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THE JOINTED ANIMALS 



common British butterfly. The green hairstreak ( Th. rubi} is a smaller species 

 than the rest, with a bright green under side, and is not uncommon in some districts 

 flying around bramble bushes in summer. In the allied genus Polyommatus, we 

 mention the large copper (P. dispar) as one would speak of a departed friend, for, 

 although formerly abundant in the fens of Cambridgeshire and other counties, it has 



GROUP OF TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES. 



1. Scarce swallowtail, with larva and chrysalis ; 2. Map butterfly, spring brood ; 8. Larvse ; 4. Summer 



brood ; 5. Chrysalis of same. 



not been seen alive for over half a century in Britain. The small copper (P. phleas) 

 is, however, very abundant both in England and on the Continent. It is shown in 

 No. 4 of the illustration on p. 3051. Of the golden-rod copper (P. virgauretz} figures 

 are given in Nos. 2 and 3 of the same illustration. This species is abundant on the 

 Continent, though unknown in Britain. It flies in July and August, and the larva 

 feeds on the golden-rod. The elegant little butterflies known as blues (Lycczna) 



