Fig. 153.—Polyommatus (Lycæna) virgaureæ.
They comprise the genus Lycæna, or, as it is frequently called, Polyommatus,[49] though that name is now generally given to the preceding. We will content ourselves here by giving drawings of a few species of the genus, namely, the Lycæna (Polyommatus) Corydon, or Blue Argus ([Fig. 155]), which is not uncommon wherever there is chalk, in May and August; the Lycæna (Polyommatus) battus, or Brown Argus ([Fig. 156]), which does not occur here; the Lycæna (Polyommatus) ægan, which flies about our sandy heaths.
Fig. 154.—Polyommatus (Lycæna) gordius.
The caterpillars of this genus, as also those of the preceding, are broad and flat, resembling wood-lice, with very short legs, and are very slow in their movements.
