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PURPLE-EDGED COPPER. 



Lycccna Chryseis. 



PLATE XXX. Fig. 1. 



Hesperia Chryseis, Fabr — Pap. Chryseis; Purple-edged 



Copper, Haioorth — Sowerby, B. M. 1st. pi. 13 Lyceena 



Chryseis, Jermyn, Sle/ih. 



Fulgid copper colour above, the base and outer 

 margin of all the wings brown, glossed with purple, 

 and the centre of each wing marked transversely with 

 a short, slender, black streak. The disk of the ante- 

 rior wings beneatli is orange, the anterior margin ash- 

 grey; and over the surface there are numerous ocel- 

 lated spots, with a black pupil and white iris, three 

 of them towards the base placed longitudinally, and 

 the rest forming two irregular bands, of which the 

 marginal one is somewhat obsolete : the posterior 

 wings on the under side are glossed with blue at the 

 base, and bear numerous scattered ocellated dots, 

 forming irregular transverse rows towards the apex ; 

 the latter ornamented with an orange band. The 

 fringe is brown at the base, and white externally. 



This is also a very rare insect in Britain. The 

 only localities which we have heard of, are those 



