DUKE OF BURGUNDY FJtITILLARY. 139 



Beech Epping). It is also found near Brighton (plen 

 tifully) ; Carlisle ; Durham ; Burton-on-Trent ; York ,' 

 Haverfordwest, S. W. ; Cardiff, S. W. ; "Weston-super- 

 Mare ; Bristol ; and a great number of other places dis- 

 tributed throughout the country. In Ireland at Ardra- 

 han, co. Galway. Bare in Scotland. 



THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY. 



(Xemeobius Luchia.) (Plato XI. fig. 5.) 



Though this little insect bears the name of Fritillary, 

 at the end of its lengthy and important title, it 

 really belongs to a family widely differing from that of 

 any of the true Fritillaries previously described, and it 

 only shared their name on account of its similarity in 

 colour and markings. 



The caterpillar (Plate I. fig. 8), instead of being long 

 and thorny like those of the true Fritillaries, is short, 

 thick, and wood-louse shaped. Its colour is reddish 

 brown, with tufts of hair of the same colour. It feed* 

 on the primrose. 



The chrysalis differs from that of the true Fritillaries 

 ai? much as the caterpillar docs, being of the form, and 

 suspended in the manner, shown at fig. 25, Plate I. 



The butterfly is chequered on the upper surface with 



