24 CATALOGUE OF BTJTTEKFLIES. 



darker scales, not like the Valezina variety of Paphia^ which 

 has a green hue, but with a darker fulvous than the type. Mr. 

 Hedworth recorded the species as common at Chopwell, but I do 

 not know the date. He took it at Dunston in 1871, and a single 

 specimen at the same place on the 26th August, 1877. I saw, 

 but did not capture, a specimen in Hesleden Dene some few 

 years later. I have no more recent records, but have been told 

 it is not uncommon yet near Bishop Auckland. 



22. Argynnis Euphrosyne (L.). Peael-bokdeeed 



Feitillaet, 

 Argynnis Euphrosyne. Staint. Man., vol. 1, p. 43. 



,, ,, I^ewm. Brit. Butt., p. 35. 



,, ,, Barrett's Lep. Brit. Is., vol. I,p.l74. 



„ ,, Meyrick, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 330. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. 1, pi. xi., fig. 2. 

 This certainly was the commonest of the Fritillaries in our 

 counties, and though it is no longer abundant as formerly, it 

 has not entirely disappeared. Wailes says, 'Hhis pretty But- 

 terfly abounds at the end of May and early in June in all the 

 grassy paths in and around the woods." It is not given in the 

 Twizell list. Ornsby's Durham says, '' Horden and Castle Eden 

 Denes, woods and fields near Brancepeth, Stanley pastures, 

 etc. Mr. Sang took it at High Force on 28th February, 1858. 

 It was abundant in Castle Eden Dene the same year, above the 

 "Water-fall, and all the Hartlepool collectors took it. Mr. Back- 

 house took it at Shull, and St. John's, Weardale. Mr. Hedworth 

 took it sparingly at Thornley near Gibside, and abundantly at 

 Chopwell, but Mr. Maliug found it rare at the latter place 

 in 1875. Both these collectors also met with it at Winlaton, 

 and Mr. Henderson took it at Jesmond. It also occurred in the 

 neighbourhood of Bishop Auckland and at Wynyard. 



I have one record only for JSTorthumberland the above-named 

 locality, Jesmond, but it is certain to have occurred in the well- 

 wooded portions of the county. l!^ewman in his British Butter- 

 flies says, *'it is generally abundant in ^Northumberland and 

 Durham." 



