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POLYOMMATUS ENDYMION. 

 PLATE XXVI. Figs. 3, 4, Fern. 



Pap. P. R. Endymion, Fair. Herbst. Pap. PI. 298, fig. 1, % 

 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. 



