132 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



but it has been several times confounded with smalt 

 specimens of Adippe and with Euphrosyne, and its 

 capture has thereupon been erroneously published ; but 

 this must have been the effect of a description imper- 

 fectly written or read. It will be observed that the 

 form of the front wings differs in this from the rest ol 

 the Yritillaries, the outer margin being concave in it? 

 outline. The inner corner of the hind wings also is 

 more sharply angular. 



Above, the colouring of the wings is similar to that 

 of the others of the genus, tawny-brown and black. 

 'Beneath, the front wing has a group of silver spots neat 

 the tip, the ground colour of the hind wing is yellowish, 

 and the silver spots are proportionately larger than in 

 the other species ; near the margin of the hind wing t 

 and parallel with its edge, are seven dark-brown spots 

 with silver centres. 



The caterpillar is brown, striped with white, and 

 yellowish tint ; head, legs, and thorns, tawny coloured. 

 It feeds on the wild heartsease, also on sainfoin and 

 borage. 



The chrysalis is tinted with dull-green and brown, 

 and spotted with gold. 



The butterfly is said to be double-brooded- '-one brood 

 appearing in June, the other in September. The most 

 likely places in which to look for it are clover fields in 

 the south of England, and more especially on the south- 

 east coast Though still classed among the rarest of 

 British butterflies, it has been found in a great many 



