BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



2. Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis Aglaia), Upper side of Female. 



with black spots, occupying the same position 

 as those on the upper side, but smaller and 

 less conspicuous: there are several silvery 



spots towards the tip of the wing : the hind 

 wings are metallic green at the base, olive- 

 green in the disk, and in the olive-green part 



Under side of Male. 



are a number (usually fourteen) of silver spots, 

 the exact position of which is shown in the 

 figures ; the green space is followed by a band 



of plain fulvous, and this by a band of seven 

 semicircular silver spots, each surmounted by 

 a crescentic green spot: a narrow brown line 



Under side of a variety of the Female called Charlotta. 



adjoins these semicircular silver spots, and 

 beyond this is a narrow fulvous border on 

 the hind margin. 



Var. 1. The Queen of England Fritillary, 

 Argynnis Char! otto,. My gifted predecessor, 

 who gave both the English and scientific name 



