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Taken in June, 1886. Kent:— 



No. 1, (? . — Gre5% with a brownish shade and a very faint 

 tinge of blue. Ocelli on hind margins of hind wings faintly 

 indicated. Under side, normal bellargus. 



No. 2, 3" . — Grey, with pale mauve shade. Fringes faintly 

 chequered with pale grey. Black spots on hind margins of 

 inferior wings indistinct. Under side as in bellargus. 



No. 3, ^ . — Central area of all wings mauve, with bellargus- 

 blue margins. Nervures black on hind margins of fore wings. 

 Black spots on margin of hind wings. Fringes faintly chequered 

 on fore wings, but plain white on hind pair. Under side, normal 

 bellargus. 



No. 4, ? . — Pale brown, shot with pale blue at the bases of 

 all the wings ; a band-like series of orange crescents on hind 

 margins. Fringes white, with only faint traces of chequers. 

 Under side very like some examples of icarus with clear white 

 discoidal spots on hind wings. 



No. 5, <y .— Blue-black, with small black spots on the hind 

 margins, and a dash of brownish colour along the inner margins 

 of hind wings. Nervures black, running through the whitish 

 fringes. Under side. — Fore wing smoky-grey. Hind wing 

 smoky-brown. Spots arranged as in bellargus, but enclosed in 

 rings, which are but little paler than the colour of the wing upon 

 which they are placed. The discoidal spot of hind wings is pale, 

 but ill-defined. 



Specimens taken in same locality as above, September, 1886: — 



No. 6, (? . — Pale brown, with a faint tinge of blue and 



indistinct ocelli on the hind margins of all the wings. Under 



side similar to that of bellargus, but the black spots are very 



small. 



No. 7, S' . — Appears to be icarus on the upper surface, with a 

 tinge of bellargus colour ; but the nervures, which are blackish 

 on hind margins of the wings, run through the fringes. Under 

 side identical with that of bellargus. 



No, 8, ? .— Similar on the upper surface to No. 4, but the 

 orange crescents are less distinct on the fore wings. Under side, 

 typical female icarus. 



Aberration taken near Dover, spring, 1883 : — 

 No. 9, $ . — Greenish-blue, with a blackish shade or border 

 on hind margins of fore wings, and faint black spots on margins 



