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Sowerby, in his "British Miscellany,'' 1806, writes of the var. tharlotta, 

 " Some years ago the Rev. Dr. Charles Abbott discovered this curious Fritil- 

 lary in Bedfordshire; and we do not know that it has been found by any one 

 else. The nineteen silver spots on the under part of the lower wing are very 

 constant. It is an elegant insect, well deserving an honourable name, and 

 comes near to Aglaia. As we have, comparatively speaking, but few Papilios 

 in Great Britain, it is a very desirable acquisition. This gentleman first 

 added P. paniscus to the British list." 



Curtis, in his " British Entomology/' 1830, figures a very dark variety of 

 Aglaia, which he informs us were taken by Mr. John Seaman, in the parish 

 of Nacton, near Ipswich, the 7th of July, 1827. He goes on to say : " For 

 an intermediate variety, which was captured at Dover, I am indebted to 

 Mr. W. Christy : it is singular that these specimens vary from the type no 

 less in form than in colour, which is not the case I believe with CharloUa." 



ARGYNNIS ADIPPE. 



High-brown Fritillary. 



ADIPPE, Linn. Adip'pe. Linne says: "In Fauna, Cydippe perperam 

 pro Adippe legitur." It seems probable that Adippe is merely a variation of 

 Cydippe, one of the Muses, made in consequence of the latter name having 

 been already appropriated to another species. 



This Fritillary expands in the width of its wings from two inches and a 

 quarter to two inches and three-quarters. On the upperside they are fulvous 

 spotted with black. On the underside the hindwings are of a greenish 

 brown, with about twenty silvery spots, the silver on the marginal spots 

 being indistinct; between the marginal and central rows is a row of small 

 dull red spots with bluish centres, which at once distinguishes this species 

 from Aglaia. 



This species varies both by the enlargement and coalescing of the black 

 spots, and by a change in hue of the ground colour. A very beautiful 

 specimen is in Mr. Gregson's collection, in which the greater portion of both 

 wings is black. Mr. Stevens has one with the spots as usual, but the ground 

 colour is a very pale drab. Others occur in which it is a rich mahogany 

 brown, while intermediate varieties are found. Several varieties of the under 

 side have been named. Cleodoxa, Ochr., has the usual silvery spots of the 

 underside pale yellow or very slightly silvered. This form has sometimes 

 occurred in England, but it is commoner in Greece and Sicily. I possess a 

 specimen of it, which was taken near Bedford, by Dr. Abbott, and mistaken 

 for Nio&e. Chlorodippe, H.S., is greener on the underside than the normal 



