42 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 
This species may be distinguished from Argynnis myrina 
by the absence of black outer borders to the wings, and of 
silvery white spots on the under side of the hind wings. 
This species feeds upon violets, and is not uncommon in 
Maine. ‘The eggs are similar to those of the myrina in 
form, size, color and markings ; and it closely resembles that 
species in all the early stages. The mature larva, however, 
does not have the spines of the second segment lengthened. 
The perfect insect flies in Orono from the middle of May to 
the first of June, and again in the early part of September. 
15. EUPrOIETA, CLAUDIA, Cram. 
Eup-toi-e-ta clau’-di-a. 
Expanse of wings, nearly three inches. 
Upper side of the wings, bright fulvous, paler in the fe- 
males, and somewhat dusky on the base and along the costa. 
The veins, terminal, and sub-terminal lines, are blackish 
brown. ‘The lines are slightly enlarged where they cross the 
veins. Within these, in the interspaces, isa row of irregular 
round spots, followed by two zigzag lines, the inner one 
heavier and more strongly angulated, its angles extending 
out to the other line. These two lines also cross the hind 
wings, but are not as heavy nor as angular as on the fore 
wings. There isa circle on the end of: the cell of the fore 
wing, and a half-circle near the middle. Below these is ¢ 
sinuous mark extending from the origin of nervule 2, down 
to nervure 1. The hind wing also has a curved line across 
the end of the cell. Fringes, whitish, and marked with 
blackish brown at the end of the veins. 
Under side of fore wings, bright reddish fulvous, from the 
base to the heavy zigzag line which is repeated from above. 
The marks on the cell, and the three black spots above the anal 
angle, are also the same as on the upper side. The outer half 
of the wing is pale with a reddish wash on the lower part; a 
pale ashy triangle on the costa; the apex and the outer 
margin marked with light brownish. 
