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PEAEL-BORDERED FRITILLARY. 



PLATE XLV. 



Melltoea JLuplirosyne, Leach. Stephens. Curtis. 



" " Duncan. Westwood. 



Papilio Euphrosyne, Linnjeus. Lewin. Donovan. 



Arcjynnis Euphrosyne, Ochsenheimee. Hubnek. Boisduval. 



To see tliis pretty insect gaily flitting about in the open 

 places in woods in the new summer time, when every trace 

 of winter has at last disappeared, is almost enough to make 

 one wish to be, as well as to sing "I 'd be a butterfly," so 

 happy and joyous does it seem. 



It is very plentiful in many places; among others, at 

 Buttercrambe Moor, near Stamford-Bridge, Yorkshire; near 

 Great Bedwyn and Saram, Wiltshire; and in great abundance 

 in all the woods near Shelly, Stoke-by-Xayland, Suffolk; and 

 Birch Wood, in Kent. It is also abundant in various parts 

 of Scotland. 



It is found in woods. 



There are tv/o broods of this butterfly, the flrst ajipearing 

 the end of May and beginning of June, and the second in 

 August and September. 



The caterpillar feeds on the wild violet, f Viola canlna,) 

 and other species of that genus. 



In this insect, which measures from one inch and three- 

 quarters to nearly two inches across the wings, the upper side 

 is fulvous, mottled over with several large black billets on 

 the centre of the wings, placed in a zigzag manner, the inner 

 series running across the wing in a connected manner, followed 

 by two other sets, which only extend half-way across from the 

 front edge; the base of the wings is blackish brown, much 



