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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



mens, which are both in my collection, is that in the latter the 

 nervules on marginal area of both wings are broadly black. 



Figure 2.— Female, taken at West Wickham, May, 1887. 



All the wings are of the typical ground colour, but suffused 

 with black as far as the central band ; on the outer third, 

 especially of the hind wings, the round black spots of inner 

 series are united with the triangular spots beyond, and these last 

 are more or less connected with the marginal spots. On the 

 under surface the marginal silver spots of hind wings are very 

 large, and the upper ones are capped with bright chestnut; some 

 of the reddish marks on basal area are replaced by pale buff. 



In the collection of Mr. Frohawk, who captured the specimen. 



Figure 3. — Male, taken in Epping Forest, May, 1889. 



Fore wings do not exhibit any striking difference from the 

 type, but the hind wings are more heavily marked with black ; 

 the usual fulvous ground colour only appearing as a marginal 

 series of round spots, an inner series of suffused spots with black 

 centres, and some ill-defined marks internal to the central band ; 

 the abdominal area is clothed with silky bright fulvous hairs. 

 Under surface of fore wings tyi)ical : of hind wings pale buff ; 

 the silver discoidal spot is continued almost to fourth spot of 

 marginal series, all of these marginal spots are large, and 

 bordered and edged with reddish ; the basal silver spot is dis- 

 tinct, and there are indistinct traces of the usual reddish marks 

 on basal area. 



In Mr. \V. J. Mead's collection. 



The markings on under surface of the hind wings of this 

 specimen are very similar to those of an example taken by Mr. 

 Baynes in Lancashire last year, and figured on page 1 of the 

 present volume. 



Argynnis aglaia, var. 



The above figure represents the variety of Argynnis acjlaia 

 described by Mr. Fowler {ante, p. 131). In the blotched character 

 of the silver markings on the under surface ,of hind wings this 



