112 POLYOMMATUS (LYCJENA) ALEXIS. 



Towards the evening of the 11th I lost sight of it, 

 and did not again see it till the afternoon of the 13th. 

 It was then close by the side of the egg-shell, having 

 moulted whilst out of sight. It was much grown, 

 and appeared of rather a pinkish colour, and was 

 hairy. I soon afterwards planted in the same pot a 

 root of Ornithopus perpusillus. 



On the 18th of March, 1881, I saw that the larva 

 had been making transparent blotches on the Lotus, 

 and also on the leaves of the Ornithopus. Under the 

 leaves of the latter plant I soon detected the little 

 fellow ; it had grown considerably, and was nearly a 

 quarter of an inch long. It was of a green colour 

 beneath, but much tinged with purplish pink on the 

 sides, and especially on the back. The paler sub- 

 dorsal and spiracular lines were plainly visible, proving 

 it to be the larva of Alexis. 



A week later I could not find it, the Lotus cornicu- 

 latus had died, and the larva must have made its 

 escape. (W. B., Note-Book IV, 47.) 



POLYOMMATUS (LyCOTa) iEGON. 



Plate XV, fig. 3. 



On the 31st July, 1867, Mr. C. G. Barrett, then at 

 Haslemere, most kindly sent to Mr. Hellins and 

 myself some eggs of Mgon, which, by an ingenious 

 contrivance he had induced a ? to deposit on twigs of 

 heather. 



Being in doubt as to the proper time for their 

 hatching I kept those I had in an ordinary room for 

 daily inspection until the approach of winter. 



On the 23rd of February, 1868, Mr. S. Hudson 

 obligingly forwarded me three eggs, part of a small 

 batch he had obtained from a ? during the previous 

 summer near Epworth, accompanied by the welcome 

 intelligence that he had satisfied himself by experi- 



