ARGYNNIS. 
205 
with dark brown, with a central fulvous streak ; black spots large ; 
hind margins black, fringes not spotted. Under side : Fore wings 
with the spots large and distinct ; hind wings brown, light at the 
base, with a central band composed of yellow spots ; external to 
this are some pale blue spots without perceptible metallic tinge ; 
the hind-marginal spots are of the same colour ; there is a row of 
very faintly indicated brown spots running parallel to the hind 
margins. PI. XLVIII., 4. 
Time of Appeakance. — May to July. 
Habitat. — Alpine meadows at a considerable elevation in 
Switzerland, Germany, and Piedmont ; and is scarce and local. 
Lakva. — Unknown. 
VAEIETY. 
Borealis, Stand. Cat. 9; Stett. Ent. Zeit, 1861, 351; Boisd. 
Gen. 18. — Very much lighter than the Central European form. 
Inhabits Lapland, the Altai, and the Amur. 
13. — A. Daphne, Schiff. S. V. p. 177 ; Htib. 45, 46 ; 0. I. 1, 72; 
Godt. ii. 8, 1, 2. 
Expands from 1-60 to 2-0 in. Bright fulvous; hind margins 
black, fringes not variegated ; wings with the usual black spots, 
central row very irregular, two rows running parallel to the hind 
margin. Under side : Hind wings greenish yellow at the base, 
central band yellow ; external to this the wing marbled with 
reddish purple, and has a row of black spots with light centres ; 
hind margin light yellow. PI. XLVIII., 5. 
Time of Appeaeance. — May to August. 
Habitat. — Elevated woods in Southern and East Germany, 
France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the South-West of Europe, Asia 
Minor, Armenia, the Altai, and the Amur. 
Laeva. — Blackish brown, with yellow lateral lines, and a 
double yellow dorsal stripe ; the spines are yellow, tipped with 
black. Feeds on Rubus Idcea and Violacece (?) in May. 
