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SMALL COPPER. 131
edged on its lower part with black crescent-shaped spots; the
fringe is buff.
Underneath, the fore wings are of an orange colour, the
black spots shewing through, and slightly edged with pale
buff. The outer margin, which is dull buff, is edged on its
inside with several faint dark-coloured crescents near the lower
corner, fragments of the broad border on the upper side. The
hind wings are also a sort of buff, with numerous minute and
nearly obsolete golden brown specks placed in irregular rows,
and with an obscure narrow bright orange band parallel with
the hind margin. There are short tails to the wings, which
are indented within them. The body is black on the upper
side, with some tawny down about the head and thorax, and
greyish buff-coloured beneath.
The female resembles the male.
The caterpillar is green, with a pale line along the back, and
also, one on the side.
Specimens differ considerably in size, and also in the depth
of their colour:—
One has been taken, in which the copper band on the hind
wine's is wholly obliterated.
Another had the copper colour on all the wings exchanged
for milk white.
A third had the black parts replaced by milk white.
The plate is from specimens in my own cabinet.