S-1141001_COMPLETO.pdf

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QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY.
PLATE LI.
Argynnis lathonia, FABBICIUS. OCHSENHEIMEB.
" " LEACH. STEPHENS. CURTIS.
" latonia, ZETTEBSTEDT.
Papilio lathonia, LTNN.ZEUS. LEWIN. DONOVAN.
" principissa, LINN^US.
" lathona, HUBNEE.
Issoria lathonia, HUBNEE.
IN June, in the year 1803, Dr. Abbot has recorded that he
took this rare insect; and the late Mr. J. F. Stephens captured
one on the 14th. of August, in the same year. TAVO specimens
were taken, and others seen, at Harleston, near Norwich, in
1846, and three near Dover, the same year. Two on the
race-course near Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1851; and two or three
pairs at Jagger, near Colchester, in the same year, as R. B.
Postans, Esq. has informed me. Stoke-by-Nayland, in Essex,
is also given as one of its localities, as are likeAvise the neigh­
bourhood of Wisbeach, and near Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire;
Halvergate, Norfolk; Birch Wood and Dover, Kent; Battersea
Fields, near London; and Hertford.
When the summer has fairly set in, Avith all its g&v delights
for those Avho can appreciate them,
"Et nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis partnrit arbos,"
Avhen not only botanical, but entomological treasures are abun­
dantly brought forth, then is the time for the appearance of
the Queen of Spain Fritillary. It is believed to be double
brooded, and some individuals of the latter are said to live
through the Avinter.