130 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



sented, the female being darker above, both as to the 

 ground colour and markings. 



The caterpillar, which feeds on the dog-violet, is very 

 similar to that of the last; as also is the chrysalis. 



The butterfly is out in July and part of August, and 

 may be seen in a variety of situations, from the breezy 

 tops of heathy downs, to close-grown forest-lands in the 

 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" FKITILLARY. 



(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 spott 

 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 

 under sides of Adippe and Aalaia, these will be readily 

 made out 



