THE BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. O 



HYPERANTHUS, L., Hy per an' thus ; probably a typo- 

 graphical error for Hyperanthes, a son of 

 Darius, who fell at Thermopylae. Cf. Her. vii. 

 224. 



CHORTOBIUS, Gu., Chorto'bius ; %6pro9, grass, /3/o?, 

 life. 



DAVUS, F., Davus, a common name among the 

 Romans. 



PAMPHILUS, L., Pam'philus, a common name among 

 the Romans. 



LYCJENIDJE, Lea., Lyqa'nida, the family of which the genus 



Lyctena is the type. 

 THECLA, F., Thee la, Virgin and Martyr. Cf. Butler's 



Lives of the Saints, ix. 286. 



RUBI, L., Rubl, feeds on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus). 

 QUERCUS, L., Quer'cus, feeds on Oak (Quercus 



Robur) . 

 W-ALBUM, Kn., W-al'bum, on account of the white 



W on the under- wings. 

 PRUNI, L., Pruni, feeds on the Blackthorn (Prunus 



spinosa) . 

 BETUL^:, L., Bet'ula, feeds on the Birch (Betula 



alba). 

 POLYOMMATUS, Lat., Polyom'matus, TroXuo/^aro?, 



many-eyed. 

 DISPAR, Ha., Dis'par, dispar, unlike ; on account of 



the disparity in appearance of the sexes. 

 PHLCEAS, L., Phloe'as, a surname of Venus ; perhaps 



connected with <f>\oio<; } Latin flos, English 



bloom. 

 , F., Lyqa'na, \vicalva, a she-wolf. Sodoffsky 



proposes Lycia, a surname of Diana. 

 , W. V., JEt'gon, a Roman shepherd. Cf. Virg. 



Eel. iii. 2. 

 AGESTIS, W. V., Ages' tis ; perhaps a typographical 



error for Agrestis, a rustic. 

 ALEXIS, W. V., Alex' is, a Roman shepherd. Cf. 



Virg. Eel. ii. 1. 

 ADONIS, W. V., Adonis, a young shepherd, beloved 



by Venus. Cf. Virg. JEn. x. 18. 

 CORYDON, Sco., Cor' y don, a Roman shepherd. Cf. 



Virg. Ecl._ii. 56. 

 Ac is, W. V., A'qis, well known in connexion with 



Galatea. Cf. Ovid, Met. xiii. 750. 



