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POLYOMMATUS ENDYMION. 

 PLATE XXVI. Figs. 3, 4, Fern. 



Pap. P. R. Endymion, Fair. Herbst. Pap. PL 298, fig. 1, 2. 

 Pap. regalis, Cramer, PI. 72. fig. E, F. (Fern). 



The outline of this richly ornamented insect per- 

 fectly corresponds to that of the preceding species, 

 except that the hinder margin of the upper wings is 

 scarcely concave. The whole disk is very brilliant 

 blue with a tinge of green, surrounded by a black 

 border, which is wide and sinuated on its inner edge 

 in the female, and narrow in the other sex. The 

 anal angle of each of the hinder wings bears a large 

 blood-red mark, and the tails are black tipped with 

 white. On the under side the green hue predomi- 

 nates, and the whole is thickly powdered as it were 

 with gold dust, giving it a very rich appearance. 

 Near the middle both wings are traversed by a dis- 

 tinct black line, angular posteriorly, and bordered 

 externally by pale blue : behind this, on the under 

 wings, there is a broad deep red or ferruginous band, 

 paler towards its hinder edge and sprinkled with 

 blue atoms : the outer margin of all the wings is 

 darker than the interior. Expansion of the wings 

 about two inches. 



