124 MAZAIilNE BUTE. 



tershire; also near Hiiikley, Leicestershire; and one was once taken 

 in Coleshill Park, Warwickshire, by the Rev. W. T. Bree. 



It is out the latter end of July. 



The fore wings, near the centre of which is a dark spot, are of a 

 dark purple blue colour, the front edge thinly edged with white; the 

 outer margin is narrow, and dark brown, which colour runs up into 

 the wing along the veins; the fringe is white. The hind wings are 

 also fringed with white, and their outer margin is also narrow, and 

 dark brown. 



Underneath, the fore wings are of a uniform bronzed grey colour, 

 the base bluish grey; the spot shews through, edged with white, and 

 beyond it is a waved row of seven spots ringed with white, the middle 

 ones larger, the end ones smaller and much less distinct, especially on 

 the lower side, where two are adjoined; these spots vary in number in 

 different individuals; in some there are also one or two eyed spots 

 near the base. 



The female differs from the male in having the upper side of all the 

 wings of a very dark copper brown, the basal part alone purpled. 



The female is figured from a specimen in my own collection. 



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