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neath, with eleven or twelve scattered black clots. The 

 other sex is smaller and rather pale above, and the upper 

 surface of tlie wings is brownish black, with the disk up to 

 the base bine, but paler ; in the secondary at the posterior 

 margin there are four olisolcte spots, which have also the 

 black dots underneath that are nearest the posterior margin 

 more orderly arranged. 



Caterpillar. Hairy, yellowish green, with a bright green 

 dorsal line ; head and legs are black, 



Chri/salis. Smootli, brown and green, with a black dorsal 

 line. 



POLYOMMATUS CYMON, MAZAKINE BLUE. 



Lewiii, pi, 3S, Jli;. (i, 7. 



Butlerjly. Female wings above, entirely black, with 

 brown hairs, and a few blue scales intcnnixed towards the 

 base ; fringe white. All the wings of the male above, very 

 deep blue, with, black posterior margin and veins, and white 

 fringe, and uiiderncatli rather ash-coloured, blueish at the 

 base. The secondary only of the female blueish at the base. 

 I'rinmry wings in both sexes underneath, with an oblong 

 (liscoidal spot cinctured with white, with a liand of eyelets 

 below the centre, seven in the male and four or five in the 

 female. Secondary wings nnderueath, with a single basal 

 (lot near the costal margin, and a narrow discoidal streak, 

 especially in the female, with an undulated and intemipted 

 band below the middle in the male, consisting of eight .spots, 

 all with a black pupil and white iris ; and in the female, 

 besides the discoidal spot, five eyelets with black pupil and 

 white iris, one in a line with the streak and near the costal 

 margin, and four arranged in a transverse band towards the 

 ])osterior margin. 



