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BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



p. 55 (1855); Horsf. and Moore, " Cat. Lep. East Ind. Co.," L, p. 22, inpart (1857); 

 Speyer, "Geog. Verb. Schmett.," i., p. 250 (1858); Staud., " Cat.," 1st ed., p. 4 

 (1861); Butl., "Cat. Diurn. Lep.," p. 164 (1869); Frey, "Lep. Schweiz," p. 14 

 (1880). Polysperchon, Bergst., "Norn.," ii., p. 72, pi. xliv., figs. 3-5 (1779); 

 Bkh., "Sys. Besch.," i., p. 166 (1788); Ochs., "Die Schmett.," i., pt. 2, p. 61 

 (1808); Oken, " Lehrb.," ii., p. 720(1815); [Ochs., "Die Schmett.," iv., p. 26 

 (1816);] Hb.," Verz.," p. 69(1816); Godt,, "Enc. Meth.," ix., p. 660 (1819); [Bdv., 

 "Eur. Lep. Ind.," p. 11 (1829);] [Meig., "Eur. Schmett.," ii., p. 15, pi. xliv., 

 figs. 6a-b (1830);] Treits., " Die Schmett.," supp. x., pp. 72, 237 (1834); Bdv., 

 " Gen. et Ind. Meth.," p. 10 (1840); [H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," i., p. 129 (1843) ;] 

 Eversm., "Faun. Volg.-Ural., p. 57 (1844); Dup., "Cat. Meth.," p. 31 (1844); 

 Doubleday, " List Lep. Brit. Mus.," ii., p. 44 (1847) ; Hdrch., "Lep. Eur. Cat. 

 Meth.," p. 15 (1851); West, and Hew., "Gen. Diurn. Lep.," ii., p. 490 (1852); 

 Led., " Verh. zool.-bot. GeselL," ii,, p. 19 (1852); Menet., " Cat. Lep. Mus. Pet.," 

 p. 55 (1855); [Spyr., "Geog. Verb.," i., p. 250 (1858);] Hein., "Schmett. 

 Deutsch.," i., p. 85 (1859); Staud., "Cat.," 1st ed., p. 4 (1861); Snell., " De 

 Vlind.," i.,p. 61 (1867); [Berce, "Faun. Franc," L, p. 133 (1867);] Staud., 

 "Cat.," 2nd ed., p. 9 (1871); Curo, "Bull Soc. Ent. It.," vi., p. 110 (1874); 

 Frey, "Lep. Schweiz," p. 14 (1880); Kirby, "Eur. Butts.," p. 53 (1882); 

 Lang, "Butts. Eur.," p. 102 (1884); Kane, " Eur. Butts.," p. 35(1885) ; [Leech, 

 "Butts. China," ii., p. 329 (1894);] Biihl, "Pal. Gross.-Schmett.," i.. pp. 229, 

 750(1892-5); Tutt, "Brit. Butts.," p. 185 (1896); Staud., " Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 77(1901); 

 [Lamb., "Pap. Belg.,"p.219(1902);] Wheeler, "Butts. Switz., "p. 44, inpart (1903); 

 Puer,f Schrank, " Fauna Boica,"ii.,pt. 1, p. 215, inpart ( cf ) (1801). [Gomyntas, 



f The specific position of puer has long been a matter of controversy. Schrank's 

 description (Fauna Boiea, p. 215) reads as follows : — 



Cupido puer. — Papillo minimus, Fuessly, " Schweiz," n. 599 = Goze, " Beytr.," 

 iii., 2, p. 68, n. 52; Esper, " Europ. Schmett.," i., tab. 34, fig. 3. Papillo tiresias, 

 " Syst. Beschr.," 260. Papilio pseudolus, Borkhausen, " Naturg.," i., 177. Schaeffer,. 

 "Icon.," 165, figs. 1,2. 



c? Deep bright blue, small tailed ; below light gray, small-eyed, with a few orange- 

 coloured marginal spots. $ Blue-black, tailless; below small-eyed with traces of 

 whitish marginal spots. Hab. near Gern and Ingolstadt in open places in forests. 

 N.B. — Two varieties are known. 



J . Var. 1. — Forewings : Upperside deep bright blue with a narrow black 

 border to the hind margin, and white fringes ; the underside pale grey, with a fine 

 median transverse streak ; an arcuate row of six very small ocellated spots, the 

 innermost of which is double ; towards the edge a marginal row of obsolete ocella- 

 tions, not distinct in the finest specimens. Hindwings : Upperside as in the fore- 

 wings, except that there is a marginal row of small spots, which, at the 4th. fades 

 into the margin itself ; a very fine tail at the anal angle composed of fringe-hairs ; 

 the underside with a small indistinct discoidal line, followed by an arcuate line of 

 four very small ocellated sj^ots, one near the outer margin, two in the middle, 

 somewhat near together, and one towards the inner margin ; on the hindmargin 

 are two small silvery-green ocellations, surrounded by orange-yellow and bordered 

 with black. N.B. — Traces of a few more spots are noticeable under a lens, on the 

 hindwings, viz., two before the small discoidal lunule, one near the outer and 

 another near the inner marginal spots. 



c? . Var.2. — Forewings: Upperside as in 1. The underside similar, except 

 that the arcuated row consists of seven ocellated spots, and that the traces of the 

 marginal eyes are much more distinct. Hindwings : Upperside as in 1, the underside 

 also, except that there are two spots between the discoidal streak and the base ; 

 that the arcuate row consists of nine ocellated spots, two of these being at the outer 

 two on the inner edge, four in the centre, and a very small double one between 

 these and those of the inner edge ; a third obsolete spot can be detected beyond the 

 two marginal spots. 



?. Var. 1. — Forewings: Upperside black-blue ; underside similar to 3 var. 1, 

 but without trace of marginal ocellations. Hindwings : Upperside black-blue ; the 

 underside as in J var. I, except that there are only whitish traces of marginal 

 ocellations to be seen ; there are, also, two very small ones, then a short transverse 

 streak, hardly noticeable ; then at its inner termination a very small ocellated spot; 

 beyond these the arcuated series of eight ocellated spots — two at inner edge, two at 

 outer edge, three in the centre in a somewhat oblique direction — also one at inner 

 edge, and a double one above this. 



