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six males, which were surrounding a female at 

 No. 21.) This species is far from uncommon. 



one time. (Mag. Nat. Hist. 



MELI'OEA EUPHROSYNE. 



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Synonyms. 



THE PEARL BORDERED FRITILLARY 

 BUTTERFLY. 



Plate XL. fig. e—f. 



Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Euphrosyne, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 786. Lewirfs Papil. pi. 13. 



Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. ii. pi. 312. 

 Melitsea Euphrosyne, Leach, Stephens. Duncan Brit. Butt. pi. 15. fig. 2. 



Upper Side, The head and body are of a dark brown. All the wings are of a yellow brown 

 orange, besprinkled over with black spots. 



The under side of the superior wings is paler than the upper side. The inferior wings are 

 of a dark red brown, having some yellow spots : there are besides, situate in the centre of the 

 wing, two pearl-like or silver spots ; and seven of the same kind placed in a row, or like a border 

 along the fan edge. They are taken in woods, and appear about the middle of May. 



Expansion of the wings If — 2 inches. 



This species is stated to be double brooded ; the first brood appearing in May, 

 and the second about the beginning of autumn. {See Bree in Mag. Nat. History, 

 No. 21.) The caterpillar is black with two spotted orange stripes on the back ; it 

 feeds on various species of violets. The butterfly is one of the commonest of the 

 fritillaries, occurring plentifully in different parts of England. 



A singular circumstance has been observed by M. Vandouer of Nantes, relative 

 to this species (recorded in the Annals of the Linnsean Society of Paris): having 

 procured a number of eggs, deposited by a female, he found that the young larvae, 

 (which he fed with Viola odorata) at the end of June fell into a state of lethargy, 

 in which the majority remained until the following spring, some however revived at 

 the commencement of August, and commenced feeding with avidity, they then 

 changed their skins for the fourth and fifth times, and became perfect insects at the 

 end of the same month. This observation explains the reason why the butterflies 

 are so common in the spring, whilst so few are met with in August. 



PHLOGOPHORA METICULOSA. THE ANGLE SHADES MOTH. 



Plate XLL fig. c—e. 



Synonyms. Pnalama (Noctua) Meticulosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 845. Donovan Brit. Ins. 4. pi. 139 

 Alfons Ins. pi. 30. ^ 46. 47. a-e. Wilkes' Eng . Moths £ Butt . pi. 3 . 

 Phlogophora Meticulosa, Ochsenheimer, Treitschhe, Stephens, Curtis. Duncan Brit. 

 Moths, pi. 24. fig. 3. 



VpperSide The antenna, are like fine threads. The thorax is of a pale olive colour, and 

 crested._ The abdomen xs rather lighter, and crested also. The superior wings are of a pale 

 brown, xndented at the edges. In the middle of the wing is a triangular mark of an olive 

 colour; wnhm whxch are two more : so that it appears triangle within triangle. The first spot 



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