166 DBITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



are Croydon ; Brighton ; Lewes ; Dover ; Winches- 

 ter ; Isle of Wight ; Halton, Backs ; Newmarket ; 

 Peterborough; Norfolk; Suffolk; Berkshire; Oxford- 

 shire ; Wiltshire ; Gloucestershire. At Grange, North 

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

 but limestone. 



THE ADONIS BLUE. 



(Pnlyommalus Adonis.) (Plate 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 blaokish. Female, 

 dark smoky brown, sprinkled near body with pun 

 MM< scales the colour of those of male ; border of orange 

 Bpote, more or less visible. 



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

 spots. 



Female, almost exactty like that of CorycLon (fig. 

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

 smaller. 



This is a most lovely little butterfly, the blue of its 

 apper surface being quite unapproachable among natire 

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

 Corydou and Adonis, happily observes that, " Corydon 



