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of thistles in open parts of a wood near 

 Shoreham Thomas Price. Mr. Price pre- 

 sented three of these to the late Thomas 

 [ngall, in whose cabinet I have often seen 

 them E. Newman; three near Dover in 

 the autumn of 1846 J. J. Weir; one in 

 a chalk-pit at Cliff's End, about two miles 

 from Ramsgate, on the 17th of September, 

 1864 17. J. Weir; one in a meadow at 

 Darenth Wood, on the 16th August, 1868 

 E. Harper; one at Gravesend on clover 

 blossom, on the 2nd of September, 1868 D. 

 T. Button ; one at Eamsgate on the 2nd 

 of August, 1868 IF. G. Armstrong ; two 

 the second week in September, 1868, near 

 Margate E. Neirman; thirteen near Canter- 

 bury the first week in September, 1868 

 George Parry ; one at Walmer F. 0. Stan- 

 dish; three between Doverand Deal, October, 

 1868 //. E. Leslie; one at Folkstone, 7th 

 September Mr. Purdey ; one at Milton, near 

 Gravesend, the latter part of September, 1868 

 II. J. M. Todd. 



Norfolk. Onespecimen at Great Yarmoutl 

 (7. J. Paget; one at Ormsby C. G. Barrett, 

 one near Norwich C. G. Barrett ; two good 

 specimensin October, 1846,atHarleston, near 

 Norwich Charles Muskett ; one specimen at 

 Plumstead, near Norwich, on the 2nd of 

 October, 1865 T, E. Gunn. 



Suffolk. One specimen on the 3rd Sept., 

 it Lavenham, on a small and almost barren 

 bit of pasture land ; it was sitting on the 

 blosDom of a dandelion ; the soil was heavy 

 clay W. Gaze; A. Lathonia was taken by 

 Captain Russell on two occasions, in August, 

 1859; in the first instance five specimens, in 

 the second two, in a meadow-field on the 

 south-west side of a wood belonging to Mr. 

 T. P. Hitchcock, at Lavenham ; the speci- 

 mens were shown to the late Professor Henslo w, 

 whose living of Hitcham is in an adjoining 

 parish ; the professor told him they were cer- 

 tainly Lathonia, but ad^ed he did not consider 

 them indigenous, but thought they must have 

 been blown over from the Continent. R<port 

 of Entomological Society, Feb. 3, 1862 ; one in 

 a clover-field, near Ipswich, August, 1868 

 (Barrett Garrett; one at Stowmarlut, in 



August, 1868 W. Baker ; one in a clover- 

 field, at Hazlewood, near Aldeburgh, on the 

 3rd September, 1868^. Fenwick Hele. 



Surrey. Mickleham William Bennett; 

 one at Croydon the second week in August, 

 1868 E. Newman. 



Sussex. Two taken near Brighton three or 

 four years ago Edwin Hellard. 



Wight, Isle of. I tooka very fresh specimen 

 on the 20th of October, 1865, in my garden 

 at Sandown, and have heard that four others 

 have been taken at Ventnor since that date 

 W. M. Frost ; one at Ventnor on the 21st of 

 October, and another at the same place on the 

 24th ; on the 4th of November, two in the 

 same line of cliff as those last mentioned 

 Alfred Owen. 



Yorkshire. One specimen on the west side 

 of Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, in September, 

 1868 J. H Rowntree ; one near York 

 Edwin Bircliall. 



6. Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Argynnis Eup 

 Upper side. 



Under side. 



6. PEARL-BORDERED FKITILLARY. The 

 costal margin of the fore wings is slightly 

 arched, the tip blunt, and the hind margin very 

 slightly convex ; the colour of the upper sur- 

 face is bright sienna-brown spotted with black: 

 the under side of the fore wings is tawny, 

 approaching to yellow towards the tips, and 



