Stgr. (Vol. 1, pi. 83 d). — From the collection of Doerries, Warnecke describes a ab. arionides. 
seized which is only y 3 rd of the size of normal specimens and which in spite of the heavy black marking of selzeri. 
upperside of wings did not prove to be a 9- — arionidula Kard. from the Ussuri territory are small insects with arionidula. 
an expanse of 29—30 mm. Ground colour of forewings dusky and markings diffuse grey-brown. Hindwings 
not quite such a grey-brown and on underside (sic!) the black marking extends considerably. — sugitasiii Mats, sugitanii. 
