Dr. T. A. Cliapniaii on, Lycaenid BuUerJly. 1G7 



pair near the hind margin, and the 9th close to the hnier 

 margin ; the variations are that the 2nd may be moved 

 basally so as to be out of line with the 1st and 3rd; 

 the 4th may be moved out so that it is in line with the 

 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; the 7th, 8th, and 9th vary much as 

 to size and even as to presence and absence. I find, 

 however, one mvariable difference ; in G. charyhdis the 



Rough sketches of clasps of 1, Glaucopsyche pajilbos; 2, another 

 .sj)eciinen of (/. paplws; 3, U. charybdis; 4, G. melanops; 5, G. 

 couperi; 6, G. cijllaras. 



7th, 8th, and 9th are in a row, each being about the 

 same distance from the base, but in G. paphos the 9th is 

 moved towards the base by a distance about three times 

 that between the 7th and 8th. Neither species has any 

 marginal markings (representhig ocelli) to the hind-whigs 

 as occurs in G. melanops. 



The upper surface of the ? ? is black ; in one specimen 

 there is some blue scaling on the hind-wings, strongest 

 towards the hind margin. The (^ appendages of G. paphos 



