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LYC^NA DISPAR. 



The large Copper Butterfly. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Papilionidae Lat, Lycaenidae Leac/i. 



Type of the Genus, Papilio Phlseas Linn. 



Lyc^na Fab., Och., Lea., Hors., Curt. — Polyommatus Lat., Goda. — Argus 

 Scoj). — Cupido Schr. — Papilio Linn., Haiv. 



Antenna inserted on the crown of the head close to the eyes, a little 

 curved at the base, very slender, capitate, composed of about 30 joints, 

 those towards the base very short, the club elongate-ovate, compressed 

 or spoon-shaped (1). 



Maxilla spiral, nearly as long as the antennse. 



Labial Palpi porrected obliquely, projecting considerably beyond the 

 head, densely clothed with scales and very hairy beneath, the terminal 

 joint naked (7, front view of head) ; triarticulate, basal joint short 

 stout and curved, 2nd very long and stout, 3rd as long as the 1st, 

 slender, attenuated and pointed (4). 

 Head small and short : eyes rather small, lateral ovate and naked : thorax 

 robust and ovate : abdomen short linear and truncated obliquely in the 

 male, ovate-conic in the female. Wings closed and elevated when in re- 

 pose ; superior more or less trigonate, inferior ovate-trigonate, the anal 

 angle sometimes emarginate. Legs, anterior short and simple. Tibiae di- 

 lated towards the apex, at least in the males, in the 4 posterior legs, and 

 spurred at the apex : tarsi with the basal joint very long and broad in the 

 same sex {excepting the anterior pair), the others very short especially the 

 4th. Claws small: pulvilli minute (8 (J, hind leg of male). 

 Larvae elongate-ovate, formed like a Chiton, pilose, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdo- 

 minal and 2 anal feet, concealed beneath the animal. 

 Pupae short and stout, attached by the tail which is pointed, the head rounded 

 and obtuse. " Usually obtuse at each end ; suspended horizontally by 

 threads attached to the neck and posterior extremity." Och. 



DisPAR Haw. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 778. 4. 



In the Author s and other Cabinets. 



The vast number of species, and the multitude of forms they ex- 

 hibit, either blended into each other, or so intermixed and distri- 

 buted as to make species approximate in some respects, whilst in 

 others they are widely different, and bear a greater resemblance to 

 remote types of form, render the Lepidoptera one of the most diffi- 

 cult Orders to study, and one of the most perplexing to bring into 

 a linear arrangement. 



The form of the palpi and the antennae, the neuration of the wings, 



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