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INSECTA ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family 



LibytheidcR. 



Family 



Lyccenidce. 



Fig. 6B.Libythea celtis. 

 Nat. size. 



developed. The only European species is Nemeobius luciua (Linn.), the Duke 

 of Burgundy Fritillary, a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, with rows 

 of tawny spots on the wings. 



The LibytheidcK, which some entomologists consider to be a sub-family of 

 the LemoiiiidcK, are distinguished by their very long palpi (much longer than 

 in any other butter- 

 flies, except one or 

 two Nymphalince), 

 and by their brown, 

 dentated, tawny-spotted wings, winch 

 gives them a superficial resemblance 

 to some small species allied to 

 Vanessa. The only European species 

 is here figured. 



The Lyccenidce are a large family 

 of small or moderate-sized butterflies, 

 differing little struc- 

 turally from the Le- 

 moniidce. They are, 



however, more of an Old World group, although many are 

 found in America, too. Our species are known as hairstreaks, blues, and 

 coppers. The hairstreaks are brown or blue butterflies, with white lines on 

 the under-side of the wings, and a short tail. The green hairstreak, however, 

 Callophrys rubi (Linn.), is tailless, and the under-side of the wings is green. 

 There are a large number of brown or blue species 

 allied to the hairstreaks in Tropical America, some 

 measuring as much as two inches across the wings. 

 The blues, which belong to the genus Polyommahis 

 and its allies, are small butterflies, usually without 

 tails, and generally with rows of ocellated spots 

 on the under-side of the wings. Towards the hind- 

 margins we often find a row of red spots above or 

 below. The females of the blues are often brown, 

 and in some species of the group both sexes are 

 brown. They generally measure a little more than 

 an inch in expanse. One species, Lampides bwticus 

 (Linn.), has a short tail and a 



streaked under-side; but in England it is only occasion- 

 ally met with on the south coast. The coppers are a very 

 handsome group of butterflies, distinguished by the 

 brilliant coppery red of many of the species, several 

 of which formerly inhabited England ; bat they are 

 all now believed to be extinct with us except the small 

 copper, an insect with the coppery wings bordered 

 and spotted with black. Some of the other species 

 are shot with purple. 



The Pieridce are a large group of middle-sized 



butterflies, most of which are white or yellow. All 



the legs are fully developed in both 



Family sexes ; and they can most readily be 



Pieridce. distinguished from the next family by 



possessing an internal nervure to the 



Fig. 69. GBEEN HAIRSTREAK 

 (Callophrys rubi). Nat. size. 



Fig. 70. ORANGE TIP 



(Euchloe cardamines). 



Nat. size. 



