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HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY. 
the tip ; the secondary pair are brownish-yellow, with 
about twenty-four silvery spots, six or seven of them 
placed irregularly near the base, the others forming 
two transverse bands, one near the centre, somewhat 
interrupted in the middle, the other lying along the 
outer margin, and composed of triangular spots edged 
internally with rust-red ; between the central and ex- 
ternal band there is a series of small round rusty- 
brown spots, most of them having a silver pupil. 
The body is blackish above, with reddish hairs, and 
pale yellow beneath ; the antenna? brownish, with the 
extremity of the club brownish-yellow. 
The caterpillar is reddish, becoming olive-green 
with age, having a white dorsal line and white dots 
on the sides. It feeds on the pansy and sweet smell- 
ing violet ( Viola odorata). 
Not so plentiful as either of the following species, 
but found occasionally in many places in the southern 
parts of England. It is observed on the wing in the 
end of June and in July, and generally frequents 
heaths and the borders of woods. Many varieties 
have been described, some of them having the upper 
wings almost wholly black. 
