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tifully) : Carlisle ; Durham ; Burton-on-Trent ; York : 

 Haverfordwest, S. W. ; Cardiff, S. W. ; Weston-super- 

 Mare ; Bristol ; and a great number of other places dis- 

 tributed throughout the country. In Ireland at Ardra- 

 han, co. Galway. Eare in Scotland. 



THE DUKE OF BUEGUNDY FEITILLAEY. 

 (Nemedbius Lucina.) (Plate XL fig. 5.) 



THOUGH this little insect bears the name of Fritillary, 

 at the end of its lengthy and important title, it 

 really belongs to a family widely differing from that of 

 any of the true Eritillaries previously described, and it 

 only shared their name on account of its similarity in 

 colour and markings. 



The caterpillar (Plate I. fig. 8), instead of being long 

 and thorny like those of the true Fritillaries, is short, 

 thick, and wood-louse shaped. Its colour is reddish 

 brown, with tufts of hair of the same colour. It feeds 

 on the primrose. 



The chrysalis differs from that of the true Fritillaries 

 as much as the caterpillar does, being of the form, and 

 suspended in the manner, shown at fig. 25, Plate I. 



The butterfly is chequered on the upper surface with 

 tawny, and dark brown or black. It appears in May 

 and June, and again in August, being found in woods, 

 principally in the south, and its range is often confined 

 to a small spot hardly fifty yards in diameter, within 

 which it may be quite plentiful. The following are 

 among its recorded localities : Carlisle ; Lake District , 

 West Yorkshire ; Eoche Abbey, Yorkshire ; Peter- 

 borough ; Stowmarket ; Pembury ; Barnwell Wold, 

 ISTorthants ; Oxford ; Blandford ; Worcester ; Glouces- 

 tershire : Bedfordshire ; Epping ; Coombe Wood ; Darenth 

 Wood ; Boxhill ; Dorking ; Brighton ; Lewes ; Worth- 

 ing ; Lyndhurst ; Teignmouth. 



The males of all the members of the family to which 

 this butterfly belongs, and of which this is the sole 



