12. 

 LYCiENA DISPAR. The large Copper. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Papilionidae Lat. 

 Type of the Genus Papilio Phlaeas Linn. 



Lyc^xa Fab. Papilio Linn. Polyommatus Lat. 



Antenn<s slightly bent^ composed of about 30 joints, the second, 

 third, and fourth very short, the club ovate, sometimes slightly 

 elongated, compressed at the apex. (1. ) 

 MaxiUce long and spiral. 



Labial Palpi porrected, first joint bent, covered with scales and 

 hair ; second very long, thickly covered with scales and hair ; 

 third joint slender, attenuated, and appearing naked, (f. 4. a 

 palpus with the covering removed to show the joints ; their na- 

 tural situation and appearance are shown in f. 7. a front view of 

 the head.) 



Tarsi 5 -jointed, the first equal in length to the remainder. 

 Claws small, projecting beyond the pulvilli, which are small 

 also. (8.) 



Wings all elevated when at rest : no hook or catch at the exterior edge 

 of the lower wings to retain those above. 



Larva oval, formed like a wood-louse, with 16 feet. Lat. 



Pupa short, contracted, obtuse at both ends. Lat. 



L. DISPAR Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 40. 5 1 . 



P. Hippothoe Esper., Lewin, & Don. 



Male, upper side, bright and deep copper colour, shining, with a 

 black spot in the upper, and a narrower one in the under wings j 

 posterior margins black, in the inferior wings crenated ; base of 

 upper wings and abdominal margin of lower black, ciliae white. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen black, with yellowish hair. Antennae 

 black tipped with brown, and annulated at the joints with white. 

 Eves margined white. Under side ; upper wings copper colour with 

 a cinereous margin, having 7 black spots upon its internal edge, 

 3 black ocellated spots parallel with the costa, an irregular trans- 

 verse line of 7 ocellated spots, and 2 more obscure, near the 

 interior margin : lower wings pale blue shaded into cinereous, 

 with a coi)per-coloured fascia at the posterior margin, having 8 

 black spots upon its internal, and minute black spots iipon its 

 external edge, an oblique irregular line of !) ocellated spots next, 

 then a long narrow black spot, and 3 and 2 black ocellated spots 

 nearer the base, cilise cinereous. Abdomen and legs whitish. 

 Female larger and less bright, with the costa and base of upper 

 wings duller, the nerves black towards the margin, and the spots 

 of the underside appearing through, large, and not ocellated : 

 under-wings black with red nerves and a copper-coloured fiiscia 

 close to the margin : — under side similar to male. 



In the Author a and other Cabinets. 



