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fome larvas of Moths, never comes above the furface of the ground, and 

 lives on the roots of grafs. 



The Male is of a fine blue colour on the upper fide, and elegantly 

 marked on the under fide with white circles, having a black fpot in 

 the center of each : the wings are alfo bordered with fimilar fpots, 

 marked with a vermillion colour. The Female has very little ap- 

 pearance of the fine blue of the Male : the upper wings are of a dull 

 brownifh black, with a bluifh colour on parts, and marked with a few 

 red and black fpots : the underfide as in the Male. 



They feem to delight in Meadows, and, like all other Butterflies, 

 are on the wing only in the day time. The firft brood appears in the 

 Fly ftate in June. 



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