158 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



they were particularly abundant, it is said, in the arid 

 summer of 1826. 



HIPPARCHIA HERO. Silver Ringlet. Surface pale brown, 

 inclining to yellow ; upper wings pale, with an orange stripe 

 near the hinder margin, and two small ocelli ; the inferior 

 wings with an orange line close to the edge, and four large 

 ocelli ; on the under side, the primary wings are orange 

 at the hinder margin, which is adorned with a silvery line 

 and two small ocelli ; the secondary pair have a broad band 

 of orange enclosing five large and two small ocelli, forming 

 a curved band, behind which is a stripe of silver. This 

 insect is rare. 



LEPIDOPTERA. NYMPHALID^;. 



MELIT^A. 



Generic Distinctions. See page 97. 



MELIT^A CINXIA. Glanmlle Fritillary. This species is 

 tawny orange-colour above, and the whole surface is reti- 

 culated (net-like) and spotted with black ; the hinder wings 

 having in addition a series of five or six black spots, parallel 

 with the margin, but at some distance from it. Beneath, 

 the colour is much paler, the primary wings have a few 



