PURPLE. EDGED COPPER 



Lyccena Chryseis. 

 PLATE XXX. FIG. 1. 



Hesperia Chryseis, Fabr Pap. Chryseis; Purple-edgod 

 Copper, Haworth Sowerby, B. M. 1st. pi. 13 Lvcrena 

 Chryseis, Jermyn, Steph. 



FULGID copper colour above, the base and outer 

 margin of all the wings brown, glossed with purple, 

 and the centre of each wing marked transversely with 

 a short, slender, black streak. The disk of the ante- 

 rior wings beneath is orange, the anterior margin ash- 

 grey ; and over the surface there are numerous ocel- 

 lated spots, with a black pupil and white iris, three 

 of them towards the base placed longitudinally, and 

 the rest forming two irregular bands, of which the 

 marginal one is somewhat obsolete : the posterior 

 wings on the under side are glossed with blue at the 

 base, and bear numerous scattered ocellated dots, 

 forming irregular transverse rows towards the apex ; 

 the latter ornamented with an orange band. The 

 fringe is brown at the base, and white externally. 



This is also a very rare insect in Britain. The 

 only localities which we have heard of, are those 



