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ARGYNNIS AGLAIA. 



The cliirk green Fritillary. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Papilionidae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus, Papilio Aglaia Linn. 



Argynnis Fab., Lat., Leach, Sam., Hors. — Papilio Linn., Don., Haw., 

 AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, between the eyes, 

 rather long and slender, composed of about 40 joints, terminated 

 by a very abrupt and large spoon-shaped club, with 3 or 4 ridges 

 on the underside (1). 

 Maxillcc long and spiral. 



Labial Palpi contiguous, divaricating at the apex, porrected ob- 

 liquely and forming in profile a short beak, not extending much 

 beyond the head, 3 -jointed, clothed with scales, hairy above and 

 below, produced at the inferior apex of the 2nd joint like a pencil, 

 3rd joint very distinct (4) ; basal joint rather short and curved, 

 2nd very long dilated towards the extremity, 3rd very slender, 

 elongate-conic (4 a). 

 Eyes large andnaked. Head very broad and obtuse (7). Thorax ro- 

 bust. Wwgii very ample ; fiuperior subtrigonate, the anterior margin 

 very much arched; inferior suborbicular , generally extending con- 

 siderably beyond the abdomen. Feet alike in both sexes ; anterior 

 imperfect, short, slender and hairy, the tarsus being formed of one 

 joint not so long as the tibia arid destitute of claws (8). Four posterior 

 tarsi 5-jointed, terminated by Claws and Pulvilli with membranous 

 pubescent bifid appendages at the base as in Vanessa. 

 Eggs snbconical, many-ridged, the vertex depressed. 

 Larvae long cylindric, producing long spines, with 2 close to the head. 

 Pupae suspended, head case and underside slightly tuberculated (A). 



Aglaia var. 5. 



Male. Wings smaller, and body longer than in the type. Fer- 

 ruginous-fuscous. Superior wings black, excepting the costa 

 and a portion of the base ; nervines slightly orange, and between 

 them at the posterior margin is a row of large faintly dotted 

 orange spots ; a curved mark towards the base, a spot near the 

 middle, and a streak approaching the apex deep orange. Cilia 

 straw-colour maculated with fuscous. Inferior wings blacic at 

 the base (excepting a large hooked character) and margined with 

 black, leaving a band, on which are 5 black spots ; the fimbria 

 bears a double chain of ferruginous spots : the cilia straw-colour. 

 Underside : superior wings fuscous-ferruginous, tessellated with 

 black spots, and markings ; costa and a large portion towards 

 the apex green, with 3 obscure silver dots ; posterior margin 

 ochreous, the basal curved mark and subcentral triangular one 

 orange, margined with intense black. Inferior wings pea-green, 

 freckled with black, the nervures ochreous ; 7 pearly shining 

 basal spots, with an irregular line of 7 blueish-silvery ones across 

 the middle and 7 sublunular marks of the same appearance, 

 along the margin which is ochreous. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



