LYa4':NA. 125 



numerous ocellated spots ; there is also a sub-marginal orange 

 band. The Iringes are white, with the base brown. 



In the Alpine variety L. euryhia^ the male is of a paler copper, 

 with a much narrower black border, not shot with violet, and 

 the female is darker, both above and below, than in typical 

 L. hippothoe. 



The larva is green, with a darker dorsal stripe, and two 

 paler lateral lines. It feeds on Rumex acetosa and R. obiusa 

 in June. 



V. THE SMALL COPPER. LYC^NA PHL^AS. 



{Plate LI. Figs. 5, 6.) 



Papilio phlcBas, Linnaeus, Fauna Suecica, p. 285 (1761) ; Esper, 



Schmett. i. (i) p. 287, pi. 22, fig. i (1777); Hiibner, 



Europ. Schmett. i. figs. 362, 363 (1803?). 

 Polyommatus phlccas^ Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 670, no. 167 



(1823); Newman, Brit. Butterflies, p. 115 (i88i); Lang, 



Butterflies Eur. p. 95, pi. 21, fig. 4 (1881). 

 Lyccena phlieas, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 79 (1828) ; 



Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 56, pi. 15, figs. 2a, 1? 



(1879). 

 Chrysophaniis phlceas^ Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. p. 62, pi. 9, figs. 



2, 2a-j (1892); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. i. p. 91, 



pi. 13, fig. 4 (1886). 

 Var. Polyommatus schmidtii^ Gerhard^ Mon. Lye. pi. 10, figs. 



3^, h (1853). 

 Papilio phlcBas, Esper, Schmett. i. (2) p. 58, pi. 60, fig. 5 (1780) ; 



Hiibner, Europ. Schmett. i. figs. 6^,6, 637 (1818?). 

 Polyommatus phhcas, var. schmidtii, Lang, Butterflies Eur. p. 96, 



pi. 22, fig. I (1881). 

 Var. Papilio timeus^ Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 18G, E, F 



(1777)- 

 Hesperia eleus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 430 (179S). 



