62 LEriDOPTERA. 



sexes with numerous black spots on the upper side of all the 

 wings, and still more numerous round black spots on the 

 under side. 



" At a meeting of the Entomological Society of London on 

 August 6th, 1S90, Professor Meldola exhibited a male 

 specimen which had been captured at Ilfracombe in August 

 1887. The captor had supposed it to be a hybrid between 

 C. Phlwas and one of the ' blues,' and had only recently 

 identified it." 



Nothing further is known of this specimen, nor has any 

 other been recorded here. Probably it was accidently intro- 

 duced in the manner already suggested with reference to 

 C. gordius. Its range is through Central and Southern 

 Europe, as well as various parts of Asia.] 



2. C. Phlaeas, L. — Expanse, 1 to 1] inch. Brilliant 

 coppery red, with black spots. Sexes similar. 



Fore wings of a brilliant copper-red or orange-red, with the 

 costa narrowly, and hind margin broadly, blackish, and eight 

 somewhat square black spots on the disc. Hind wings glossy 

 black, with a marginal coppery band followed by an indented, 

 black, hind marginal line. Female similar, rather larger. 



Under side of fore wings paler orange colour and less 

 glossy, with the spots as on the upper side, and in addition 

 a black spot near the bai=e, and a row along the greyish hind 

 margin. Hind wings ashy grey, sometimes tinged with 

 reddish, with two transverse rows of faintly black dots and 

 a broad marginal orange band. 



Variable in colour, one widely distributed and recurrent 

 — though rare— variety having the whole of the usual coppery 

 portion of the wings shining silvery white. This is known 

 as var. Schmidtii. Between this and the normal form every 

 shade of intermediate colour has been met with, those exactly 

 intermediate being golden and of exquisite beauty. Another 

 and commoner recurrent form is strongly clouded with 

 smoky black on the coppery portion, and this also varies in 



