LYCillNID.i:. — I'OIA'OM.MA'riS. 8!) 



hrown, with a pale discoidal dot on each wing, tliat of tlie anterior generally 

 with an elongate black pupil; the hinder margin of the anterior wings with 

 an undulated whitish streak ; the posterior have also a similar band, and not 

 un frequently a series of bright ocelli, internally fulvous, externally whitish, 

 witli black pupils : beneath all the wings are griseous, tlie posterior deepest, 

 and ocellated, as in the male; the ocelli are, however, more distinct, from the 

 contrast of the whitish circle with the griseous ground; the fulvous-orange 

 spots on the hinder margin of all the wings arc more distinct than in the male, 

 and the cilia arc browner. 



Var. /3. Steph. Catal. Above brown, with a blue disc, and a whitish discoidal 

 dot with a black pupil : beneath, the posterior wings have a discoidal white 

 cinctured crescent, with a waved band of seven undulated spots towards the 

 hinder margin ; the fringe as in var. «. 



Var. y. Male with the hinder margins of all the wings above with a very deep 

 blackish fimbria ; the ocelli on the posterior wings very strong. 



Var. S. With the humeral spots beneath the anterior wings obliterated. 



V^ar. £. AU the wings beneath with the central discoidal spot alone; the margins 

 with faint rudiments of ocelli. 



Var. %. W'lih the spots more or less confluent beneath ; sometimes prolonged 

 into dashes : the colour of the upper surface of the wings in both sexes varies 

 much ; the female has been found with the disc fine rich blue. 



Decidedly a local species, affecting chalky districts, about the 

 middle of July, but occurring in the utmost profusion where found, 

 especially on the downs, and under the cliffs, near Dover; also 

 near Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and Shorehani, in Sussex : it 

 formerly appeared in tolerable abundance near Darenth-wood, but 

 I iiave not observed it there for many years. " Little Blakenham, 

 Moulton,andEriswell, Suffolk."— il/m J^m^w. " Puddle-Hinton- 

 downs, and Hodd-hill, Dorset; OldSarum in plenty; Grymcs' Dyke, 

 Oxon, and stone-quarries near Peterborough." — J. C. Duh; Esq. 

 " Abundant on the Devil's Ditch, in July ; also in Hinton ciialk- 

 pits : the females appear later than the males, and much less ivc- 

 quent."— ^JSct;. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 7. Adonis. AUs cceruleo-argenteis, autfuscis, strigd marffhmli airu, suUus 

 cincrcis punctis ucillarihus numerosis, ciliLi uirhn/ue albo nigroquc vmculatis. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3— ti Un.) 



lie. Adonis. Fahricius.-V^. Adonis. Lcwin,pl. 36. f. 2.-Po. Adonis. Hhp/,. 



Catal. 

 Male above of a most beautiful azure or shining silvery blue, varying in lustre 

 according to the view, and sometimes tinged with greenish or lilac, the hin.ler 

 margin of aU the wings with a slender black Hne, the cilia white, interrupt^ 

 by brown : beneath greatly resembling the preceding insect, but the spot.s 

 more distinctly oceUated ; the margin with the fulvous ocelli of a deeper hue, 

 Haustkm.ata. Vol. I. 30th Junk, 182S. n 



