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some disused limestone quarries it occurred most abundantly. We also 



note it recorded as not rare in meadows and fields in East Prussia, in two 



broods (Speiser), occurring also on the walls of the fort Courbiere, at 



Graudenz (Riesen) ; the summer-brood in the Forest of Crummenhagen, 



in Pomerania, loves to sit on the bushes by the sides of the principal 



rides (Spormann); it haunts the slopes of the forts near Stettin, and 



Fort Wilhelm, near the glacis before the Berlin Gate, at Vogelsang 



(Hering); it is rare in Mecklenburg, on the grass patches by the road 



from Liibeck to Ratzeburg (Tessmann), and in the forest near Kleinen 



(Schmidt), also somewhat rare on the mosses of Borstel, Winterhude, 



and Schnelsen, in the district of Hamburg (Zimmermann); but not 



rare in meadows in and near woods in Hanover (Glitz) ; it occurs in 



the Rhine meadows above Uerdingen, in the meadows near 



Asbruch, and on the banks of the Ahr and Mosel (Stollwerck). and in 



grassy places in w T oods and meadows at Frankfort-on-Main, and at 



Biedenkopf (Glaser), also in the meadows of the Kaufunger Stiftsw r ald, 



near Cassel (Borgmann); throughout Waldeck it is found in fields, 



banks, and on the outskirts of woods, usually rare, but occasionally 



abundant (Speyer); it occurs throughout Thuringia, in the plain, and 



on the foot-hills, in wood-clearings and on sunny slopes (Krieghoff), 



in the province of Saxony on the slopes of the forest of Willroda 



(Ent. Ver. Erfurt), on sunny slopes and wood-clearings, etc., near 



Zeitz (Wilde), and in the meadows near Halle (Stange); in Anhalt it 



is found in the clearings of the Low 7 er Forest near Aken (Gillmer); on 



the banks of the river Oder, and in the meadows near Frankfort-on- 



Oder (Kretschmer): whilst in Silesia it prefers wood-clearings and is found 



by the edges of corn-fields in the foot-hills of the Trebnitz district (Dor- 



ing), but prefers clover-fields near the town itself (Nohr) ; abundant 



in clearings of deciduous woods throughout Upper Lusatia (Moschler); 



and also in the heath-districts of Sprottau, etc. (Pfitzner). In 



the Kingdom of Saxony, it prefers sunny, sometimes rocky, hills, in the 



hottest part of summer, at Dresden (Steinert); in Bavaria, it chooses the 



dry slopes and outskirts of woods near Regensburg (Schmid) ; and 



occurs in the Isar meadows near Oberfohring (Kranz). In Hungary 



it appears almost everywhere in meadow T s and w T oods, but is nowhere 



common (Aigner-Abafi). In Austria it occurs on the outskirts of 



w r oods, or in damp places in woods in Bohemia (Nickerl); in meadows 



in w r oods in Moravia (Schneider); also in woodland meadows, and on 



the mountains around Linz, and in open meaclow T s around Steyer and 



Wels (Brittinger); reaches up the Dammberg to 700 metres (Himsl); 



occurs throughout the plain and the hill region of Salzburg, in flowery, 



moist meadows (Richter) , and throughout the Tyrol, sparingly, to 4300ft. 



(Hinterwaldner). In Carinthia it flies by roadsides, and in clover fields, 



whilst alcetas occurs on the southern foot of the Petzen, near Schwar- 



zenbach (Hofner). Mathew found it on a hillside between Trieste and 



Miramar, the ground covered with scrub-oak, Spanish chestnut, heath, 



juniper, and broom, and many other attractive flowering-plants ; 



other butterflies besides E. argiades w r ere in great profusion, 



the most abundant species being Agriades bellargus, and Aricia 



astrarcke. Of its occurrence in south-eastern Europe, Mrs. Nicholl 



records it as being found in a little rough valley among the vineyards 



near Slivno, w 7 ith Coenonytnpha leander, Polyommatus anteros, Xomiades 



cyllarus, X. iolas, Aricia eumedon, A. astrarche, Agriades bellargus, Pontia 



