THE FRITILLARIES. 



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Our first example is tlie Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis 

 af/laia), a figure of which is given on Woodcut XLI. F"ig-. 3. 

 The Butterflies belonging to this genus are popularly known as 

 Fritillaries, and all of them have the under surface of the lower 

 wings adorned with metallic spots and markings which look as if 

 made of burnished silver. The generic name Argynnis, which 



XLI. 



1. Vanessa Antiopa. 2. Grapta C. album. 3. ArgjTinis Aglaia. 



a. Argynnis, larva. b. Argynnis, pupa. 



is taken from the Greek, signifies ' brilliant ' or ' shining,' and is 

 given to the insects in consequence of this peculiarity. The 

 colour of the present species is bright warm brown in the male, 

 marked with a dark bronze-green in the female. Tlie wings 

 are profusely spotted with black on the upper surface, and on 

 the under surface of the lower wings are a number of round 

 bright silver spots, and near the margin of the wing is a row 

 of seven semicircular silver spots. 



