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PURPLE-EDGED COPPER. 



LyccBna Chryseis. 



PLATE XXX. Fig. 1. 



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

 Copper, Haworth. — Sowerby^ B. M. 1st. pi. 13 — Lycsena 

 Chryseis, Jermyn^ Steph. 



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 witli 

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

 rior wings beneath 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 oniamented 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 



