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SCARCE COPPER. 



Lyccena Virgaurece. 

 PLATE XXTX. Fig. 3. 



pap. Virgaureae, Linn. — Donovan, v. 173, 3- — Lewin, pi. 

 41, fig. 1 and 2, <$.—Steph> Illus. Haust. i. pi. 9, fig. 1 and 

 3, 6- fig- 2, ?. 



This species is rather less than the preceding, the 

 male brilliant copper colour above, inclining to yel- 

 low, the wings margined externally with black, and 

 the hinder pair having a few black spots near the 

 posterior edge. On the under side, the primary 

 wings are pale yellow, with three simple black spots 

 before the middle, placed longitudinally ; behind this, 

 there is a very irregular transverse row of black dots, 

 and the hinder margin is clouded with dusky ; the 

 secondary wings are dusky towards the base, with 

 about twelve or fourteen small black spots, five of 

 them remote from each other placed before the 

 middle, the rest forming an irregular cross band, 

 behind which there is a series of white marks. The 

 wings of the female are thickly spotted and clouded 

 with black above. 



The caterpillar is pubescent, and of a dull green, 

 with a yellow dorsal line, and pale green streaks on 



