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frequently low on the leaves of bushes or Lycopodiae. Sometimes 

 I have seen them on the flowers of Meiastomae, which at rare 

 intervals adorn these beautiful woods. 7'he common T. Marsyas 

 is frequently seen, but only in open grounds and road sides, where 

 its soft and delicate blue is an ornament to the surrounding 

 verdure. The large and rich species T, hnperialis and T. Regal'is, 

 on the contrary, are only found in the virgin forest, in some nooks 

 along the pathways, where some opening in the umbrageous vault 

 above admits the rays of the sun. 



