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here contained, though not completely identical with our insect, proves that it must be considered specifi- 

 cally distinct from Cnejus. 



20. Lyc^NA Parrhasius. Alec supra maris saturate violacecB pro vario ad Ivcem objectu in fuscum 

 variantes, limbis angustis fuscis albo Jimhriatis ; posticce striga marginali punctorum ocellato- 

 rum, punctis duobus pone caudam sitis insignioribus, arcu angusto rufo intus cinctis lineaque albd 

 postice marginatis, punctis exterioribus sensim obsoletioribus : subtus cance squamis subargen- 

 teis obtectce, singulis in disco stigmate transversa, tunc fascia catenulata, in anticis continud in 

 posticis interruptd ; anticce insuper fasciis duabus submarginalibus obsoletioribus, postica in 

 serie marginali ocellis duobus, istis in pagind superiore adversis, insignioribus orbiculafis niger- 

 rimis in tcenid lata transversa aurantid nidulantibus, lunuld argented extus inductis, iniervallo 

 denique angulum analem versus, maculis duabus oblongis angustis striga flavicante obductis, 

 freto ; posticarum insuper puncta quatuor nigerrima albo cincta quorum duo basilares tertium ad 

 marginem anteriorem quartum ad marginem interiorem in medio disposita. (Exp. alar. lin. 



10—11.) 



Hesperia R. Parrhasius. Fab. Ent. Syst. em. torn. 3. pars. 1. p. 289. No. 108. 

 Papilio Parrhasius. Donov. Ind. Ins. (with a figure). 



Polyommatus Parrhasius. MM. Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 657. 

 Wings above, in the male, deep violet blue, varying according to the light, to dusky brown, with a 

 narrow brown border and white fringe ; hinder wings bearing on the posterior border a series^ of 

 ocellate spots abruptly terminated behind ; commencing at the outer apical angle, the spots are 

 small and obsolete ; they gradually increase in size and intensity of tint, and exteriorly of the caudal 

 appendages two deeply saturated brown ocelli, surrounded internally by a narrow rufous crescent, 

 are disposed ; two small confluent spots, forming a faint emarginate transverse band, stand 

 between these and the extreme anal angle. Underneath, the gray ground colour is covered with 

 coarse scales of a silvery hue ; both wings are marked on the disk with a short transverse streak, 

 behind this is a catenulated band, stretching across the entire surface, which is nearly regular in 

 the anterior, but slightly infracted in the posterior pair ; the fore wings have towards the margin 

 two somewhat obsolete catenulated bands, confined by the marginal striga, and exterior to these 

 a dark marginal thread, which is continued through the hinder wings ; in the latter the series of 

 marginal ocelli corresponds with that of the upper surface, but is more pronounced, and the two 

 ocelli situated exterior of the caudal appendages, being regularly round and of an intense black 

 tint are bedded in a broad orange fascia, and marked externally by a lunule of silvery irrora- 

 tions; between these and the extreme anal angle are two narrow, obsolete, oblong spots, bor- 

 dered internally by a faint yellow undulate streak ; the hinder wings are further marked with 

 four dots of an intense black colour, surrounded with a grayish ring, two of which are opposite 

 to each other and at an equal distance from the base, the third is placed near the middle of the 

 anterior, and the fourth near the middle of the posterior margin. The thorax and abdomen 

 agree, on both surfaces, in colour with the wings ; the tails are long, very slender, and tipt with 

 white; the antennae have a grayish extremity and white rings. 



Our collection contains three male specimens of this species, and in that of Mr. Haworth I have examined 

 a female, agreeing, as far as can be determined, from the condition of the individual, with our insect : in 

 this female the colour above is brownish, and the submarginal line of ocellate spots is more distinct than in 

 the male ; the interior dimidial portion of the wing underneath has four black dots, agreeing m dispositipn 



with 



