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part of the wing Is coppery, spotted with black, the under side of 

 a grey colour, sprinkled with small eyes, and bordered by a zone 



Fig. 151. — Thecla rub". 



of tawny spots. Linn^us counted forty-two little black eyes on the 

 under side of the wings. 



We also figure Polyommatus (^LyccEJid) virgaurece (Fig. 153), and 



Fig. 152. — Small Copper {Polyomvtatus [Lj/cwna] phlisas. 



Polyommatus {Lycc^nd) gordius (Fig. 154), neither of which occurs in 

 this country. 



In the meadows, the gardens, and the lucerne and clover fields, 

 are found the charming Blue Butterflies, the wings on the upper side, 

 in the majority of instances, blue in the case of the males, brown in 

 the females. 



They comprise the genus Lyccena, or, as it is frequently called, 



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