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think, however, there is no doubt of there being two broods of 

 this species per annum. 



g JLasiomata atlanta. 

 ■\Xenica Klugii. 



This insect is very common, but here, at any rate, there is 

 certainly only one brood, and I have never seen a single speci- 

 men in the autumn. The two sexes are almost exactly alike. 



- JLasiomata merope, 

 I Heteronympha merope. 



The sexes vary so much as to appear at first sight to belong 

 to entirely distinct species. It is as common as L. atlanta. 

 The males appear about ten days before the females, and are 

 almost exactly like P. atlanta, though nearly double the size. 



8. — Lasiomata ocrea, spec. nov. 

 This insect appears to be undescribed, and is so named in 

 allusion to a very peculiar marking, like a Hessian boot, on 

 the underside of the wing. It is very rare ; I have taken only 

 one specimen, which is, I believe, a female, but Dr. Graze had, 

 however, previously captured two specimens. 



The following is a short description : — 



Expanse of wing, two inches. G-eneral colour of all the 

 wings, yellowish cinnamon. The apical half of the fore-wing 

 is crossed obliquely by four interrupted black bars, in the 

 centre of each of which is a round black spot with a white 

 eye. The hind wing has a dull round black spot on the costa, 

 and a white one near the centre of the wing, surrounded by a 

 very narrow black line. The underside of the fore-wings is a 

 reproduction of the upper side. The ground colour of the 

 hind wings is nearly white, and there are two jet-black spots 

 with white centres ; there are also several dull, blackish-brown 

 smears, and about the centre the large and curious boot-like 

 mark mentioned above. The antenna? are rather short and 

 excessively fine. Body very short. 



I now come to the Lycaenida?, of -which I have six species 

 included in the genera Lyccdna and Cupido. Unfortunately, 

 however, the descriptions in Mr. Tepper's paper. Trans. Eoy. 

 Soc, S.A., Vol. iv., are so short (where, in fact, they are 

 described at all), and the plates illustrating only the top 

 side of the wing, that I cannot with certainty identify all my 

 species. 



9.— Cupido Boetica. 

 It is very common, flies very fast, and is double-brooded. 

 But is it correctly named ? 



