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some of those in Scotland, the lake district of the North of England, Croagh 

 Patrick in Ireland, and the Pyrenees ; but from other ranges, such as the 

 Riesenebrige, Black Forest, and Jura, it is entirely absent ; and it does not 

 occur at all beyond Europe. 



The first notice of the occurrence of this Alpine butterfly in England is 

 from the pen of Mr. Haworth, and is published in the first volume of the 

 " Transactions of the Entomological Society of London," in a brief account 

 of some rare insects announced at various times to the Society, or new to 

 Britain, and read on June 2nd, 1812. After describing it under the name 

 of Mnemon (the Small Ringlet), Mr. Haworth goes on to say, " In Mnsseo 

 Dom. Francillon, a captura L)om. Stoddart," and also informs us that it 

 inhabits Scotland. 



Although it has, since Mr. Haworth's time been found in Scotland, yet the 

 specimens he alludes to, were taken, not in Scotland, but in the North of 

 England, on the mountains round Ambleside, by Thomas Stothard, Royal 

 Academician, on the llth of June, 1809. 



In his "British Entomology," Vol. Y., published in 1828, John Curtis 

 writes, "The males in fro ward seasons have appeared as early as the llth of 

 June ; but last year, when Mr. Dale and myself visited Ambleside, they were 

 later, the first being taken the 18th of June, and they did not become plenti- 

 ful till the 25th. They are found amongst the coarse grass, that cover con- 

 siderable spaces abounding with springs, on the sides of mountains ; they 

 fly when the sun shines, and their flight is neither swift nor continued, for 

 they frequently alight amongst the grass, and falling down to the roots, their 

 sombre colour perfectly conceals them. The females are lighter, and have 

 even been taken in August. We found the males on Red Skrees, a moun- 

 tain near Ambleside ; and Mr. Marshall took them at Gable Hill and Stye- 

 head, between Wastwater and Borrowdale." 



As it was formerly considered to be a very rare butterfly, the following 

 passage in Stephen's " Illustrations of British Insects," published in 1828, 

 will be read with considerable interest, as showing how long this insect was, 

 from its rarity, but a reputed British species. " It was described by Mr. 

 Haworth, about fifteen years ago, from specimens in the collection of the late 

 Mr. Francillon, to whom they were presented by T. Stothard, Esq., R.A., 

 their captor and the reputed discoverer of the insect in Britain. From the cir- 

 cumstance of so many years having rolled on without other specimens of the 

 insect occurring, its native origin began to be questioned ; but the past sea- 

 son has undeniably set the question at rest, through the instrumentality 

 and industry of Mr. Dale, who was furnished with its locality from Mr. Sto- 

 thard, and accompanied by Mr. Curtis, procured many specimens of the male 



