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PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Melitosa euphrosyne, LEACH. STEPHENS. CURTIS.
" " DUNCAN. WESTWOOD.
Papilio euphrosyne, LINN^US. LEWIN. DONOVAN.
Argynnis euphrosyne, OCHSENHEIMEB. HUBNEE. BOISDUVAL.
To see this pretty insect gaily flitting about in the open
places in Avoods in the new summer time, when every trace
of winter has at last disappeared, is almost enough to make
one wish to be, as well as to sing "I'd be a butterfly," so
happy and joyous does it seem.
It is very plentiful in many places; among others, at
Buttercrambe Moor, near Stamford-Bridge, Yorkshire; near
Great BedAvyn and Sarum, Wiltshire; and in great abundance
in all the woods near Shelly, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk; and
Birch Wood, in Kent. It is also abundant in various parts
of Scotland.
It is found in Avoods.
There are two broods of this butterfly, the first appearing
the end of May and beginning of June, and the second in
August and September.
The caterpillar feeds on the wild violet, ( Viola canina,)
and other species of that genus.
In this insect, Avhich measures from one inch and three
quarters to nearly two inches across the Avings, the upper side
is fulvous, mottled over with several large black billets on
the centre of the wings, placed in a zigzag manner, the inner
series running across the Aving in a connected manner, followed
by two other sets, Avhich only extend half-way across from the
front edge; the base of the wings is blackish brown, much