FRITILLARIES. 



9. Glanville Fritillary (Militcea Cinxia). Upper side 

 of Variety in the cabinet of Mr. 0ven. 



Under side. 



Under side of a Variety in the cabinet of Mr. Bund. 



Under side of a Variety in the cabinet of Mr. 

 Wellman. 



9. GLANVILLE FRITILLARY. The costal mar- 

 gin of the fore wings is very nearly straight, 

 the tip rounded, and the hind margin very 

 slightly convex ; the hind margin of the hind 

 wings is waved ; the colour of the upper sur- 

 face of all the wings is rich fulvous brown ; 

 the fore wings have several short bands at the 

 four transverse irregular zigzag bars 



parallel with the hind margin, and all the 

 rays black ; the intersection of the transverse 

 bars and longitudinal rays dividing the brown 

 colour into several series of compartments of 

 different figures : the hind wings have much 

 the same character, except that each of the 

 brown spots in the second row, counting from 

 the hind margin, has a black dot in the middle ; 

 the fringe is alternately black and yellow, the 

 yellow colour being excessively delicate, often 

 approaching to white, even in recent speci- 

 mens, but in faded specimens it appears white : 

 the underside of the fore wings is fulvous, the 

 tip yellow, with a few black markings : the 

 underside of the hind wings is yellow, with 

 two very irregular transverse fulvous bands ; 

 in the yellow base of the wing are six black 

 dots ; then follows the first fulvous band very 

 much contorted, and its margin bounded by a 

 black line ; next comes a yellow band, in 

 which are six or eight black dots ; then the 

 second fulvous band, margined like the first 

 with black, and containing seven black dots ; 

 lastly, the marginal band is yellow, and con- 

 tains six or seven crescent-shaped black marks. 



The variety of the under side is so excessive, 

 and, indeed, so bizarre, that any description 

 must fail to give a correct idea of any indi- 

 vidual specimen ; but when the entomologist 

 has an ample row of the insect before him, I 

 trust he will find the description applicable. 

 I am indebted to Mr. Bond, Mr. Owen, and 

 Mi\ Wellman for the loan of the beautiful 

 varieties figured. 



LIFE HISTORY. The EGGS are laid during 

 May and June in batches on the narrow-leaved 

 plantain (Piantago lanceolata), on which plant 

 alone have I seen the CATERPILLAR feeding. 

 At this time of year I found this butterfly in 

 profusion on the side of and beneath the cliff 

 at Saudown, in the Isle of Wight. Many 

 males were settling on the flowers then abun- 

 dantly scattered along the undercliff, but the 

 females seemed to be almost invariably occu- 

 pied in the duties of oviposition. Mr. Dawson 

 has added some interesting particulars, which 

 I shall presently give iu his own words. The 

 caterpillars are extruded from the egg in 

 August, and after feeding for a mouth or two, 



