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SCARCE COPPER. 
Lycama Virgaurea. 
PLATE XXIX. Fig. 3. 
Pap. Virgaureic, Linn — Donovan, v. 173, — Lewin, pi. 
41, fig. 1 and 2, <J. — Steph. Ulus. Haust. i. pi. 9, fig. 1 and 
3, $. fig. 2, ?. 
This species is rather less than the preceding, the 
male brilliant copper colour above, inclining to yel- 
low, the wings margined externally with black, and 
the hinder pair having a few black spots near the 
posterior edge. On the under side, the primary 
wings are pale yellow, with three simple black spots 
before the middle, placed longitudinally ; behind this, 
there is a very irregular transverse row of black dots, 
and the hinder margin is clouded with dusky ; the 
secondary wings are dusky towards the base, with 
about twelve or fourteen small black spots, five of 
them remote from each other placed before the 
middle, the rest forming an irregular cross band, 
behind which there is a series of white marks. The 
wings of the female are thickly spotted and clouded 
with black above. 
The caterpillar is pubescent, and of a dull green, 
with a yellow dorsal line, and pale green streaks on 
