HIGH-BROWN FBITILLABY QUEEN OF SPAIN. 95 



valleys ; and it seems to be distributed over the whole 

 of the country, occurring in widely distant localities, 

 from the south coast to Scotland. 



THE HIGH-BKOWN FKITILLAKY. 

 (Argynnis Adippe.) (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



ON the upper surface, this insect so closely resembles 

 the last, that it is difficult in a description to discri- 

 minate between them; but beneath, the two are dis- 

 tinguished by the absence in Adippe of the silvery spots 

 near the tip of the front wing ; and though there is 

 some similarity in the arrangement of the silver spots 

 on the hind wing, and in its general colouring, Adippe 

 is distinguished by a row of rust-red spots, with small 

 silvery centres, between the silver border spots and the 

 next row inwards. By comparing the figures of the 

 undersides of Adippe and Aglaia, these will be readily 

 made out. 



The caterpillar is thorny, greyish, with black spots 

 on the back, intersected by a white line. Feeds on the 

 violet. 



The chrysalis is reddish, spotted with silver. 



The butterfly appears in July, in many open places, in 

 woods, and on heaths, in various parts of England, but 

 most plentifully in the south. Like the last species, it 

 is an active and wary insect on the wing, and requires 

 considerable agility and dexterity for its capture. 



THE QUEEN" OF SPAIN FEITILLAEY. 

 (Argynnis Lathonia.) (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



THIS splendid little species is one of the prize-flies of 

 the collector that is, if the specimen be an undoubted 

 native ; for while a " Queen of Spain ' ; taken within our 

 shores will command a considerable sum of money in 



