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which are rounded off short, the tail rounded off with- 

 out any knob or spike ; the skin a little roughened but 

 glossy, on both sides of the abdomen the skin is set 

 with tiny short bristles with flat heads, like old- 

 fashioned flat-headed pins ; the colour mahogany-red 

 on the back, freckled with darker, and the dark slanting 

 marks on the side of the larva seem retained, the wing- 

 cases paler and not much freckled, under side of the 

 abdomen reddish without freckling. (J. H., 30, 9, 85.) 



POLTOMMATUS (LyC^GNa) ArGIOLUS. 



Plate XI Y, fig. 1. 



(See ante, p. 94.) 



Mr. W. EL B. Fletcher informs me he has taken the 

 larva of this species on flowers of Comus sanguinea at 

 Worthing. (J. H., 29, 10, 85.) 



POLYOMMATUS (LYC^NA) ArION. 



(See ante, p. 104) ; one of the few larvae of which there 

 is no figure in this volume. 



Mr. Buckler's notes on this species having been 

 given, perhaps I may as well add the little I can to his 

 account, in order to give all the help possible towards 

 the full discovery of its habits. 



On 28th June, 1858, I captured ten butterflies, 

 having started for their habitat at 3 a.m. and getting 

 home again about 10.30 p.m., the longest entomological 

 excursion I ever made ; at that time I had no thought 

 of rearing anything from the egg, and took no pains 

 to watch the movements of the females ; however, on 

 July 6th and 8th, 1865, some local collectors obtained 

 eggs, and sent them to me, but I find no note about the 

 larvae, and believe that when they hatched I gave them 



