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well ( Veronica chamcedrys)* They generally issue 

 from the egg towards the end of the autumn, and 

 pass the winter before they undergo their final me- 

 tamorphosis. To protect themselves against the ri- 

 gour of that season, they assemble in little colonies, 

 and form a kind of tent, by drawing together a few 

 of the leaves of the plant on which they feed, and 

 covering the whole with a web of silk. The butter- 

 fly appears in June, but in this country it is by no 

 means of frequent occuiTence. It has been found, 

 however, rather plentifully in the Island of Wight, 

 also near Dover, and in a few other places in the 

 southern parts of England. It is abundant on the 

 Continent. 



PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY. 



MelitcBa Euphrosyne, 

 PLATE XV. Fig. 2. 



Pap, Euphrosyne, Linn. — Leicin, pi. 13 Donovan, xi. 



pi. 312. 



The expansion of the wings varies from 18 to 

 22 lines. All the wings are of a reddish-yellow co- 

 Jour above, blackish near the base, and variegated 

 with transverse streaks or spots of black ; each of 

 them having a row of black spots towards the apex, 

 and a band of the same colour along the outer mar 



