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142 SILVER-STUDDED BLUE.
eyed spot, then a waved row of the like, then a partial white
streak, then a row of black spots, shaded off on the edges,
followed successively by an orange band, a row of small black
dots, an interrupted white line, a narrow black line, and a
greyish white fringe. The hind wings haAe much the same
markings, but there are several spots over their inner portion,
and there is a row of bright metallic green streaks along the
outside of the orange band.
The caterpillar is described as being "of a dull green colour,
with whitish tubercles, and a blackish head and legs, a line
down the back and sides, and oblique marks on the latter of a
dark red colour bordered with white."
The chrysalis is said to be at first green, and afterwards
brown.
A variety of this species, described as a separate one under
the name of 'Polyommatus alcippe,' has "the wings narrower,
blue above, with a broad black margin to all the wings, the
under side of the male of a deep greyish or drab colour; the
ocelli very distinct in the female, and the oblique series on the
posterior wing consisting of four."
In another, taken by the late Mr. Haworth, and named by
him 'Polyommatus maritimus,' "the ocelli on the disc of the
under side of the wings are elongated into those on the middle
of the wing, being almost confluent with the following row of
spots."
Another, taken by the late Mr. Hatchett, had the upper
surface of all the wings of a pale ful\'ous taAvny-colour.