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of fulvous, terminated with a whitish margin : the posterior wings resemble 

 those of Po. Adonis, but they arc without the blaclv streak in the centre of the 

 triangular discoidal spot; the ocelli are fewer in number, and the margin has 

 a few fulvous spots, and is banded with whitish ; the ciUa are immaculate. 

 The female is brown above ; in other respects she resembles the male. 

 Taken with the foregoing insect, at Uarenth, in June, 1812, but 

 not met with afterwards. 



t Sp. 9. Icarius. Alis cccrulcis aut fuscis, nigro marginntis, subtus cinereis, 

 serie arcuatd punctorum ocellarium inaculisque marginalibus fulvis. (Exp. 

 alar. 1. unc. 4 lin.) 



Pa. Icarius. Ochsenheimcr? — Po. Icarius. Steph. Cafal. 



Above rich pale blue, with a broad posterior black margin to all the wings, the 

 cilia whitish, obscurely dotted with dusky,beneath d(>ep cinereous; the anterior 

 wings with a central discoidal dot, and a bent series of four or five ocelli 

 between it and the margin ; posterior wings with a central bent streak, fol- 

 lowed posteriorly with an irregular band of black subocellated dots, then a 

 fulvescent streak and a few marginal spots. 



This insect is given in the Entomological Transactions, by Mr. Ilaworth, as the 

 Pa. Amandus of Hiibner; a name changed by Ochsenhcimer, from its being 

 an adjective, to the one above used, which was imposed by Esper. It approxi- 

 mates so very closely to the following species, that I conceive it will eventually 

 prove a mere variety of that insect ; and how far it may really be synony- 

 mous with the Pa. Icarius of Esper, or the Pa. Amandus of Hiibner, I will 

 not venture any opinion, as I do not possess the insect. 



"Taken in Kent." — A.H.Haxoorth, Esq., who has two specimens. 



Sp. 10. Alexis. Alis casrulcis immaculatis, aut fuscin, strigd marginali ntrii, 

 subtus cinerascentibus, punctis numerosis occllaribus fascidipie ad jnargincm 

 maciilari fulvd, ciliis albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 — 5 lin.) 



Pa. Alexis. Hiibner. — Po. Alexis. Steph. Catal. 



Male above of a bright lilac blue, with the costa of the anterior wings white, 

 and a slender marginal black line to all the wings ; the fringe usually white, 

 immaculate : beneath very similar to Po. Adonis, but the colour of all tlie 

 wings rather deeper, with the hinder fulvous spot on the anterior more 

 distinct, and of the posterior forming a continuous band : as in Po. Ailonis 

 the anterior wings have two ocelli placed transversely towards the base of the 

 wing, then an ovate central spot with a transverse black streak, followed by 

 a regularly curved transverse series of ocelli, seven in number, between whicii 

 and the hinder margin are, first, a row of dusky lunules pointing outwards, 

 and edged externally with fulvous, and, secondly, a series of dusky spots on 

 a whitish ground ; the extreme margin is black : the posterior wings idso 

 greatly resemble those of Po. Adonis, the base is usually bluish, with four 

 ocelli placed obliquely towards the inner margin ; the disc has a triangular 

 white spot, which has most fre<iucntly a black ciutre, behind this is a wave«' 



