BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



ing to yellow towards the tip, and having a 

 large red-brown blotch in this yellow part; 

 the wing is adorned with black spots ; the 

 underside of the hind wings is tesselate'l with 

 red-brown, yellow, black, and silver spots 

 the silver spots are seventeen in number, the 

 largest of which is central ; seven nearly 

 triangular ones form a regular series round 

 the hind margin ; there are five between the 

 central one and the costal margin, and five more 

 between the central one and the hind margin : 

 the various spots, whatever their colour, are 

 very distinctly margined with black. 



LIFE HISTORY. The EGG is laid on the dog 

 violet (Viola canina) in the summer. I ha.'e 

 seen the females busily employed in this 

 occupation in the month of June ; the young 

 CATERPILLARS emerge in July and August, and 

 h} bernate at the roots of herbage. In spring 

 they are found feeding on the leaves of the 

 violet, and are full grown in May : they are 

 then scarcely an inch in. length, the head is 

 about the same width as the second segment, 

 and the body almost uniformly cylindrical, 

 and furnished witli six longitudinal series of 

 rather short spines, each of which emits some 

 short bristles, especially from about the tip. 

 The colour of the head and body are dark 

 brown approaching to black, the spines being 

 pale on the basal portion, but. black towards 

 the tip. The CHRYSALIS is attached to the stem 

 of tiie violet leaf, is of a brown colour, and 

 has thort conical spines on the segments of the 

 body evidently representing those of the eater- 

 pi) lar. Buhner's figure, <kc. 



Obs. I have never possessed this cater- 

 pillar, and have, therefore, been compelled to 

 rely on books for my description. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. In the Kentish 

 woods I have always found that this butterfly 

 makes its appearance from ten to twenty days 

 later than Euphrosyne. I have taken it on 

 the 1st of June, but it is more abundant about 

 the 8th or 10th. 



LOCALITIES. This species ia neither so 

 abundant nor so universally distributed in 

 England as Euphrosyne. I have seen no 

 Irish specimens, and none from the Isle of 

 Muu ; but in Scotland it is mote common and 



more widely distributed than Euphrosyne. 

 Dr. Buchanan White observes it is a com- 

 mon species throughout Perthshire in marshy 

 places, in woods, and on hill-sides : it is 

 probably found in every county in Scotland, 

 where it holds the same place as Argynnit 

 Euphrosyne in England. 1858, June G 

 1859, June 7; 18GO, July 12; 1867, Jum 

 19; 18G8, May 16; 1SG9, June 23. Tht 

 undermentioned English localities may bt 

 noticed : 



Berkshire. Burghfield, near Reading C. 

 S. Bird. 



Buckinghamshire. Dray ton- Beauchamp, 

 Aston Clinton, Buckland, Claydon //. //. 

 Crewe ; Halton Joseph Greene. 



Cambridgeshire. Near Cambridge F. 

 Bond. 



Cornwall. Abundant in St. Martin's Wood, 

 near Looe Stephen Clogg, 



Cumberland. Abundant in Barren Wood 

 and in many other localities /. B. Ilodykin- 

 son. 



Devonshire. Newton Abbot J. Ildlins. 



Dorsetshire. Glanville's Wootton (but 

 rare of late years), Parley, &c. J. C. Dale. 



Durham. Appears abundantly about June, 

 and frequents most of our woods, Gibs : de, 

 Meldon Park, &c. George Wailes ; Common 

 at Shull William Backhouse. 



Essex. Epping E, Doubleday; Colchester, 

 but not so common now as formerly IF. ll. 

 Harwood. 



Glamorganshire. Common at Llantrissant 

 Evan John ; Common at Ynisygerwn 

 J. T. D. Llewelyn. 



Gloucestershire. Forest of Dean J. Mer 

 rin ; Park Wood, near Stroud M. G. Mus- 

 grave ; Guiting Joseph Greene, ; Bristol 

 Alfred E. Hadd. 



Hampshire. Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst 

 F. Bond; Grange, Butsee Hill, &c. II. 

 Moncreaff ; Bramshott C. G. Barrett ; in 

 the county, but not so common as Euphrosyne 

 G. B. Corbin. 



Herefordshire. Occurs frequently on the 

 outskirts of our woods at Leominster Mrs. 

 IJutchmson. 



Herefordshire. Near Shirley F. Bond. 



