





40 VI—THE 
hairs. Pupa attached by tail and often a central belt of 
silk, or unattached or subterranean.’’—(Meyrick.) 
Represented in New Zealand by one very widely dis- 
tributed species. 
LYCAENA LABRADUS. 
(Zizera labradus, Godt., Ency. Method., 680; 1819; Lycaena 
phoebe, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1873, 107; Lycaena ozleyi, 
Feld., Reis. Nov., 280, pl. xxxv., 6.) 
(Plate V., fig. 22 4, 28 under-side.) 
This very dull-looking little blue butterfly is extremely 
abundant in some parts of New Zealand, especially in 
those localities having a very hot, dry climate. It occurs 
in great profusion at Kaeo, north of Auckland, and in 
the Nelson district, and may be taken in lesser numbers 
at many localities in both islands, but seems to be very 
rare in the extreme south. 
The expansion of the wings of the male is 1 inch, of the 
female ~ inch. On the upper-side all the wings are pale blue, 

BUTTERFLIES. 
broadly bordered with dull brown. The cilia are white, faintly 
barred with brownish. On the wnder side all the wings are pale 
slaty-grey. There is a faint! blackish spot, edged with white, 
near the middle of the fore-wings, and two rows of similar spots 
near the termen. The hind-wings have several very faint white 
edged spots near the base, a row near the middle, and another 
row almost entirely white near the termen. 
A rather small form of this butterfly with the cilia 
somewhat more strongly barred with brownish and the 
spots on the under-side darker, has sometimes been 
regarded as a distinct’ species, under the name of Lycaena 
oxleyt. 
The perfect insect frequents waste grounds and sand- 
hills, generally beside roads and river-beds, and when 
found is usually very common. It is on the wing from 
the beginning of October until the end of March, or even 
April, being most abundant towards the end of summer. 
This species is abundant and widely distributed through- 
out Australia, Tasmania, many South Pacifie Islands, 
Timor, Celebes and India. 
