Butterflies, 49 



DANAIS DORIPPTJS v. KLUGII. 



This is tlie fourth variety of the genus Dauais, and is 

 authentically claimed as one of the Teneriffe butterflies, 

 though by no means commonly found. It varies from 

 the Chrysippus in having no brown apical patch on the 

 fore-wings, and it also has no band of white spots across 

 them. It measures from two and a half to three and a 

 half inches across the wings. It is not an inhabitant of 

 England, but is commonly found in North Africa. and 

 Western Asia. 



ARGYNNIS MAIA (Cram), or PANDORA. 



Plate III. — Figs. 1 and 2. 



This butterfly is one of the most beautiful Fritillarys, 

 and is also one of the largest of Teneriffe butterflies, 

 measuring in expanse from three and a half to four 

 inches. 



It mostly frequents woods and meadows, not often 

 being met with below an altitude of fifteen hundred feet 

 above the sea. It is found in South Europe, and is 



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