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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



found in Britain, but none that have been j 

 attempted to be foisted on the unware as A.\ 

 Niube was. The three British species may be 

 easily recognized by the following table. 

 Underside of hind wing without black spots, 

 M. A th alia. 



Underside of hind wing with one row of black i 



spots, M. Artemis, 

 Underside of hind wing with more than one 1 



row of black spots. M, Cinxia, 



18 CINXIA. Plate io, Fig, 2. 



The Glanville Fritillarx. 



"Cinxia, Zinxia, surname of Juno, con- 

 nected with cingulus, a girdle." A.L. j 



ImagO- — Plate 10, Fig. 2. Upper and ! 

 1: iderside. Fulvous, the rays black, and 1 

 se veral wavy black lines across the wings, j 

 gi zing the insect an appearance which Mr. j 

 Stainton appropriately calls " tessellated." 

 The hind wing has a row of black spots in ! 

 the second row of fulvous marks continuing i 

 from the hind margin. Underside, paler ; 

 fulvous, fore wing pale straw color at the tip, j 

 the wavy lines of the upper side are not so 

 distinct except at the tip, The hind wing 

 has the wavy lines distinct, and between 

 them alternately two pale fulvous, and three 

 very pale straw colored bands, on these there 

 are several rows of black spots and streaks, 

 and in the middle of the fulvous band nearest 

 the base, is a pale straw colored spot. 



Larva- — Plate 10, Fig. 2a, black, with red 

 head, and claspers, the legs being black. 

 Between the segments are rows of white dcts. 

 Each segment has eight warts, from which 

 proceed tufts of short bristly black hairs. 



Pupa- — The pupa is suspended by the 

 tail, is black and smooth, without the curves 

 and angles of the preceding or succeeding 

 genera. 



Food Plant.— The larva feeds on the 

 common, or narrow leaved plantain (Pla?itago 

 lanceolata ). 



Times of Appearance.— The imago 

 emerges during May and June, sometimes 

 being out quite at the beginning of the 



former month. The eggs are laid in batches , 

 on the food plant, and the larvae emerge to- „ 

 wards the end of July, or in August. They 

 feed rather slowly during the autumn months, 

 and as cold weather approaches, they spin a 

 kind of tent among the grass stems and 

 plaintain leaves in which they pass the winter. '■ 

 Early in spring they leave their hibernae 

 ulum, and feed up rapidly. Unlike the larvm < 

 of many other Butterflies, they are fond of 

 the sun's rays, and feed perfectly exposed, ■ 

 and there are often a great many on one 

 plant. They are active lively little creatures, 

 and very easily reared in confinement. 



Habitat. — In England this pretty specie^ 

 occurs in but few localities, and all of them 

 in the South. It is abundant in the Isle of 1 

 Wight, and is also found in other places in 

 the southern counties. It is well spread over 

 Europe, being only absent from the polar 

 regions. It occurs in Asia Minor, and also 

 Siberia, Kirby gives il woods " as its habi- 

 tat, but judging from its haunts in this 

 country it would appear to prefer the shelt- 

 ered slopes of grassy hills. The food plant 

 loves open places, rather than the shelter of 

 a wood. 



Variation- — Cinxia is most subject to 

 variation on the underside of the hind wing, > 

 by the enlargement or diminution of the 

 black spots. In. some specimens they are \ 

 like larger black blotches or streaks, while in 

 others they are almost wanting, especially on 

 the central pale band. In some the upper << 

 side veins as the preceding genus does, by 

 the enlargement of the black spots, or the 

 suffusion of the wing with black, but the varia- 

 tion of the underside is much more frequent, 

 j Two named varieties are given in Kirby Fullcti 

 I Quens. and Delia, Wallengi. We do not 

 j know how they differ, but they both appear £ 

 I to be northern forms. 



j Parasites.— We know of no Parasites 

 having been recorded from this larva, but as 

 it is frequently met with, we do not expec . 

 another season to go by without one or mon 

 being reared, now that attention is called to it 



