450 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., '13 



A New Argynnis from Utah (Lep.) 



By HENRY SKINNER. 

 Argynnis laurenti n. sp. 



Expanse 19-21 mm. Upperside. Primaries ochraceous-orange (very 

 nearly the color of A. atossa) with the markings in a general way 

 similar to those of Helena, chariclea and triclaris, but instead of the 

 usual row of crescent-shaped spots between the row of dots across 

 the wing and the exterior margin, there is a sinuous, narrow line of 

 fuscous, and the marginal line has a very little fuscous at the ends 

 of the veins. The secondaries also have the same characteristic line, 

 replacing the lunate spots seen in the allied species. There is also a 

 distinct and comparatively large black spot in the disc near the base 

 of the wing which is obsolete or nearly so in the allied species. 



Underside. Primaries marked as above and the large round spots 

 distinct and well denned. The band of yellow spots of the second- 

 aries extending across the wing from the costa to the inner margin, 

 in a general way is like that of kelcna but differs much in detail. The 

 veins divide this band into nine spots, the triangular one, which is 

 the third from the costa, is much less acute than in helena and there 

 is an additional spot extending from the base of this spot in the new 

 species. The seventh spot from the costa, which is shaped like an 

 hour-glass, is much longer than the similar spot in helena. This band 

 extends to the inner margin, which is not the case in helena. 



The marginal silvery or white lunules are entirely wanting 

 in this species. The lighter color, the waved line on both 

 wings, above and below, and the absence of the silvery lunules 

 of the secondaries below, will readily separate this species 

 from its congeners. 



Described from eight specimens taken by Mr. Philip Laurent 

 and the author, at Silver Lake (Brightens), Utah, July loth 

 to I4th, 1899. 



Type in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia. Named in honor of Mr. Philip Laurent, 

 Director of the Entomological Section of the Academy. 



Lectures on Insects. 



Mr. Edward F. Bigelow, President of the Agassiz Association, 

 Arcadia, Sound Beach, Connecticut, is planning to enter the lecture 

 field more extensively in the future, and announces, as two of his 

 topics, "The most wonderful of all insects the Honey Bee" and "In 

 the Microscopical World." 



