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HOLLY BLUE. 



AZUKE BLUE. 



PLATE LVIII. 



Polyommatus Argiolus, Latreille. Stephens, Curtis. 



" " Wood. Duncan. Westwood. 



Papilio Argiolus, Linn^us. Haworth. Donovan. 



" " Lewin. 



Papilio Acis, Hubner. 



Papilio Cleuhis, EsPER. 



Papilio Argus marginatus, De Geer. 



Agriades Argiolus, Hubner. 



Lyccena Argiolus, Ochsenheimer. Leach. 



" " Samouelle. 



This plain but neat species is to be found, as its name 

 imports, in places where the holly abounds. Unlike the other 

 Blues, it flies near the tops of these trees, hovering about them 

 and settling on them very much after the manner of the Hair- 

 streaks. 



In Yorkshire, it is not uncommon, I have known it in 

 former years in very considerable plenty at Fairfield, near 

 Broomsgrove, Worcestershire; other localities for it are Castle 

 Eden Dene, Durham; Dartford, Kent; Ripley, Surrey; Epping 

 Forest, Essex; Newcastle, Northumberland; Hammersmith, near 

 London; Allesley, in Warwickshire; the Isle of Wight, and 

 in Hampshire; and also in various places in Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 and Devonshire. 



It appears to be double-brooded, being taken so early as the 

 middle of April, as also in May, June, July, and the end 

 of August — the charming summertide, when you cannot but, 

 with the butterflies you seek, "love the merry merry sunshine,," 

 and wish that it were always summer. 



