156 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



are Croydon ; Brighton ; Lewes ; Dover ; Winches- 

 ter ; Isle of Wight ; Kalton, Bucks ; K ewrnarket ; 

 Peterborough ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Berkshire ; Oxford 

 Bhire ; Wiltshire ; Gloucestershire. At Grange, North 

 Lancashire, it Is the commonest "Blue," not on chalk, 

 but limestone. 



THE ADONIS BLUE. 



(Pnfyommatus Adonis.) (Plato XIV. fig. 3, Male; 

 3 a, Female.) 



Colouring: Upper side, male, brilliant sky-blue, 

 without any lilac tinge, bordered by a distinct black 

 line, the fringe distinctly barred with blackish. Female, 

 dark smoky brown, sprinkled near body with pur* 

 blue scales the colour of tJiose of male ; border of orange 

 apots, more or less visible. 



Under side, male, marked as in fig. 3 ; border cf . red 



Female, almost exactly like that of Gorydon (fig. 

 2 a), but usually has the black spots on tho front wing 

 smaller. 



This is a most lovely little butterfly, tho "blue of iti 

 upper surface being quite unapproachable among native 

 insects, Mr. Stainton, speaking of the different blues of 

 Coryd n and Adonis, happily obso.rve.s that, " Corydon 



