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sent me by Mr. Morrison. Here are a score of males corresponding in 

 size and coloring of under side with the male of my Plate. Some of 

 them are as pale fulvous above, but most are deeper red. With them are 

 twelve females, agreeing in size, and of same coloration beneath ; that is, 

 both are yellow on secondaries, mottled with green. The males expand 

 from 2 in. to 2.3 in., and females from 2.25 to 2.5 inches. On the other 

 hand, here is another series corresponding to the female of the Plate, the 

 under side brown, with olive tint, on yellow ground. The males expand 

 2.5, the females 2.7 and 2.8 inches. I have now no doubt that the 

 female figured and described is Coronis Behr, a Californian species, 

 abundant in some districts, but sparingly represented in Nevada. In this 

 Mr. Henry Edwards agrees. I shall give a Plate of Coronis and of the 

 true female of Nevadensis in due time. 



A. Montivaga, Behr, and allies ; and A. Zerene and allies. 



1. Montivaga. Mr. Mead also made large collections in Nevada, in 

 1878, all which I have had the opportunity of examining. Among them 

 were scores of examples of the smaller species of Argynnis, Group I. 

 Mr. Morrison has also sent me upwards of sixty of these, comprising 

 every variation observed by him. I have Dr. Boisduval's type 

 specimens of Egleis and Mormon/a, labelled by himself, the word " type" 

 written on each label. I have also well executed and colored figures of 

 Dr. Behr's Argynnids. Nos. 4 and 5, described in Proc. Cal. Acad., 21st 

 April, 1862, sent me at that time by Dr. Behr himself. In same Pro- 

 ceedings, 1863, Dr. Behr proposed for his No. 4 the name Montivaga, but 

 No. 5 received no name from him then or afterward. No. 4 (Montivaga) 

 was characterized by the light hue of upper surface as compared with most 

 of the related species ; under side of hind wings reddish-brown, with a 

 few diluted spots, those of the intermediate fascia quadrangular rather 

 than oval, and not edged on the marginal side by black. On the other 

 hand, No. 5 is stated to be easily recognised by the black bordering of 

 the intermediate fascia, their oval not quadrangular shape. In 1864, I 

 published a paper entitled " Notes on the Argynnides of California," 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, in which Dr. Behr's papers were recited and an 

 abstract of them given. In this I said that the author seemed to me to 

 have re-named an old species, viz., Astarte Doubl., which appeared to be 

 identical with the No. 4, and I transferred the name Montivaga to No. 5. 

 It was afterwards discovered that Astarte was not an American species, 



