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QUEEN OE SPAIN ElUTILLAEY. 



PLATE LI. 



Argynnis Lathonia, Fabkicius. Ochsexheimer. 



" " Leach. Stephens. Curtls. 



" La/onia, Zetterstedt. 



Papilio Lathonia, Linn^us. Lewin. Donovan. 



" Principissa, Linnaeus. 



" Lnfhona, Hubner. 



Issoria Lathonia, HuENER. 



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 pairs at Jagger, near Colchester, in the 

 same year, as R. B. Postans, Esq. has informed me. Stoke-by-Naylaud, 

 in Essex, it is also given as one of its localities, as are likewise the 

 neighbourhood "i,'of Wisbeach, and near Ganilingay, Cambridgeshire; 

 Halvergate, Norfolk; Chesham, in Buckinghamshire; Brighton, in 

 Sussex; Birch Wood, Ramsgate, and Dover, Kent; Battersea Fields, 

 near London; and Hertford. In Ireland, one at Killarney. 



When the summer has fairly set in, with allits gay delights for 

 those who can appreciate them, 



"Et nunc omnia ager, nunc oninis parturit arbos," 



when not only botanical, but entomological treasures are abundantly 

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

 Spain Fritillary. The middle of August seems to be its proper time. 

 It has been taken in September. It is believed to be double-brooded, 

 and some individuals of the latter of the two are said to live through 

 the winter. 



The perfect insect appears in August and September. 



