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the wings are white with a blueish cast ; they have, on both pairs, along the posterior margins, 

 two parallel brown strigse, of which the interior is undulated, enclosing an interrupted series 

 of oblong brown spots, gradually assuming a deeper tint as they approach the anal angle : 

 interior of this follows a macular band, originating by two successive ocellate dots, from the 

 margin of the fore wings and extending in an irregular curve through both pair : the disk of 

 the fore wings bears a short curved streak, and a similar angular mark, but more obscurej stands 

 on the hinder wings : the latter are further marked, in their basal portion, with numerous black 

 ocellate spots bordered with white, of which five are more prominent; two of these stand near 

 the exterior margin, the apical one being larger and of a more florid tint; two, less conspicuous, 

 are disposed near the anal interior margin, and a fifth intermediate not far from the base. An- 

 tenna annulated with white. Tufts of grayish blue hairs at the sides of the thorax and abdomen. 



This species is abundant. About twenty specimens are contained in the collection. It appears to be the 

 representative of the Lyccena Arion, in the eastern tropical regions. Among Indian species which have 

 recently been added to our systematic catalogues, it most nearly resembles the Pol. Duponchellii, from Timor, 

 described by MM. Latreille and Godart in the Encyclopedie : but it differs by the deep azure tint diffused over 

 its upper surface, and by the number and arrangement of the ocellated spots underneath. It forms a 

 natural transition, by its marks and habit to the next following genus. 



Genus LYC^NA. 



Papilionis — Plebeiorum ruralium — species. Linn. Polyommati species. Latr. Lycsena. 

 Stephens. Lycsenae species. Fab. Papiliones, Fam. M. Larva oblongoscutatse. Wiener 

 Verzeichnis, ] 80. Les Bronzes. Geoffr. Coppers. Haivorth. 



Character. Larva oblongoscutata, oblongior quam in cseteris generibus hujus stirpis, lateribus 

 quasi impressa; plerumque pallide viridis, nuda aut pilis brevissimis tenerrimis tecta; capite 

 brunneo aut pallescente. 



Chrysalis antice posticeque admodum obtusa, fuscescens. (Tab. iv. fig. 1 ; 1, a.) 



Imago: Antenna filiformes, articulis intermediis longioribus, capitulo ovali subrefracto, saspius 

 compresso vel compresso-concavo marginibus subinvolutis. 



Palpi capite longiores, parum porrecti, subassurgentes, articulis basilari et intermedio squamis 

 villisque elongatis tectis, secundo elongato ultra medium capite soluto, tertio gracili attenuate 

 nudo. 



Proboscis palpis circa duplo longior. 



Caput latiusculum. Oculi prominuli. Corpus gracile, compressum. ALc anticaj subelongata 1 

 angustse, posticse ad angulum analem productee vel caudatae ; cauda subfiliformi, in pluribus brevi, 

 abrupto : subtus saepius striga marginali aut maculis contiguis aurantiacis praxlita?. Pedes 

 omnes tarsis quinque ; femora eadem quae Polyommato ; tarsi anticorum maris attenuati ungue 

 solitario, vel interdum seta cornea terminali, spinisque rigidis accessoriis lateralibus ; fcemina? 

 semper unguibus duobus arcuatis villis brevibus interpositis. Ungues et pulvilli posticorum 

 parvi. 



Character. Larva more oblong than in the other genera of this stirps, hence named oblongo- 

 scutata — elevated along the back, but laterally compressed, generally of a pale-green colour, 

 naked or covered with very short delicate hair ; head brown or yellowish. Chrysalis obtuse at 



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