CHRYSOPHANUS DISPAR. 419 



coram : sed nunquam in Scotia, ut amicus meus E. Donovan ex 

 informations erronea dixerit. [Pap. dispar, " Prod. Lep. Brit.," p. 3. 

 P. hippothoe varietas, Esper, " Schmett.," t. 34, f. 1. P. hippothoe, 

 Lewin, " Pap.," pi. 40. P. hippothoe, Don., "Br. Ins.," pi. 117, nee 

 alioram auctorum, quae ultima species optime delineata est in Roes., 

 11 Ins.," cl. 2, t. 37, f. 6-7. Mas. Valde affinis Pap. gordio, Esperi et 

 Koemeri, at non eadem.] Expansio alarum 2 unc. Descriptio : 

 Mas. Alas primores supra nitidissime fulvo-cupreas, puncto disci sub- 

 lunari sesquialtero, margine postico, apice et ipsa costa nigris. Subtus 

 pallidiores cupreo-fulvae punctis 10 ocellaribus pupilla majuscula nigra 

 iride alba, tres anticae subtus costam longitudinaliter positae, 7 posticae 

 in striga transversa versus costam parum arcuata ; praster has, striga 

 punctorum nigrorum sine iride ad marginem posticum : demum margo 

 albicans. Alae inferiores subemarginatae supra nitidissime fulvo 

 cupreaa, puncto oblongo disci, marginibusque nigris ; in margine postico 

 maculis 5 subtrigonis nigris introrsum spectantibus : subtus pallide- 

 coeruleae punctis nunnerosis nigris subocellaribus, 5 anticis sparsis, pone 

 has lineola nigra, tunc striga postica undata ex punctis 9, omnibus 

 cum lineola, albo cinctis pro iride; tandem fascia cuprea ad marginem 

 posticum (quae margines haud attingit), singalo latere punctis 8 nigris 

 sine iride ; denique margo albida. Femina mari subtus omnino 

 simillima, sed supra valde discrepat, unde nomen ; alas primores supra 

 paulo obscuriores quam in mare, maculis 10 nigris, 3 anteriores subtus 

 costam longitudinaliter positae, 7 in striga postica arcuatae; margo 

 posticus magis fuscus quam in mare. Alae inferiores fuscae, venis 

 fasciaque postica sexdentata (quae margines haud attingat) cupreis. In 

 utroque sexu antennas nigrae albo annulatae, ciliis alarum omnium 

 albidis utrinque (Haworth). 



Imago. — 35mm. -50mm. Forewings deep orange-red or orange- 

 copper, with a narrow black hindmarginal border, somewhat extended at 

 apex; antemedian and discal spots black, small in $ , large in $ ; in the 

 latter an angulated submarginal transverse series of roundish black 

 spots. Hindwings of the same colour as forewings, with black 

 marginal border and slender discal lunule ; in $ a transverse sub- 

 marginal series of extended spots running towards discal spot, the 

 median, inner-marginal, and basal apas suffused with fuscous, except 

 along nervures. Forewings beneath orange, with black spots edged 

 with whitish ; hindwings greyish, bluish basally ; an orange marginal 

 band surmounted with black dots, a subterminal row of dots, discal 

 lunule, and five basal dots, black, edged with white. Fringes of all 

 the wings white. 



Sexual dimorphism. — The sexual difference in this species is most 

 marked. The $ is entirely of a bright coppery-red colour, wiih a fine 

 linear discal streak, on all four wings ; a smaller black spot, between 

 the discal spot and the base of the forewings, and a narrow, 

 black, marginal border to both fore- and hindwings. The ? is 

 of the same fiery tint, but has, in addition to the black discal 

 spot, one and sometimes two black spots between this and the 

 base, larger than in the $ , also a broader marginal band, and, 

 in addition, a submarginal transverse row of interneural black spots ; 

 the nervures, too, are often black, especially towards the outer 

 margin; the hindwings are brownish-black, w 7 ith coppery-red sub- 

 marginal band and nervures, and narrow black hindmarginal band; 



