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having the black border extended to the hinder wings, that 

 of the upper pair being entire ; and, though similar in this 

 respect to the C. edtisa, it is sufficiently distinguished by its 

 paler colour. Further particulars are unnecessary, from the 

 extreme rarity of the insect. 



Lepidoptera. Lycjenid^. 

 LYCiENA. 



Generic Distinctions. — See page 130. 



Lyc^na dispar. Lm-ge Copper, The male of this beau- 

 tiful insect is bright copper-colour above, with a black 

 margin round all the wings ; the base of the primary pair 

 is also blackish, on the disc are two small black spots, 

 and near the middle of the secondary wings is a curved 

 black streak. The female has the upper wings broadly mar- 

 gined with black, two or three black spots on the disc, and 

 a series of the same a little beyond the middle ; the hinder 

 wings are almost entirely black, except the nervures and 

 a broad band near the apex, which are copper-coloured. 

 Beneath, both sexes are similar ; the upper wings coppery, 

 with spots similar to those on the surface of the female, but 

 surrounded with a yellow ring ; near the margin is another 



