Volume 10, Plate XII / Entomology (Insects)

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary & Pearl-Bordered Likeness

Nemeobius Lucina & Melitæa Athalia

1. Duke of Burgundy Fritillary. Distinguished by the male’s imperfect, tarsus-less fore legs, this small dark-brown insect spans little more than fourteen lines, the wings crossed by series of yellow spots with black centres along the margin. Its onisciform olive-brown caterpillar feeds on cowslip and primrose, and the butterfly, somewhat local, occurs not unfrequently in the south-eastern counties of England.
2. Pearl-Bordered Likeness. Spanning from sixteen lines to two inches, this tawny-orange insect is marked with black undulating lines, the under hind wings bearing pale spots edged with black and two rows of black crescents near the margin. Its black, spiny caterpillar feeds on plantain and heath, and the butterfly is common in Devonshire and the south, though very rare in the north.