BLDES. 



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Warwickshire. Once atKnowIe Frederick 

 nock. 



45. Mazarine Bine (Lyccena Ada). Upper side. 



Under side. 



45. MAZARINE BLUE. The colour ot the 

 upper side of the wings is purplish blue, 

 shaded to smoky black at the hind margin , 

 che outer portion of the fringe is white and 

 unspotted. The under side is plain drab, 

 except at the base of the hind wings, and 

 there silvery blue ; on the fore wing is a 

 transverse oblong discoidal black spot, exactly 

 half-way between the base and tip of the 

 wing, and again half-way between this and 

 the tip of the wing is a row of five, and some- 

 times seven, black spots; the hind wings have 

 one black spot near the base, and also near the 

 costal margin ; a short black transverse linear 

 discoidal spot iu the very middle of the wing, 

 and beyond this a transverse series of black 

 spots, generally eight in number ; these spots 

 are nearly circular, and each has a white cir- 

 cumscription. 



Obs. This species has no series of orange 

 or compound spots parallel with the hind 

 margin of the hind wings, and no submedian 

 white blotch. 



LIFE HISTORY. Unknown. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. June and July. 



LOCALITIES. Unknown in Ireland, Scot- 

 land, and the Isle of Man ; it is very local in 

 England, occurring here and there in old 

 jwstures. 



Cambridgeshire. I had the pleasure of 

 capturing here a very good specimen of Ads 

 -u the 20th of last July, 1858, and one not so 



good early in August, 1 857 C. A Ibert Beodon. 

 "Intelligencer" vol. iv., p. 141; Cherry 

 Hiuton and chalk-pits near Cambridge, and 

 Lawston many years ago F. Bond; formerly 

 common in the county, but has not been taken 

 for the last ten years Thomas Brown. 



Dorsetshire. Glanville's Wootton, formerly 

 in plenty, but none have been taken since 

 1S41, Powerstock, Parley Copse, Hazlebury 

 J. C. Dale. 



Glamorganshire. In 1835, 1836, and 1837 

 I could take Ads in plenty, but have not seen 

 it since T. Parry, Mertliyr " Intelligencer" 

 vol. vi., p. 28 ; Croesgid, near Llantrissant, 

 rare Evan John; I have seen, but not 

 taken, Glamorganshire specimens J. T. D. 

 Llewelyn. 



Gloucestershire. Has been met with at 

 Stinchcombe and Break Heart Hills, near 

 Wootton-under-Edge; specimens from these 

 localities are in Mr. Cooper's collection V. 

 R. Perkins ; two specimens at Lower Guiting, 

 on f -v "lotswold, the beginning of July, 1849 

 Joseph Greene; Dursley Evan John, Alfred 

 E. Hudd. 



Hampshire. Near Bingwood, and near 

 Brockenhurst J. C. Dale. 



Herefordshire. I took five specimens in 

 one of my father's meadows, called the 

 " Horse Leasow," at Olden Barn, four miles 

 from Leominster, on the 20th June, 1832 ; 

 four of them were females and one only a 

 male. I have repeatedly seen it since, and 

 my nephew has taken two specimens, but 

 many years ago E. Newman. 



Lincolnshire. One specimen was taken at 

 Epworth, in the Isle of Axholm T. H. Allis. 



Monmouthshire. I have taken one speci- 

 men at St. Julians George Lock. 



Somersetshire. I took two or three of these 

 butterflies flying in a pasture-field at the 

 bottom of a hill near Bath ; they were much 

 wasted in colour, and appeared to have been 

 long on the wing Lewin. 



Warwickshire. Ads was formerly taken in 

 plenty near Shirley, but it has not been seen 

 for the last ten years ; picture-makers and 

 dealers have exterminated the species 

 Frederick Enoch, 



