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Var. b. (Icarinus Scriba.) Differs from the type by the absence of the 

 basal spots on the underside of the fore- wings. 



Yar. c. (Labienus, Jermyn.) Wings pale pinkish-blue above, and without 

 the fulvous spots beneath. 



Yar. d. (Lacon, Jermyn.) Has the disc of the wings on the underside 

 marked only with a triangular spot ; the hind-margin of the anterior with a 

 few indistinct dusky marks, and of the posterior with a fulvous band termi- 

 nated internally with a series of black wedge-shaped spots, and externally 

 with black dots on a white ground. 



Yar. e. (Thestylis, Jermyn.) Is formed of a large specimen of the female, 

 in which the blue of the upper surface is much more extended than in the 

 type. The anterior wings beneath has a large kidney-shaped black spot 

 cinctured obscurely with white, the concave side turned towards the inner 

 margin ; the posterior wings with the spot next the costal margin kidney- 

 shaped, the concave side turned towards the disc. 



Var.y. The anterior wings have a distinct marginal band of fulvous cres- 

 cents surmounted with black, and the central spot of the underside of the 

 posterior is obsolete. 



Var. g. Like the preceeding, but in the band on the upperside of the hind- 

 wings, the posterior part of the iris is silvery. 



Yar. h. (Iphis, Baumh.) A brown form of the female, without any blue. 



Var. i. (Thersites, Baumh.) A blackish-brown form of the female, with a 

 row of small fulvous spots near the hind-margin of the hind-wings, but none 

 on the fore-wings. 



Yar.y. (Ccerulea, Gar.) A lilac blue form of the feroale, with broadly 

 black hind-margin, otherwise like the type. This is probably the Icarius of 

 Miss Jermyn, and the Amandus of Hubner. 



Yar. k. (Pusillus, Gerhard.) Appears to consist of very small blue males 

 and brown females. 



Yar. I. (Eros, Steph.) The male above very pale greenish-blue, with a 

 narrow marginal black streak ; the posterior wings with a few blackish spots 

 on the margin ; on the underside is a faint yellowish band. 



In addition to the above there are some very interesting varieties. Yiolet ; 

 blue shot with mauve ; and sky-blue males are known ; and the underside of 

 a very singular variety, taken near Cambridge, by the Rev. Rudston Read, 

 is figured in the "Entomological Transactions " for 1853. In this specimen 

 the usual ocelli were absent, but on each wing was a row of strong black 

 marks within the posterior margin, not extending outwardly beyond the red 

 spots on the lower wings, and similarly situated on the upper wings, but 



