108 Beautiful Butterflies. 



GLANVILLE FRIT1LLARY. 



PLATE VI. — FIG. II. 



APILIO, or Melitcea Cinxia. This, although 

 not uncommon on the continent of Europe, is 

 a rare fly in the British Islands. It has been 

 found most plentifully amid the romantic glens and 

 seaward-sloping hills in the Isle of Wight; also in 

 Kent, near Dover and Dartford ; and in the counties of 

 Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire. 

 May, June, and July are the months in which it may 

 be looked for. It closely resembles the species last 

 described in size and shape, but is somewhat different 

 in colour, and in the arrangement of the markings; 

 the cross lines are more regular, and beautifully waved, 

 and the spots more numerous and distinct ; the under 

 sides of the wings are paler, having much of pale 

 straw-colour, the black veins and spots of the upper 

 side being clearly visible. 



The Caterpillar of this species is black ; it is faintly 

 spotted with white, and has a red head and legs. It 

 feeds on such wild plants as the narrow-leaved plan- 

 tain, hawkweed, and common speedwell. An English 

 entomologist, named Westwood, says that " these 



