igo LEPIDOPTERA. 



iug denizens ; in Sussex, near Lewes, around Hailsham, in 

 the far-famed Abbott's Wood, and elsewhere ; and in Devon- 

 shire, where, besides in the woods and on heaths in the 

 hollows of Dartmoor, it is recorded from near Exeter, Barn- 

 staple, and round Exmoor. It is also recorded from Bucking- 

 hamshire, the neighbourhood of Worcester, and South 

 Staffordshire. In the latter district Mr. Edleston stated in 

 1852 that it had been found (in Burnt Wood) in abundance. 

 No recent record for that district appears to exist. Found 

 by the late Mr. E. Birchall in plenty at Killarney. 



Its range abroad is very wide, in wooded districts in Europe 

 and Asia. It is even said to reach Japan. 



[M. Didyma, Oclis. — A brilliant fulvous species, with 

 numerous rows of blackish spots, and narrow indented 

 blackish margin, but the nervures not darkened ; was re- 

 corded in the Entomologist for 1877 by Mr. J. Jenner Weir, 

 from a specimen sent up from Dumfries, said to have been 

 captured near that town, a few years before, in company 

 with Argynnis Euphrosyne and A. Selene, and supposed to be a 

 variety of one of them. It was somewhat crippled on one 

 side, and the account of its capture appeared to be reliable. 

 But as no subsequent examples have been met with it 

 appears evident that, either a mistake was made about the 

 specimen, or it was simply a case of accidental introduction, 

 in one of the earlier stages, with plants. The range of the 

 species is such that it might reasonably be expected to occur 

 in these islands, but it is too conspicuous an insect to be 

 readily overlooked.] 



2. M. Ciuxia, L. — Expanse li to If inch. Pale tawny 

 with black-brown nervures and cross-stripes. Hind wings 

 striped beneath with fulvous and white, and having three 

 rows of black dots. 



Fore wings more elongate and pointed than in the preced- 

 ing species, especially in the male. Pale tawny, with the 

 base, margins and nervures black-brown. The discal cell of 



