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CATALOGUE OF THE 



Arg. Irene, Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 261, (1875). 



Submarginal lunules on under surface of secondaries in both 

 sexes silver ; all other spots whitish yellow as in Zerene. 



var. b. MORMOXIA, BDL., Lep. Cal., p. 58, (1869); California. 



Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 261, (1875). 

 Arg. Montivago, W. H. Edwds., Proc. Ent. Soc., Phil., 



Ill, p. 435, n. 5, (1864). 

 Arg. Nenoquis, Kirby, (nee Reak.), Cat., p. 160, (1871). 



All spots on under side of secondaries silver. 



var. c. MONTIVAGO, BEHR, Proc. Cal. Acacl. Nat. Sc., California. 

 II, p. 174, n. 4, (1858-1862), 1. c., IIIj p. 84, (1863) ; 

 Kirby, Cat., p. 159, (1871); Scud., Buff. Bull., II, 

 p. 261, (1875). 

 Arg. Egleis, Bdl., Lep. Cal., p. 59, (1869). 



Very close to Mormonia, if not, as I believe, identical. Ground 

 colour of under surface appears to be paler than in that form, 

 and in some instances with only the subruarginal lunules of 

 secondaries silver. 



?var. d. RUPESTRIS, BEHR, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat, Sc., California. 

 II, p. 175, n. 6, (1858-1862), 1. c., Ill, p. 84, 

 (1863); W. H. Edwds., Proc. Ent. Soc., Phil., Ill, 

 ' p. 435, (1864) ; Butt, N. Am., II, t. 7, Arg., (1X7(5) ; 

 Kirby, Cat., p. 159, (1871); Scud., Buff. Bull., II, 

 p. 261, (1875). 



Black markings heavier, with a tendency to suffusion. Sub- 

 marginal lunules of under side of secondaries partly silver, 

 sometimes all the spots more or less silvered. 



209. EURYNOME, W. H. EDWDS., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., IV, Colorado, 

 p. 66, (1872); Butt. N. Am., II, t. 1, Arg., (1875); 

 Mead, Wheeler's Rep., V, p. 755, (1875) ; Scud., 

 Buff. Bull., II, p. 260, (1875). 



? Arg. Astarte, W. H. Edwds., (nee Dbldy.}, Proc. Ent. 

 Soc., Phil., I, p. 221, (1862). 



This is not the "n. 4 Astarte" of Edwds. in Proc. Ent. Soc., 

 Phil., Ill, p. 435, which is species (.No. 210) described below 

 as follows: 



1210. ARGE, NOB. This name I have given to a smaller allied species (Jalltornia. 

 from California, which has been sometimes mistaken for 

 Muntivayo, and which may be a Pacific coast var. of Ea- 

 rynome. It expands 1^-1| inches; is on upper surface a 

 trifle more red in colour, otherwise much the same as in that 

 species. Beneath the primaries, except along the costa and 

 towards the apex where they are buffj are tinged with red ; 

 in some cases the three or four marginal lunules nearest apex 

 are silver, often er not. Secondaries reddish buff', palest be- 

 tween the marginal lunules and the last row of silver spots, 

 but nowhere dark ; spots all silvered, no tinge of green what- 

 ever in any example of the very many 1 have examined. 

 When compared with Eurynome, beneath the latter is much 

 paler, is yellowish and generally mottled or shaded more or 

 less witli greenish, whilst the present species is darker, is of 

 a ferruginous buff' and never with the slightest indication of 

 green ; the spots are also comparatively smaller and not as 

 heavilv silvered as in Eurynome. This is the species cited as 

 Astarte, Dbldy., by W. H. Edwds., Proc. Ent. Soc., Phil., Ill, 

 j). 435, (1864), and later considered by the same author as 

 identical with Eurynome, from which, however it is I believe, 

 distinct, as shown above. 



