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/ 27. Vanessa C-albiim, Stepli. Illust Haust. i. 42. 



Gra^jta C-albuni, Stahit Man. i. 40. 

 Larva. Huh. Gesch. Pap. I. Nymph. C. d. — Dup. Icon. i. 



X)l. 11,/ 30. — Don. Brit. Ins. ut sup. 

 Probably more generally diffused over tlie two counties than 

 we are aware of, and overlooked when on the wing, as being 

 merely the last species, with" which it is contemporaneous in its 

 appearance and similar in its habits. Wallis is the earliest to 

 note it as a Northumbrian species. He says, '■'■The Tortoise-shell 

 Butterfly., with laciniated ivings, is not unfrequent in vale-meadows 

 and gardens in August." Castle Eden and Shull. — Wm. Back- 

 house, Esq. Castle Eden and Darlington. — Mr. Sang. Gibside. 

 — Mr. J. Hancock. " Castle Eden Dene, and occasionally in 

 Pelaw Wood, May and September." — Ornshy's Durham. 



Sub-family 4. ARGYNNIDI, Steph. 



15. Argynnis, Fab. 



1. A. Paphia, Linn. 



Papilio Paphia, Linn. S. Nat. ii. 785. — Hub. Pap. 69, 70, 

 767, 768, 935, 9S6.—Don. Brit. Ins. vii. 83,;?/. 247.— 

 Wood Ind. Ent. t. 1, f. 26. A. Paphia, Steph. Illust. 

 Haust. i. 40. — Staint. Man. i. 41. 

 Larva. Huh. Gesch. Pap. I. Nymph. B.f. 2. — Dup. Icon. 

 i. 2^1' 14,/ 45. 

 The early part of July is the time of the appearance of this 

 fine species, which has occurred in various parts of the counties — 

 Gibside, Castle Eden Dene, Dilston. Castle Eden Dene. — Wm. 

 Backhouse, Esq. Gibside. — Mr. J. Hancock. " Castle Eden 

 Dene, beginning of July." — Ornshys Durham. 



It is a powerful insect on the wing, and I have observed it 

 early in September, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, amongst the 

 Grampians, in rapid flight to even higher ground. 



2. A. Aglaia, Linn. 



Papilio Aglaia, Linn,S. Nat. ii. 785. — Hilh. Pap. 65, 66. — 

 Don. Brit. Ins. ix. 31, pi. 302. — Wood Ind. Ent. t. 1, /: 

 25. A. Aglaia, Steph. Illust. Haust. i. 39. — Staint. Man. 

 i. 42. 



