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POLYOMMATUS ENDYMION. 
PLATE XXVI. Figs. 3, 4, Fem. 
Pup. P. R. Endymion, Fair. Herbst. Fap. PI. 598, fig. I, 2. 
Pap. regalis, Cramer, PI. 72. fig. E, F. (Fem). 
The outline of this richly ornamented insect per- 
fectly corresponds to that of the preceding species, 
except that the hinder margin of the upper wings is 
scarcely concave. The whole disk is very brilliant 
blue with a tinge of green, surrounded by a black 
border, which is wide and sinuated on its inner edge 
in the female, and narrow in the other sex. The 
anal angle of each of the hinder yvings hears a large 
blood-red mark, and the tails are black tipped with 
white. On the under side the green hue predomi- 
nates, and the whole is thickly powdered as it were 
with gold dust, giving it a very rich appearance. 
Near the middle both wings are traversed by a dis- 
tinct black line, angular posteriorly, and bordered 
externally by pale blue : behind this, on the under 
wings, there is a broad deep red or ferruginous hand, 
paler towards its hinder edge and sprinkled with 
blue atoms : the outer margin of all the wings is 
darker than the interior. Expansion of the wings 
about two inches. 
