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Sp. 4. Loti. Alls anticis nicrro-cyaneis mnculh rpdnque ruhris, suhttu cnncofo- 

 ribus, posticis ruhris, Ihnho lato sinuato mgro-cyunco. (Exp. alar. 1 uiic. 

 4— G lin.) 



Zy. Loti. Fahricius.~Dnn. ix. j,!. 319?— An. Loti. Sieph. Catat. 



Consi.lerably larger than the foregoing, which it greatly resembles: the anterior 

 wings are deep blue, witli five large re.l spots, two at the l)asc, two placed 

 obliquely on the disc, and one at the apex towards the costa: Uie posterior 

 wings are fleep red, with a broad waved black-blue margin. 



Var. /3. AFith the basal and discoidal spots united. 



Var. y. 'W'ii\\ the discoidal and apical sjMJts confluent 



The superior size of this species, and the comparatively narrow margin to the 

 posterior wings, distinguish it from An. Trifolii. 



Caterpillar pale green, witli.a row of black spots on the back, and one on each 

 side, the latter (in the females) with a bright yellow streak beneath : it feeds 

 on various kinds of Trefoil (Trifolium). The chrysalis is yellowish, with 

 black wing-sheaths. 



Of this insect I have tliree specimens only, all different, one of 

 which I found in June, in a field near Eltham, Kent, several years 

 ago, and the others were captured near London ; but their locality 

 is unknown to me, though, as I obtained them from dealers who 

 principally collect in the above county, it is probable they were 

 taken in the same place with the other specimen. 



Sp. 5. Hippocrepidis. Alis anticis nigro-cyaneis, macttUs sex ruhris, suhfiis 

 omniiin conjluentibus, posticis ruhris margine sinuato viridi-cyaneo, ahdomine 

 immaculato. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 — 7 lin.) 



Zy. Hippocrepidis. Ochsenhcimcr. — An. Hippocrepidis. Stcph. Catal 



This varies in size Uke An. FiUpendulsc, which it greatly resembles ; but the 

 border of the posterior wings is considerably more distinct than in that insect, 

 and undulated internally: the sixth spot on the anterior wings (the one 

 towards the anal angle) is generally small, with a coloured nervure passing 

 through it ; the under surface of the anterior wings with the disc entirely 

 red, and the maculations not defined. Above, the anterior wings are blue- 

 black, with six red spots, disposed as in An. Filipenduhe, and the posterior 

 red, with an undulated greenish-blue margin : the abdomen immaculate. 



Var. /3. The anterior wings above of a pale yellowish-green, with six pale 

 lemon-yellow spots : the posterior wings of the latter colour, with a bluish- 

 green border. Like An. FilipenduLr this varies considerably from the spots 

 being more or less confluent, or obliterated. 



Caterpillar greenish, with a broad yellowish stripe on each side, and a row of 



black spots: the head black varied with white, the anterior legs brown, the 



, following yellow, the rest black : it feeds on the W'\V\ Liquorice (Astragalus 



g/ycyphy/lusj. The chrysalis is dusky-brown, with tlie abdomen greenish 



spotted with black. 



