Other localities:-Near Sheffield; Roche Abbey; York; Peterborough; close to Doncaster; Polebrook, Northants; Allesley, Warwickshire; Brington, Huntingdonshire; Yaxley and Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire; Needwood Forest, Staffordshire; Wolverston, close to Ipswich; Chatham; Southgate, Middlesex; West Wickham Wood; Epping; Bristol. The specimens, however, that I have seen from the north, are much bigger, brighter, and more distinctly marked than the “southerners.” The closest localities to London are, Hornsey, and Copthall Wood at the top of Muswell Hill; West Wickham Wood, and High-Beech (Epping). It additionally affects other bushes in addition to oaks, some thirty or forty at a time having been seen gambolling about one lime tree. The factors of difference are-on the higher facet, the absence of the orange band on the hinder edge of the hind wings, and the presence of a bluish gray circumflex line on the inner angle; right here is also sometimes a small orange dot;-beneath, the orange band kinds a sequence of arches, bounded on the edge nearest the foundation of the wing by a transparent black line instead of the rounded black spots seen at this part in Pruni. This latter tint forms a band parallel to the outer margin of each wing, the band on the front wings having a row of pale spots in it; that on the hind wings a row of black spots.
Beneath, the wings are shaded with greyish tints, crossed by a white line on every wing, and having two orange spots on the inside nook of the hind wing. The higher side may be very dark brown, generally almost black, and bearing close to the hinder edge of the hind wings a few orange spots. The entrance edge of the front wing is barely concave in its outline, concerning the center, whereas it’s convex in Cinxia and Athalia. They’re most clearly distinguished from different small butterflies by the tail-like projection on the lower edge of their hind wings (although one in every of their number, T. Rubi, has this very barely developed). Both sexes have a number of orange marks upon the decrease angles of the hind wings. Beneath, the overall color is tawny orange with duller bands, and marked with one white line on the front wing, and two parallel white strains on the hind wings. In the cities of Chesapeake, Suffolk (east of the Dismal Swamp line), and Virginia Beach.
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY. THE GREASY OR MARSH FRITILLARY. The butterfly appears first in May and June, and once more in August, it being double-brooded. It appears in May and June, and again in August, being present in woods, principally in the south, and its range is often confined to a small spot hardly fifty yards in diameter, inside which it may be quite plentiful. The butterfly seems in August, persevering with into September. The butterfly appears in June (sometimes slightly earlier or later), and frequents marshy meadows, moist woods, &c., however is a very local insect, abounding most within the south. The male has all the wings, in sure lights, of a darkish brown color, however with a change of place they turn into illuminated with a deep rich purple tint, extending over the entire surface excepting a slim border, which then seems black. The two sexes differ significantly on the upper floor, the male being of a deep brown colour, slightly paler close to the center of the entrance wing, while the female possesses on the front wing a big patch of clear orange. The feminine has the purple much more vivid, however confined to a small patch extending from the root to the centre of the front wing.
From one another they’re greatest distinguished by the characters on their underneath floor, the place they all bear a kind of distinct hair-like streak, whence their frequent identify-Hair-streak. Dad, on the other hand, to at the present time categorically refuses to discuss Sidore, Dolls, Gynoids, and so forth. He’s by no means come out and stated it, but he needs that I had been extra conventional and acted like everybody else. This may be very much like the final in look, and has usually been mistaken for it by inexperienced eyes. It was formerly a a lot rarer insect than at current, and now its appearance in any given locality is a matter of a lot uncertainty. The 2 sexes of this butterfly differ very remarkably in the looks of the upper floor. The Rev. W. Bree, writing to the Zoologist from the neighbourhood of Polebrook, North Hants, says, “Thecla Pruni may be very uncertain in its appearance. In 1837 it literally swarmed in Barnwell and Ashton Wolds; I do not scruple to say that it might have been possible to capture some hundreds of them, had one been so disposed; for the last few years it has appeared very sparingly indeed.” It has additionally been found in the next localities:-Overton Wood; Brington, Huntingdonshire; and Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire.
