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COMPLETION of the LIFE-HISTORY of MELANARGIA 

 JAPYGIA subsp. SUWAROVIUS. 



By F. W. Frohawk, M.B.O.U., F.E.S., and the Hon. 

 N. Charles Rothschild, M.A., F.L.S. 



M. suwarovius depositing. 



In a previous article* we gave an account of the habits of 

 Melanargia japygia subsp. suwarovius, and described the egg, the 

 larva before its first moult, the adult larva, and the pupa. 



In the present paper some further details are recorded 

 concerning the habits of this insect, and descriptions of the 

 remaining stages are given. 



On June 19th at 11 a.m. a female was observed depositing at 

 Puszta Pesz6r. The butterfly flew from a thistle bloom in one 

 of the flat open spaces to a " buczka " (sandhill), and alighted 

 on a blade of Festuca alauca var. scabrifolia, very rapidly sliding 

 over to the position shown in the drawing, the weight of the 



* ' Entomologist,' vol. xlv. No. 592, pp. 1-5. 1912. 



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