Its predilection for settling on bramble sprays has been alluded to on page [47].
THE DARK-GREEN FRITILLARY. (Argynnis Aglaia.)
([Plate X]. fig. 1, Male.)
This is a handsomely-marked insect—orange-brown, chequered with black, above. Beneath, the front wing is coloured nearly as above, but bears near the tip several silvery spots. The hind wing is splendidly studded with rounded spots of silver, on a ground partly tawny, partly olive-green and brown. The male is the sex
represented, the female being darker above, both as to the ground colour and markings.
The caterpillar, which feeds on the dog-violet, is very similar to that of the last; as also is the chrysalis.
The butterfly is out in July and part of August, and may be seen in a variety of situations, from the breezy tops of heathy downs, to close-grown forest-lands in the valleys; and it seems to be distributed over the whole of the country, occurring in widely distant localities, from the south coast to Scotland.
THE HIGH-BROWN FRITILLARY. (Argynnis Adippe.)