NEMEOBIUS. 1 1 



THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY. NEMEOBIUS 



LUCINA. 



{Plate XXXVI I L Figs. 3, 4.) 



Papilio luciiia, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 480, no. 135 (1758) ; 

 id. Faun. Suec. p. 280, no. 1061 (1761); Esper, Schmett 

 i. pt. I, p. 206, pi. 16, fig. I (1777). 



Nemeobius lucina^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i, p. 29 

 (1827); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 44, pi. 13, 

 fig. 10 (1879); Newman, Brit. Butt. p. 103 (1881); Lang, 

 Eur. Butterflies, p. 150, pi. t^^^ fig. i (1882); Barrett, 

 Lepid. Brit. Isl. i. p. 102, pi. 15, figs, i, \a—\e (1892); 

 Buckler, Larvae Brit. Lepid. i. p. 85, pi. 12, fig. 3 (1886). 



Hamearis lucma, Curtis, Brit. Ent. vii. pi. 316 (1830). 



The Duke of Burgundy Frittillary measures about an inch 

 and a quarter across the wings, which are brown, with three 

 rows of tawny spots across the fore-wings, the outermost con- 

 taining a row of black dots. On the hind-wings there are only 

 two rows, that nearest to the base on the fore-wings being 

 absent. The fringes are white, chequered with brown. There 

 are two rows of white spots on the under side of the hind- 

 wings. 



The eggs are laid on either the upper or under side of the 

 leaves of the primrose or cowslip. The larva is blackish when 

 young, but, when full grown, it is of a dull green, wiih a dark, 

 somewhat macular, dorsal line. The hairs are black above and 

 paler beneath ; the head is brown. 



The pupa is rather short, and is of a pale yellow colour, with 

 numerous black spots, more or less arranged in rows ; and the 

 insect passes the winter in this stage, the Butterfly appearing in 

 May and June; and on the Continent there is a second brood, 

 which appears in August. 



The Butterfly is found in sunny places in woods, and is also 



