LEPIDOPTERA. l8l 



Polyominatus* though that name is now generally given to the 



^^Z- ^53- — Polyommatus (Lycdsna; virgaurcce. 



preceding. We will content ourselves here by giving drawings of a 

 few species of the genus, namely, the Lycana {Polyommatus) Cofydon, 



Fig. 154. — Polyommatus (Lycsena) gordius. 



or Blue Argus (Fig. 155), which is not uncommon wherever there 

 is chalk, in May and August ; the Lyccena {Folyo?7t7?iatus) battus\ or 



* It may not be out of place to remark that although both these generic names 

 are applied, sometimes to the one, sometimes to the other of these genera, the 



