THE LYC^ENIDiE. 



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species, the edges of the wings being black, the centre trans- 

 parent, and a scarlet patch on the lower wings, which in this 

 species is followed by two little white spots. At the extremity 

 of the tails of the lower wings there is a short streak of 

 yellowish white. The reader will probably have noticed that. 



Fin. 304. — Zeonia Batesii. 

 (Black, white, ami scarlet.) 



whereas in the males the projections of the lower wings are 

 tolerably straight, in the females they diverge considerably, and 

 turn a bold curve. Both these insects are natives of the 

 Amazons district. 



Now we come to the Lyceenidae, a group of Butterflies which 

 is familiar to English entomologists on account of the well- 

 known " Copper," " Blue," and " Hair-streak " Butterflies. They 

 are small and slightly made, have the fore-legs fully developed 

 in both sexes, and very tiny claws. The larvae bear a singular 

 resemblance to woodlice. 



Only a few examples can here be given, the first of which is 

 Chalybs coronata, a native of Bogota. The whole genus is a 

 singularly splendid one, the upper surface being metallic blue, 



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