VADE MECUM. 105 



IIIPI'ARCIIIA ALCYON'E. 



liutterfltj. Wings indented, brown, with a wliitisli iHuid, 

 the primary having two eyelets on both sides. The secondary 

 imdcrncath, marbled with brown and black, and having a 

 white angular band and a single eyelet. 



Caterpillar. 



Chrysalis. 



IIIl'PARCHIA BLANDINA, SCOTCH UlNCLET. 

 Duncan, pi. 25, fig. 2. 



Butterfly. The wings indented, brown. The primary 

 with a reddish ocellated band. The secondary underneath, 

 brown, with an ash-coloured band. 



Caterpillar. Light green, with brown and white longitu- 

 dinal stripe.s. 



Chrysalis. 



Genus Thecla, pi. U\,fis- 12. 



Antennai short, growing gradually thicker nearly from the 

 base to the tip ; Joints more than forty. 



Palpi longer than the head, scaly, with few hairs. 



Forelegs .spurious. 



Claws very short, simple ; with a large foot cushion. 



Primary wings triangular intirc ; seeondary, beUveen trian- 

 gular and ovate, often with short tails. 



Kgg unknown. 



Caterpillar shaped like a wood-louse, short and rather flat. 



Chrysalis girted, head-case rounded. 



Reautn, i. pi. xxviii. fig. 1—7. 



Hilbncr Schmet. pi. ixxii. A. a. 



