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nently on the lower surface ; and parallel with the posterior margin extend three rows of small 

 oblono- spots, of which three, in the posterior series, near the anal angle, are covered with a 

 blueish-silvery irroration. Bead, body, and abdomen, black above and white underneath, the 

 latter banded at the sides : antennae with white annuli. The female is of larger size, the pos- 

 terior border is broader, and the black colour is more intense. 



This species extends through the southern regions of Asia and through the Eastern Islands. It is abun- 

 dant in Java, more than twelve specimens being contained in our collection. There are also individuals 

 from the continent of India in the Honourable Company's museum. It is found in Timor, according to the 

 notice of MM. Latreille and Godart : and Cramer mentions the coast of Coromandel as well as the Cape 

 of Good Hope as its habitation. The Banksian cabinet of Insects, preserved at the Linnean Society of 

 London, contains two individuals of Lyccena Rosimon, labelled by Fabricius himself; and the collection of 

 Mr. Haworth is likewise provided with several specimens. 



7. Lyc/ena Plinius. Alx supra maris violacece nitore rubescente, fceminas albentes, limbo fusco in 

 posticis ocellato, disco maculis oblongis nigris, basi cceruleo irroratd : subtus albce strigis 

 duabus margini postico parallelis serie punctorum intermedia ; anticce fasciis fuscis oblique-trans- 

 versis vel dimidiatis repandis oblongis vel attenuatis maciddque subrotundd discoided ; posticce 

 regione anali maculis duabus viridi-argenteo irroratis, basi discoque omni maculis pluribus 

 difformibus fascidque exteriore margine postico radiatd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. — 13lin.) 

 Hesperia R. Plinius. Fab. Ent. Syst. em. torn. 3. pars. 1. p. 284. No. 92. 

 Papilio Plinius. Donov. Ind. Ins. (with a figure). 



Polyommatus Plinius. MM. Latr. and Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 658. 

 Wings above, in the male, pale violet blue, with a purple reflexion, surrounded by a very delicate 

 brown border fringed with white ; beneath both wings are white and variegated (panachees) with 

 oblique transverse or semi-transverse bands irregularly sinuated at their edges, oblong or 

 tapering, of unequal breadth, and arranged in the following succession : at the base a broad 

 longitudinal band extends with a slight obliquity to the middle of the costa ; between this 

 and the interior margin is a triangular mark, and before this a transverse mark gradually 

 attenuated towards the costa ; an obscure evanescent band next extends from the exterior margin 

 to the disk, and immediately exterior to this, a prominent band gradually increasing in breadth 

 and terminated by a short point, passes over the disk; the band next in order is short, and 

 near its termination a nearly circular or oblong spot is placed ; two obliquely transverse bands 

 now extend from the costa half across the wing, the first being oblong, the other attenuated or 

 pyramidal: the posterior margin is bounded by two regularly continued strigas, the anterior of 

 which is broader and slightly waving, enclosing a series of oblong marks; these are continued 

 uniformly through the binder wings to the anal region, where the two last are of a deep black 

 tint, with a yellowish iris, and covered with greenish resplendent irrorations ; to the last a very 

 minute black spot at the extreme anal angle is applied : the marginal spot in the anterior apical 

 angle is more pronounced than the rest. The disk and base of the posterior wings are variegated 

 with very irregular oblong marks, with sinuated margins, tranversely arranged, the posterior 

 one being most conspicuous and decorated with acute radiant points directed to the margin. 

 The tails are very slender and grayish at the base; the antennce and abdomen banded. The 

 female agrees with the male in the disposition of the marks underneath, but the surface is 



whiter, 



