120 SMALL COPPER. 



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 band 

 parallel with the hind margin. There are short tails to the wings, 

 which are 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 

 is 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. 



