. Natural history. Zoology. 586 INSECTA—ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. developed. The only European species is Nemeobius Jwcina (Linn.), the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, with rows of tawny spots on the wings. The Libytheidce, which some entomologists consider to be a sub-family of the Lemoniidte, are distinguished by their very long palpi (much longer than in any other butter- Family Fig. GS.—Libythm ceWs. Nat. size. flies, except one or two NymphaliiKK), and by their brown, dentated, tawny-spotted wings, which gives them a superficial resemblance
. Natural history. Zoology. 586 INSECTA—ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. developed. The only European species is Nemeobius Jwcina (Linn.), the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, with rows of tawny spots on the wings. The Libytheidce, which some entomologists consider to be a sub-family of the Lemoniidte, are distinguished by their very long palpi (much longer than in any other butter- Family Fig. GS.—Libythm ceWs. Nat. size. flies, except one or two NymphaliiKK), and by their brown, dentated, tawny-spotted wings, which gives them a superficial resemblance to some small species allied to Vanessa. The only European species is here figured. The Lyccenidce are a large family of small or moderate-sized butterflies, differing little struc- Family turally from the Le- Lyc(Knid(e. moniidce. They are, however, more of an Old World group, although many are found in America, too. Our species are known as hairstreaks, blues, and coppers. The hairstreaks are brown or blue butterflies, with white hnes on the under-side of the wings, and a short tail. The green hairstreak, however, Galluplirys rubi (Liun.), is tailless, and the under-side of the wings is green. There are a large number of brown or blue species allied to the hairstreaks m Tropical America, some measuring as much as two inches across the wings. The blues, which belong to the genus Polyommatiis and its allies, are small butterflies, usually without tails, and generally with rows of ocellated spots on the under-side of the wings. Towards the hind- margins we often find a row of red spots above or below. The females of the blues are often brown, and in some species of the group both sexes are brown. They generally measure a little more than an inch in expanse. One species, Lampides bcEtiem (Linn.), has a short tail and a streaked under-side; but in England it is only occasion- ally met with on the south coast. The coppers are a very handsome group of butterflies, distinguished
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