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mentioned above as present in selene are represented 

 in euphrosyne by reddish markings not very different from 

 the ground-colour, and therefore not so conspicuous as 

 the same markings are in selene. The sexes are similar. 

 A. latona, Linn. (Queen of Spain Fritillary) (Figs. 

 71 and 72), though one of the rarest of British butterflies, 

 has nevertheless been taken in a considerable number of 

 localities. It is seldom, however, that more than one 

 individual is captured in the same locality at one time. 

 This and the fact that most of the recorded specimens have 



ARGYNNIS LATONA. 



come from the south-eastern counties lends plausibility to 

 the theory that they have migrated from the Continent, 

 where they are common. But still it is very probable that 

 latona does breed here sometimes, and we should be 

 pleased to find it making a more settled abode amongst 

 us, for it is a beautiful insect and one that graces the far 

 too meagre list of British butterflies. The greatest number 

 of captures has been made in Kent, Suffolk, Essex, and 

 the Isle of Wight ; but Cambridge, Devon, Dorset, Hants, 

 Norfolk, Surrey, Sussex, and Yorkshire have afforded 

 specimens at least singly. To give some idea of the 



