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NYMPHALIDJE. 
4. — A. Euphrosyne, Linii. Syst, Nat. x. 482 ; Faun. Suec. 282; 
Esp. 18, 3, 72, 3; Hiib. 28-30; 0. I. 1, 58; Fit. 
B. 139. 
Expands from 1-75 to 1‘80 in. Undistinguishable with cer- 
tainty from Selene above, but on the under side the markings are 
sufliciently characteristic. The brown patches are light reddish, 
instead of dark as in Selene, and the silvery spots are fewer ; there 
is only one near the base, and only one in the central row. 
Times of Appearance. — May and June, and again in August. 
Habitat. — The whole of Europe, except Portugal, Sicily, 
Sardinia, and Corsica ; also Armenia, the Altai, and the Amur. 
Common in Britain, frequenting open places in woods, &c., but, 
like the last, rarely double-brooded here. 
Larva. — Black, with bluish white lateral stripes, two white 
dorsal lines, and short yellowish or black spines. Feeds on Viola 
canina in June and September. 
VARIETY. 
Fingal, Herbst. Naturs. Schmett. x. t. 270, f. 1-3; Bia 
Lapponica, Esp. Schmett. 1, 2, t. 108, f. 5. — Barker and more 
strongly marked than the type. A boreal form found in Lapland. 
IN. XL VI., 5. 
5. — A. Pales, Schiff. S. V. p. 177; Hub. 34, 35; Trsk. x. 
1, 11 ; Fit. B. 115, 1 ; 0. I. 1, 63 ; Fit. 187, 1. 
Arsilache, Esp. 56, 4 (1780), ii. p. 35. 
Expands from 1-16 to 1-40 in. Bright fulvous, spotted with 
black ; bases dark. Marginal fringes plain. Under side : Fore 
wings with very indistinct black spots ; hind wings with a marginal 
row of pearly or silvery spots ; the area of the wing variegated with 
yellow, purple, and reddish brown, and with silvery spots mostly 
with a triangular outline. PI. XLVH., 1. 
Times of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Elevated Alpine meadows in Switzerland, the 
l^yrenees ; Northern Europe, generally on moors and plains, being 
found in such localities in North Eussia, Scandinavia, &c. ; also in 
the Altai and North-Eastern Siberia. 
