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tubercles, resembling ears -, it lives on the elm, willow, and 

 various trees and shrubs. The butterfly is not generally 

 common ; there is a second brood in September. 



Lepidopteea. Ltc^nid^. 

 POLYOMMATUS. 

 Generic Distinctions. — See page 123. 



PoLYOMMATUs AGEESTis. Brown Argus. This species 

 measures about an inch ; the colour is dark brown with a 

 fine silky gloss, having a band of orange spots, and the 

 primary pair a small black spot in the centre ; the under 

 side is greyish-brown, with numerous ocellated spots, and a 

 band similar to that on the surface ; the hinder wings have 

 a white mark on the disc. It occurs in some abundance in 

 the southern counties, appearing again in August. 



Lepidoptera. Papilionid^. 



PIERIS. 



Generic Distinctions. — Autemia slender, the club formed gra- 

 dually ; pal;piy two lower joints robust, the basal one twice the 



