SMALL COPPER. 131 



edged on its lower part with black crescent-shaped spots; the 

 fringe is buff. 



Underneath, the fore wings are of an orange colour, the 

 black spots shewing through, and slightly edged with pale 

 buff. The outer margin, which is dull buff, is edged on its 

 inside with several faint dark-coloured crescents near the lower 

 corner, fragments of the broad border on the upper side. The 

 hind wings are also a sort of buff, with numerous minute and 

 nearly obsolete golden brown specks placed in irregular rows, 

 and with an obscure narrow bright orange baud parallel with 

 the hind margin. There are short tails to the wings, which 

 arc indented within them. The body is black on the upper 

 side, with some tawny down about the head and thorax, and 

 greyish buff-coloured beneath. 



The female resembles the male. 



The caterpillar is green, with a pale line along the back, and 

 also one on the side. 



Specimens differ considerably in size, and also in the depth 

 of their colour: — 



One has been taken, in which the copper band on the hind 

 wings are wholly obliterated. 



Another had the copper colour on all the wings exchanged 

 for milk white. 



A third had the black parts replaced by milk white. 



The plate is from specimens in my own cabinet. 



