Butterflies, 4 1 



quantities flutter quickly along the grass-grown streets 

 of Orotava from April to August. 



It is not an inhabitant of England, but is found in the 

 south of Franije, Spain, greater part of Africa, "Western 

 Asia, and the East Indies. The caterpillar and chrysalis 

 have not been observed. 



LYCiENA ASTRARCHE v. iESTIVA. 



Plate II.— Fig. 6. 



A small dark copper, the expanse of wings being about 

 one inch, or rather more. It is not found in England. 

 On the upperside on all the wings there is a marginal 

 band of bright copper, the fore- wings have a black spot 

 about the centre of each, A fringe of white edges all 

 the four wings. The under widely differs from the 

 upper side in colouring and markings. The ground 

 colour is light grey, freely dotted over with black spots 

 encircled by white. All four wings have the same 

 bright marginal copper band as seen on the upper side. 

 The antennae are black or dark broAvn, finely dotted with 



