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DARK GREEN FRITILLARY. 
Argynnis Aglaia. 
PLATE XV. Fig. 1. 
Pap. Aglaia, Linn. — Lewin, pi. 11 Donovan, ix. pi. 302. 
— Dark Green Fritillary, Harris. 
Very like the preceding on the upper side, but 
usually rather paler, the individual figured being a 
dark coloured example of the female. The principal 
marks of distinction are to be found on the under 
side of the wings, which are of a fine yellowish-green, 
especially the hinder pair ; the anterior with several 
silver spots on the hinder margin ; the posterior with 
six or seven scattered silvery spots near the base, a 
curved band near the middle, and another consisting 
of seven spots of equal size parallel with the hinder 
margin, without any intervening row of ocellated 
spots. The anterior margin of the costal areolet, a 
portion of the abdominal one, and that lying next to 
it, are also glossed with silver. 
The caterpillar feeds on the dog’s violet. It is 
brownish-black, yellowish on the hack, and having a 
row of quadrate red spots along the sides, one on 
each segment, excepting the two next the head. 
