96 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



the market, another, precisely similar, but brought over 

 from the opposite French coast, may be bought for a very 

 few pence ; but the mode of carriage, you see, makes 

 all the difference, and the value of the insect depends 

 entirely upon whether its own wings or a steam-boat 

 have brought it over the Channel. So much for " the 

 fancy." 



When figured side by side with the other Fritillaries, 

 this species looks distinct enough from any of them; 

 but it has been several times confounded with small 

 specimens of Adippe and with Euphrosyne, and its 

 capture has thereupon been erroneously published ; but 

 this must have been the effect of a description imper- 

 fectly written or read. It will be observed that the 

 form of the front wings differs in this from the rest of 

 the Fritillaries, the outer margin being concave in its 

 outline. The inner corner of the hind wings also is 

 more sharply angular. 



Above, the colouring of the wings is similar to that 

 of the others of the genus, tawny-brown and black. 

 Beneath, the front wing has a group of silver spots near 

 the tip, the ground colour of the hind wing is yellowish, 

 and the silver spots are proportionately larger than in 

 the other species ; near the margin of the hind wing, 

 and parallel with its edge, are seven dark-brown spots 

 with silver centres. 



The caterpillar is brown, striped with white, and 

 yellowish tint; head, legs, and thorns, tawny coloured. 

 It feeds on the wild heartsease, also on sainfoin and 

 borage. 



The chrysalis is tinted with dull-green and brown, 

 and spotted with gold. 



The butterfly is said to be double-brooded one brood 

 appearing in June, the other in September. The most 

 likely places in which to look for it are clover fields in 

 the south of England, and more especially on the south- 

 east coast. Though still classed among the rarest of 

 British butterflies, it has been found in a great many 

 localities. It has been taken at Brighton ; Shoreham ; 



