130 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XLII. 



Inskcts. — Fi^'. 1. Coli:is Mvniiidonc, male. 2. The female. 3. Showing the inider side. 

 ,, Fig. 4. Hipjiarchia [Oreiua] Mnestra of Hiibner. 5. Showing the nnder side. 



,, Fig. 6. A variety of Hipparchia Janira. 



,, Fig. 7. A splendid variety of Argynnis Lathonia. 



The Colias Myrmidoncs are from the figures of Hiibner, wdiich I have given in this supplemental plate, as it has now s(.mic claim to be 

 considered a British species, Mr. Stephens having a specimen in his possession which he took near Dover. The Hipparchia [Oreina] Mnestra 

 having been (although witliout decisive authority) stated to have been taken in England [see ante, p. 7o], I have thought it interesting to give a 

 figure in this place. The variety of Janira [p. 70] is from a singular specimen [remarkable for the eonflncnce of the liiscoidal patches on the fore 

 wings] in the British J\lnseum. And the Argynnis I.athonia is a splendid variety, sometiuies taken ou the Continent, which industrious 

 collectors may hope to meet with in this country. H. N. II. 



COLIAS MYRMIDONE. 



Plate .\lii. fig. 1—3. 



SvNoNYMES. — Papi/io ]\li/rmifloJic, Hiibner, P;ip. fig. 432, 433. 1 Colias DTyrmidone, Godart, Boisdnval, Iconcs, pi. 9, fig. 1, 2, 

 Ernst, I, pi. 78, Suppl. 24, fig. Ill, a. b. bis. (Le safrano, Esjier.) ' Oclisenhcimcr. 



This species is closely allied to C. Ediisa (p. 1,5, pi. 2, fig. ], 2, 3, 4, and 8), but it is about one-fifth smaller ; 

 tlie wings are r.-ither more rounded, of a uuu-li brighter orange colour, the posterior, especially, having a decided 

 purplish tinge; the d.ark border is nearly as in Edusa, but is never divided at the c.vtreinltJi of the fore wings 

 hi/ the slender yellow lines which are seen in Edusa ; on the contrary, it is generally finely ]iowdercd with greenish 

 (or, as in Jlr. Stephens' sjiccimen, with yellow) atoms. The under surface of all the wings exhibits nearly the 

 same character as the Edusa. The female is rather larger than the male, of a rather duller hue, but decidedly 

 more orange in its tint than the female of Edusa; the dark margin marked with brighter yellow spots, the costal 

 spot i)upilled with yellowish — a character which is sometimes also found in the male as well as in some varieties 

 of Edusa. 



This species, according to Boisduval, inhabits Syria, Hungary, and South Russia, where it flies with Edusa 

 and Clirysotheme, but keejiino; as distinct from them as BrassiccC, Kapi, and Na]ii do. It has been supposed to be 

 also found in France, but erroneously. 



This species is introduced on the authority of a specimen in the collection of J. F. Stephens, Esq., captured 

 by himself in 1810, between Dover and Brighton, and which he has ever since placed in his cabinet with a ticket 

 " Edusa ? var ? " 



It is proper to add that, having e-\amiucd the Linnavin Cabinet, I find that the Colias preserved therein, 

 attached to the label of " Electo," (subsequently altered to Electra iu the printed work of Linnanis,) is the male of 

 a species closely allied to our Edusa, in which the dark border of the fore wings is not divided by the orange veins, 

 and the silver spot on the under side of the hind wings is very small, with a very minute brow-n dot attached to 

 it. Moreover, specimens of our Edusa are attached to a label also in the hand-writing of Linnteus, marked 

 " Pteridis ; " and on referring to the wtirks of Linnanis, we find no such species, but P. Palceno described 

 with the " habitat in Pteride Aquilina." It is to be feared that .some confusion has been introduced into the 

 arrangement of these insects *. 



I also found Chrysophanus Chryscis attached to the Liuna;an label of Ilippotiioe. 



