112 WYCOMBE BUTTERFLIES. 
Tae PrARL BorpERED Fririnnary (Argynnis EHuphrosyne).-— 
This is the commonest of all, and may be seen in the openings in 
woods, and in lanes, from the end of May till the end of July. 
The wings, like those of all the species, are of the hue known to 
entomologists as fulvous—a very rich light brown, and are 
marked with black spots and bars. The under side of each hind 
wing has one silvery spot in the centre. 
Tur Smver Wasnep Fririmiary (4. Paphia).—This is one 
of our most magnificent butterflies, and the sight of one seated 
on a bramble flower is never to be forgotten. A worn and battered 
specimen in the autumn of 1864 was the first I chanced to see ; 
it was flying lazily about in Winch Bottom. I waited till the 
following summer, and looked anxiously for its reappearance, but 
for some time was disappointed. In the month of July, however, 
T asked a friend to go one very warm day, and he brought back 
five or six specimens. I then set off myself, and succeeded in 
tracing them to a wood some distance up the lane to the right, 
where colonies of them were holding high festival over the 
bramble blossoms. This wood I found to be the ‘‘ metropolis” 
of these insects; they are plentiful in it every year. If any of 
our readers would enjoy a sight of natural happiness and beauty, 
T would recommend them to pay a visit this month to the spot, 
and it will serve them with remembrances for their winter 
meetings. Many atime have I sat down and watched Paphia 
sailing majestically down some avenue in the wood, or up the 
lane till the temptation of the blackberry flowers overcame it, and 
it would sit upon one with its bright wings outspread, till it had 
imbibed its fill. It is a far greater pleasure to watch them than 
to catch them. The female has the upper surface suffused with 
an olive green tint; both sexes have the under side of the hind 
wings, washed with silvery streaks. They occur plentifully 
also by the woods on Naphill Common. 
Tue Smartt Peart Borperep Fririaiary (A. Selene).—I 
first made the acquaintance of this species on the late Wycombe 
Heath. Early in June it was flying about in considerable 
mumbers. When on the wing, it can scarcely be distinguished 
