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colouring, the Mexican insect in this respect being almost intermediate between the 

 female sof A. nokomis, Edw., and A. leto, Behr. 



2. Argynnis nitocris, var. coerulescens. (Tab. CXII. figg. 15, 16, s ; 17, 



18, $.) 



Argynnis nitocris, 'Edw., var. ccerulescens , Holland, Ent. News, xi. p. 332 (Jan. 1900) 1 ; Snyder, 

 Occas. Memoirs of the Chicago Ent. Soo. i. p. 33 (1900) \ 



Alis dimidio basali nigris, dimidio distali lsete fulvis, anticis in cellula et ultra earn maculis transversis plus 

 minusve indistinctis fulvis, anticis et posticis lineis duabus parallelibus ad margines exteriores, maculia 

 variis in seriebus duabus subparallelibus interioribus, in anticis maculis exterioribus sagittiformibus, in 

 posticis maculis aliis discalibus, omnibus nigris : subtus anticis (nisi ad apicem) rufis, maculis variis nigris 

 notatis, apice ochraceo, maculis sagittiformibus paginae superioris et quinque apici propioribus argenteo 

 extrorsum limbatis, aliis tribus subapicalibus quoque argenteis ; posticis dimidio basali ferrugineis, dimidio 

 distali ocbraceis, maculis variis argenteis nigro circumcinctis. 



2 . Alj.s obscure fuscis, maculis nigris (basin versus fere obsoletis), anticis maculis in seriebus tribus plus 

 minusve margini exteriori subparallelibus (iis in medio majoribus et quadratis) albidis, caeruleo tinctis ; 

 posticis maculis magnis elongatis in serie submarginali caerulescentibus et nigro punctatis, maculis aliis 

 minoribus margini exteriori propioribus albidis, caeruleo lavatis : subtus anticis rufis, in costa et apicem 

 versus fiavis, maculis et lineis variis sicut in mari notatis ; posticis dimidio basali brunneis aut obscure 

 olivaceis, parte distali flava venis nigris divisa, maculis argenteis nigro circumcinctis sicut in mari sed 

 majoribus ; eiliis (nisi ad venarum fines) albis. 



Hab. Mexico, Rio Piedras Verdes, Chihuahua 2 7100-7300 feet {Tyler-Townsend 1 ). 



Dr. Holland has been kind enough to give us a male and two females of this 

 handsome insect, many specimens of which were recently captured by Mr. Townsend 

 in the Sierra Madre region of Chihuahua. The amount of blue on the upperside of 

 the female seems to be somewhat variable. The true A. nitocris inhabits Arizona and 

 Nevada. This insect is a very close ally of A. nokomis and A. leto. 



MELTOEA (to follow the genus Argynnis). 



Melitaa, Fabr. in Illiger's Mag. vi. p. 284 (1807); Doubl. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 177. 



The four species now referred to this genus would be almost equally well placed in 

 Phyciodes, near P. cyneas, P.fulvia, &c. We follow the North-American lepidopterists, 

 however, in referring M. minuta and its allies to MeMtcea, the differences between the 

 two genera not being very evident. 



l. Melitsea minuta. 



Melitcea minuta, Edw. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1861, p. 1(51 1 ; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. p. 8 2 ; Mead, 

 Report Wheeler Exped. v. p. 761, t. 35. ff. 1, 2 3 . 



Alis fulvis, basin versus obscurioribus lineis variis sinuatis nigris transeuntibus : subtus anticis fere ut supra, 

 sed pallidioribus, ad apicem albescentibus ; posticis albidis, fasciis tribus fulvis, lineis interrupts nigris, 

 marginatis, una basali recta, secunda mediana valde sinuata, tertia submarginali ; anticis et posticis linea 

 angustissima marginali nigra notatis ; eiliis alterne albis et nigris. 



2 mari similis. 



