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POLYOMMATUS VENUS. 



PLATE XXVII. Figs. 1, 2. 



Pap. P. R. Venus, Fabr. Mantissa. — Hesperia R. Venus, 

 Fabr. Systema.— Pap. • Venus, Herbst. Pap. PI. 294, fig. 1, 2. 

 Pap. Imperialis, Cramer , PI. 76, fig. E, F. 



This beautiful little insect is not unlike the pre- 

 ceding both in its form and colours. It belongs to 

 a section of Polyommatas, in which the upper wings 

 of the male are marked with an orbicular spot, of a 

 cottony appearance, and frequently a good deal im- 

 pressed. The expansion of the wings does not 

 exceed an inch and a half. The colour of the surface 

 is brilliant blue, the costa and outer margin of the 

 wings black, and the disk of each marked with two 

 ferruginous points in the male. Beneath, the colour 

 is likewise green, richly glossed with golden yellow, 

 the anterior portion of the under wings transversely 

 streaked with narrow black marks. The tails are 

 wholly black. 



All the examples hitherto brought to Europe seem 

 to be from Surinam. 



TOL. XXXI. 



