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under side consists in the ground-colour of the secondary 

 wings being rust-brown, with the transverse band at the 

 base and middle, not so light a yellow; in having three 

 silvery spots in the central band, and five others, three of 

 which are placed in a line on the anterior border, and the 

 other two near the inner edge, and in having the ocellus 

 towards the base black, with a red pupil. The caterpillar 

 is black and spiny, one half of the spines being yellow, and 

 the sides of the body having a light stripe. The butterfly 

 is not uncommon. 



LEPIDOPTERA. NYMPHALID^:. 

 AEGYNNIS. 



Generic Distinctions. See page 159. 



ARGYNNIS PAPHIA. (Plate VII.) Silver-washed Fritillary. 

 The surface of this insect is very similar to that of the 

 species Adippe and Aglaia mentioned in June, the upper 

 surface being of a bright yellowish-brown, variously streaked 

 and spotted with black; on the under side the primary 

 wings are paler, many of the black spots indistinctly seen, 

 and the tips slightly tinged with green; the secondary 

 wings are green, with a brassy lustre, and ornamented with 



