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 Melitaea cinxia. GLANVILLE FRITILLARY. 



1. Few British butterflies are more local than this; it 

 was formerly found in Hampshire and other counties in the 

 South of England, as well as a few of the more Northerly 

 ones, but now extinct except in the Isle of Wight. 



2. Narrow-leaved Plantain (Plantago lanccolata). 

 3. May to June. 



4. Rough cliffs, landslips, and grassy slopes, near the 

 coast; seems to avoid cultivated districts. 



Melitaea athalia. HEATH FRITILLARY. 



1. Another extremely local insect, though usually 

 abundant in its head quarters, the Southern counties of 

 England. It is absent from the Northern counties and also 

 from Scotland, but has been observed in one or two localities 

 in the South-west of Ireland. 



2. Narrow-leaved Plantain (Plantago lanceolata), Broad- 

 leaved Plantain (Plantago major), Wood Sage (Teucrium 

 scorodonia), Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamacdrys) and 

 Foxglove (Digitalis furpurca) . 



3. June to July. 



4. Wood clearings (particularly where heath occurs), 

 and heaths. 



