5 6 LLdVb's NATURAL HISTORY. 



the longitudinal nervures. The female is very similar, but is of 

 a more yellowish fulvous; and in the variety A. valesina (Esper) 

 it is greenish-brown, with black spots, and some white spots 

 near the tip of the fore-wings. There are no black streaks on 

 the nervures in the female. On the under surface, the fore- 

 wings are marked nearly as above, but the tip is greenish. 

 The hind-wings are green, with a silvery streak across the 

 centre, and two shorter ones nearer the base ; the hind-margin 



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Suspended Chrysalid of Argynnis paphia. 



has a more or less distinct silvery streak. It is found in woods 

 in July and August. 



The larva is light brown, yellowish on the back, with two 

 dark lines along the sides ; the spines are long and hairy, and 

 two, placed on the first segment just behind the head, are con- 

 siderably longer than the rest. (See plate iii., fig. 5.) It 

 feeds on dog-violet and raspberry in May and June. 



This fine Butterfly is very common in woods in many parts 

 of England, frequenting the open glades and edges, where 

 sometimes several may be seen together, chasing each other, 

 or settling on brambles and other flowers. It is a powerful 

 insect on the wing, and by no means easy to catch, if frightened ; 

 and when it is settled on a bramble-flower, it is of course diffi- 



