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yellow dots or spots. Hind wings as in Aurinia, bnt the yellow 
band more decided and brighter ; the hind margin has a row ot 
yellow spots. Under side not so glossy as in Aurinia. Fore 
wings somewhat resembling that species in markings, but much 
lighter, the light markings being nearly white ; the black spots 
are very distinct. Hind wings very light, with the markings 
indistinct and diffused, and quite unlike any of the allied species. 
Head, body, antennge, palpi, &c., as in the last species. PI. 
XLIII., 6. 
Time of Appearance. — June. 
Habitat. — Andalusia, very local. 
Larva. — Not described. 
6. — M. Cinxia, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 480 ; Hufn. B. Mag. ii. p. 66 
(1766); Frr. B. 103. 
Cinxia major, Esp. 25, 2. 
Delia, Bkh. i. 50, ii. 193, fig. 9, 10; Hbst. 276, 5-8; 
Wallengr. Bhopal. Scand. 73. 
Filoselle, Esp. 47, 3. 
Expands from 1-50 to 2*0 in. All the wings fulvous, with a 
network of black spots and lines ; the hind margins black ; fringes 
spotted black and white. Under side : Fore wings pale fulvous, 
with a few small black spots ; apex pale yellow. Hind wings with 
three pale yellow bands, and two of a bright fulvous colour. All 
the pale yellow bands with a row of black spots. PI. XLIV., 1. 
Times of Appearance. — May and June, and again in August. 
Habitat. — Europe generally (excepting the Polar regions and 
the southern part of the Spanish Peninsula) ; also Asia Minor, 
Armenia, and Siberia, frequenting meadows. In Britain it is 
extremely local, being found only in the South of England, near 
the sea-shore. (“ Glanville Fritillary.”) 
Larva. — Black, dotted with white in transverse rows ; the 
spines are black ; the head and legs reddish brown. 
Pupa. — Orange-brown, dotted with black. 
The Larva feeds on Hieraciuni, Pilosella, Veronica, and Plantago, 
in May and June, and from August to September. 
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