328 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July, 'l/ 



New Species of Lepidoptera. 



By HENRY SKINNER. 



Argynnis californica n. sp. 



$ . This species is paler in color than its related forms and has a 

 faded or washed out appearance in comparison with its relatives. 

 In size it is smaller than snydcri which it resembles in markings. It is 

 about the same size as calippe Bd. and juba Bd. but is larger than 

 coronis Behr. It can be at once separated from calippe by its much 

 lighter color and from juba by the much duller color of the buff band 

 on the underside of the secondaries. Both sexes are heavily silvered 

 beneath. 



9 Quite similar to the male in color and markings. 



The male expands 56 mm. and the female 58 mm. 



Described from fifteen specimens from California, the type 

 and paratypes were taken by Mr. J. G. Grundel at Alma, 

 Santa Clara County. 



I would not have ventured describing this species without 

 a good figure if it had not been already well figured by Mr. 

 W. H. Edwards under the name coronis, in his Butterflies of 

 North America, vol. 3, pi. 4 of Argynnis. A number of years 

 ago I compared specimens of my own with the type of coronis 

 Behr in the Strecker collection. Due to Mr. Edwards' figurt 

 of this species it has been accepted as coronis and snyderi, a 

 related species, has been considered by some persons a variety 

 of coronis. The true coronis is very close to jnba and calippe. 



Melitaea arida n. sp. 



Upperside. Primaries dull fulvous marked with a series of small 

 spots crossing the wing from the costa to the interior margin. The 

 submarginal row is almost obsolete, the central spot being a crescent; 

 the next row consists of three larger spots beyond the cell and two 

 below, the last one small and hour-glass in shape ; the last row con- 

 sists of one spot near the end of the discal cell and one spot directly 

 below it. 



Secondaries same color as primaries with three rows of spots 

 crossing the wing from the costa to the interior margin. The sub- 

 marginal row consists of seven, narrow, minute yellowish crescents; 

 the next row is composed of six minute black spots edged on the 

 inner side by dull yellow; the next row is a curved line of minute 

 yellowish spots; there is a yellow linear spot in the cell. 



Underside. The primaries have a marginal border composed of 

 brown and yellowish spots; the limbal area is marked by spots of two 

 shades of fulvous. 



The secondaries have a submarginal row of crescents, two near the 

 costa and one at the lower third; the next row consists of five small 

 black dots, the lower one very minute; the basal area is made up of 

 several rows of spots semi-silvered. 



Expanse 26-30 mm. 



Type and paratype. Two specimens marked Cochise Co., 



