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23. Argynnis Selene (Schiff). Small Pearl-boedered 



Eeitillaby. 

 Argynnis Selene. Staint. Man., voL 1. p. 43. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Butt., p. 37. 



,, ,, Barrett's Lep. Brit. Is., vol. 1, p. 178. 



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



Laeya. Buck., vol. 1, pi. xi., fig. 1. 



Mr. Barrett says of this species that it ''has been seen in 

 Durham," but does not mention JS'orthumberland. It certainly 

 was widely distributed over both counties, and I do not think 

 it has even yet entirely disappeared. "Wailes says, "appears 

 abundantly about the middle of June, and frequents the most of 

 our woods: Gibside, Meldon Park, etc." Mr. Backhouse's list 

 says, *' Shull and Durham woodlands." Ornsby's Durham gives 

 "woods and pastures near Mass." Dr. F. A. Lees found it 

 on wooded banks at Cotherstone. My son took it in Hesleden 

 Dene ; Mr. Hed worth at Thornley on Derwent, Chopwell, and 

 Winlaton Mill ; Mr. Maling took it at Hexham and also at 

 Chopwell ; and Mr. Patterson, of !N"ewcastle, took it at Ebches- 

 ter and Chopwell. 



MELIT^A, Fab. 



24. Melitaea Artemis (Hub.). Greasy Pritillary. 



Melitcea Artemis. Staint. Man., vol. 1, p. 47. 



,, ,, Kewm. Brit. Butt., p. 39. 



,, ,, Barrett's Lep. Brit Is., vol. 1, p. 196. 



,, Aurinia. Meyrick, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 331. 



Larva. Buck., vol. 1., pi. xii., fig. 2 ; 0. "Wils., pi. ii ,fig. 5. 



Of this Butterfly, Wailes says, " this species has only recently 

 been noticed within these counties, and hitherto only in Durham. 

 In the Plass locality, I am informed by Mr. Proctor, Jun., of 

 the Durham Museum, that it is most abundant, — the food-plant 

 of the larva, Scahiosa succisa, growing there in great quantity." 

 Ornsby's Durham also gives " fields near Plass; near Castle Eden 

 Dene." Neither the Twizell list nor that of Mr. Backhouse 

 contains the species. It is reported as occurring near the High 



