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under side, the nervures are strongly marked with a line of 

 dingy green ; the upper wing having two black spots near 

 the hinder margin. The caterpillar is dull green, covered 

 with white raised spots, blackish at the tip, and tufted with 

 short hairs ; the perfect insect is very common, and presents 

 many variations in size and markings. 



PONTIA SABELLIC^I. Dusky-veined White. This is con- 

 sidered by many writers to be merely a variety of the 

 P. napi, and indeed the only difference seems to consist 

 in the colour of the nervures. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



POLYOMMATUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae short, with a compressed club ; 

 palpi a little longer than the head ; wings entire ; colour blue, but 

 dissimilar, the females being generally brown ; size small. 



POLYOMMATUS ALEXIS. (Plate IX.) Common Blue. This 

 very pretty insect is bright lilac-blue in the male, the hinder 

 margin edged with black ; the anterior edge of the upper 

 wings white ; the female is brown, powdered with blue 

 towards the base of the wings ; sometimes the surface is 

 entirely purplish-blue, and ornamented with a darkish band, 



