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XYMPHALIDM. 
21. — A. Adippe, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 786; Esp. 18, 1, 43, 2, 
74, 1, 2, 4; Hub. 63, 64; 0. i. 1, 88. 
Expands from 1-90 to 2-20 in. The male closely resembles that 
of the last, but the black lines along the nervures of the fore wings 
are thicker. The female is brighter fulvous, and the dark markings 
are not so intense as in Niohe, neither is there the black shading 
towards the base of the wings found in that species. Under side : 
Fore wings brighter fulvous than in Niohe, with distinct silvery 
markings near the apex. Hind wings light yellow, with a fulvous 
tinge ; spots well defined and silvery ; between the hind-marginal 
and central rows is a series of reddish spots with silvery centres ; 
the inner margin is greenish, with a silvery gloss. PI. L., 1. 
Time op Appeaeance. — July. 
Habitat. ■ — ■ Heaths and woods throughout Europe, with the 
exception of the Polar Eegions. Also in Asia Minor, Armenia, 
the Altai, and the Amur. It is found in the mountains, but not at 
such great elevations as the last. A somewhat local British 
species, but commoner than Aglaia. 
Laeva. — Eeddish brown, with a whitish dorsal stripe, and a 
black spot on either side of this on every segment ; the spines 
light brown. Feeds on Viola tricolor and odorata in May and June. 
VAEIETIES. 
a. Cleodoxa, 0. iv. p. 118. — In this variety the silver is absent 
from the light spots beneath, excepting that it is sometimes 
slightly apparent near the apex of the fore wings and along the 
hind margin of the hind wings ; the series of red spots between 
the hind-marginal and central rows also frequently have silvery 
centres. The ground colour is pale brown, and the light spots are 
straw-colour ; not sharply defined, as in Niohe, var. Eris ; nor is 
there any tinge of green. PI. LI., 2. 
Habitat. — The more southern parts of Europe, especially 
Greece and Sicily. I have taken it commonly on the Lago Mag- 
giore. It sometimes occurs as an aberration in the more northern 
parts of Europe, and has occasionally been taken in England. 
h. Chlorodippe, H. S. vi. p. 5.— The fore wings are tinged with 
green at the apices on the under side, and the ground colour of the 
