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DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY. 



PLATE XLII. 



Netneuhius Luc'ina, 



Hamearls Lucina, 

 Pajoillo Litcina, 



Melitoea Lucina, 



Stephens. Horsfield. Duncan. 



BoiSDUVAL. "VVesTWOOD. 

 HUBNEE. CUETIS. WeSTWOOD. 



LiNNJEUS. Lewin. Donovan. 

 Harris. Hawoeth. 



OCHSENHEIJIER. LeACH. JeRMYN. 



"Parvum parva decent," says the proverb, but the high- 

 sounding and sesquipedalian name of this small species is by no 

 means in harmony with its diminutive size. It is not however 

 my province to write a work on "Titles of Honour," nor to 

 give any genealogical account of the Duke of Burgundy Frit- 

 illary. So far however the name is appropriate, in that Dukes 

 and these butterflies are alike somewhat rare, and from my 

 blazon of the plate it will be seen that the latter, as is only 

 Ducal, have numerous quarterings. 



I have taken this pretty insect in tolerable plenty in the 

 neighbourhood of Melton Wood, near Sandbeck Park, Tickhill, 

 Yorkshire. It occurs also at Barnwell and Ashton Wold, and in 

 the neighbourhood of Polebrook, Northants; and, though rather 

 uncommon there, near Great Bedwyn and Sarum, Wiltshire; 

 Coombe Wood, near London; Darenth Wood, Kent; Boxhill 

 and Dulvvich; the New Forest, in Hampshire; and in Dorset- 

 shire and Berkshire. Mr. Heyshani has taken it as far north 

 as Carlisle. 



It is out the beginning of June. 



The caterpillar is stated by Hubner, to be found before 

 midsummer, after which period it turns into the chrysalis 

 stale. 



