THE HAIIiSTBEAKS. COPFEBS, AND BLUES 191 



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the female (Plate VI, tig. IG) a dark brown, powdered with blue at 

 the bases of the wings, and having gcneralhj a border of orange 

 spots, more or less defined, on the hind margins of all wings. 



The under side, shown in the accompanying woodcut, is ashy 

 brown ; warm in the female, but paler in the male. The hind 

 wings, and sometimes all four, are 

 bordered with orange spots ; and this 

 species may be distinguished from 

 Astrarche by the presence of two black 

 spots, in white rings, near the base of 

 the fore wings. 



There will Ije no need to name locali- 

 ties for this insect, as it is abundant 

 everywhere, irequenting meadows, 

 heaths, and all waste places. It is 



double brooded, and is on the wing continuously from May to 

 September, the tirst brood enduring from ]\Ia,\- to July, and the 

 second from July to the end of the warm weather. 



The caterpillar is green, with a dorsal line of a darker tint, and 

 a row of white spots on each side. It feeds on clover (Trifolitim 

 ■pratensc- and T. refens), bird's-foot {Onnthopnn 2)crpusiUHs), 

 bird's-foot trefoil [Lotus corniculatus), and the rest-harrow [Ononis 

 s])i)wsa). 



The chrysalis is short and rounded, of a dull green colour, tinged 

 with brown on the under surface. 



Fig. 89. 



—The Common 

 UxDER Side. 



The Clifden Blue [Lycccna BcIIargus) 



Out coloured representations of this beautiful blue (Plate VI, 

 tigs. 17 and 18) show that here also 

 there is a great difference between 

 the male and female. The former is 

 a most lovely and brilliant sky blue, 

 bordered by a fme black line ; and the 

 latter is a dull dark brown, with a more 

 or less distinct border of orange spots, 

 and the bases of the wings are powdered 

 with scales of a tint corresponding with 

 those of the male. In both sexes the 

 frmge is very distinctly barred with dark brown. 



The under side (fig. 90) is similar in both sexes — greyish brown, 



Fig. 90. — The Clifden 

 Blue— Under Side. 



