QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY. 153 



Although abundant in all the middle and southern 

 countries of Europe, this butterfly is among the rarest 

 inhabiting Britain. It is^ sometimes not seen for 

 many successive seasons, while in others specimens 

 have been procured in several places. This was the 

 case particularly in 1818, a year which appears to 

 have been especially favourable to the increase of 

 many species, which in ordinary seasons are seldom 

 to be met w r ith. The following localities may be 

 mentioned : — Gamlingay and Wisbeach, Cambridge- 

 shire; Castle-meadow, Dover; Hal vergate, Norfolk; 

 Stoke near Navland, Suffolk ; Birchwood, Kent. 



HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY 



A rgy nnis A dippe. 



PLATE XVI. Fig. 1. 



Pap. Adippe, Linn — Lewin. pi. 10 — Donovan, xiii. pi. 448. 

 — Hi"h Brown Fritillarv, Harris. 



The wings generally expand about two inches 

 and a half, and are of a bright yellow, inclining to 

 brown on the upper surface, with transverse undu- 

 lating streaks, and round spots of black, together 

 with a series of black crescents near the outer mar- 

 gin, which is itself black. On the under side, the 

 primary wings are of a lighter hue, without the black 

 external border, and having a few silvery spots near 



