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QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY. 



PLATE LI. 



Argynnis LatJionia, Fabeicius. Ochsenheimee. 



" " Leach. Stephens. Cuetis. 



Argynnis Latonia. Zetteestedt. 



Papilio Lathonia, LinnjEUS. Lewin. Donovan. 



Papilio Principissa, Linnjjfs. 



Papilio Lafhona, Hubnee. 



Issoria LatJwnia, Hubner. 



In June, in the year 1803, Dr. Abbot has recorded that he 

 took this rare insect; and the late Mr. J. F. Stephens captured 

 one on the 14th. of August, in the same year. Two specimens 

 were taken, and others seen, at Harleston, near Norwich, in 

 1846, and three near Dover, the same year. Two on the 

 race-course near Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1851; and two or three 

 paii-s at Jagger, near Colchester, in the same year, as R. B. 

 Postans, Esq. has informed me. Stoke-by-Nayland, in Essex, 

 is also given as one of its localities, as are likewise the neigh- 

 bourhood of Wisbeach, and near Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire; 

 Halvergate, Norfolk; Birch Wood and Dover, Kent; Battersea 

 Fields, near London; and Hertford. 



When the summer has fairly set in, with all its gay delights 

 for those who can appreciate them, 



"Et nunc omnis p^ger, nunc omnis parturit arbos," 



when not only botanical, but entomological treasures are abun- 

 dantly brought forth, then is the time for the appearance of 

 the Queen of Spain Fritillary. It is believed to be double- 

 brooded, and some individuals of the latter are said to live 

 throus^h the winter. 



