AEGYNNIS. 229 
" Larva. Greyish brown, with a white dorsal line. It has si.vty spines, four on tho first and last 
segments, and si.x on each of tho otliers, those of tho first two arc shorter than the rest, the 
central ones being the longest. Feeds solitarily on Viohi tricolor and Onohrychis in May and 
August. 
"Pupa. Grey anteriorly, green iiobteriorly, witli gold spots." 
Argyniiis daphne. 
Papilio daphne, ScliiHcrmiller, Wicn. Vcrz. p. 177 (177fi) ; Iliibncr, Eur. Sclimett. i. 
figs. 15, 4G (179;3-]791). 
Argynnis daphne, Godart, Enc. AFcth. ix. p. 270 (1819) ; Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
18G6, pp. 219, 220; Lang, Eutt. Eur. p. 205, pi. xlviii. fig. 5 (1881); Fryer, 
Rhop. Nihon. p. 28, pi. vii. fig. 9 (1889). 
Argynnis rabdia, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4.) xix. p. 93 (1877). 
Argynnis daphne, \i\v. ftimida, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) ix. p. IG (1882). 
"Expands from 1-60 to 2-0 inches. Bright fulvous; hind margin black, fringes not variegated; 
wings with the usual black spots, central row very irregular, two rows running parallel to 
the hind margin. Underside : hind wings greenish yellow at the base, central band yellow ; 
external to this the wing is marbled with reddish purple, and has a row of black spots with 
light centres ; hind margin light yellow. 
" Lai-ra. Blackish brown, with yellow lateral lines, and a double yellow dorsal stripe ; the spines 
are yellow, tipped with black. Feeds on Ihthus idem and Violaceai^) in May." {Lang, I.e.) 
Var. rabdia, Butler. " Larger [than daphne], paler, less heavily spotted above, and much more 
so below, much duller and more sickly coloured on tho underside, with the transverse lines 
of secondaries chocolate-brown ; the lilacine streaks replaced by slaty grey. Expanse of 
wings 2 inches 3 lines." (Butler, 1. e.) 
Var. famida, Butler. " Differs from the European type [of A. daphne] in its duller and more 
smoky colouring, and larger black spots on both surfaces ; it is, however, of the same size, 
and therefore considerably smaller than A. rahdia, from which it differs also in duller 
coloration. 
" Two females, Posiette Bay, N.E. Corea. We have the male of this form from Tesso." 
(Butler, /. c.) 
There appears to be very little difference between the forms described by 
Mr. Butler as rabdia and fumida ; the types, Avhich are in the National 
Museum at South Kensington, are not in good condition. The name 
rahdia may be retained for the exaggerated form of this species, which is not 
rare in Central Japan and Yesso, and is very common at Gensan, Corea. 
Some of the specimens arc remarkably fine, attaining a wing-expansion of 
G8 millim. in the female. Lucas [l. c.) records specimens of ^. daphne from 
the neighbourhood of Pekin, and this is the only Chinese locality for the 
species tliat I am aware of. 
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