THE HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY. 8/ 



in the New Forest, and also in some parts of Ireland. Although 

 it has been observed as far north as the Clyde, it is scarce in 

 North England and Scotland. The valesina form is to be 

 seen, in July and August, in the New Forest every year, and 

 sometimes in numbers. This variety has been reported from 

 Kent, Sussex, Devon, and Dorset ; also from "near Reading" 

 and " the border of Hertfordshire." 



Abroad, the typical form is distributed through Europe and 

 Asia to China, Corea, and Japan. The valesina variety is un- 

 common in Northern Europe, but in some parts of China it 

 seems to be the dominant form. / 



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The High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe). ; 



Bright fulvous with black spots and veins. The female is not 

 so bright in tint as the male, and is without the thick patch of j. 

 scales on veins 2 and 3. The series of black spots parallel \ 

 with the outer margin of the fore wing are normally six in 

 number, but the third is usually small and sometimes absent, 

 whilst the fourth and fifth are often much larger than others of 

 the series. In the corresponding row on the hind wing the 

 first and third spots are sometimes wanting. On the under side 

 the silvery spots are generally as seen in Plate 54, but they 

 are subject to modification, and not infrequently are absent 

 from the tips of the fore wings, and sometimes from the outer 

 margin of the hind wings also. A very rare aberration has the 

 central area of the fore wings black on the upper and under 

 sides : the hind wings are black above with fulvous lunules on the 

 outer margin, and the silvery spots on the under side are reduced 

 to five, and these are confined to the basal area. In another 

 remarkable form the hind wings above are similar to the last- 

 mentioned variety, but on the under side the silvery spots on the 

 basal half are united and form a large patch, which is divided 

 by the nervures, and there are no silvery spots on the outer 



