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No 7. Argynnis Adiaste, Boisduval in lit, 



■' Upper side characterized by the absence of most of the usual mark- 

 ings in secondaries, so that they appear ahnost covered by the fiery 

 brown that forms the gi-ound ; markings of the under side very indis- 

 tinct; color of secondaries pale ferruginous, the ordinaiy spots scarcely 

 paler than the rest; even the black bordering on the radical side of the 

 spots common to all the species of this group, is here scarcely percep- 

 tible." 



No. 8. A-RGYNNIS MONTICOLA, Behr. 



A. Zerene^ Boisduval. 

 •' Under side of tlie hind wings of a deep brown, approaching violet 

 in the more diluted spots ; the maculae pale brown and well bordered 

 with black, especially on the radical side." 



No. 9. Argynnis Zerene, Boisduval. 



'' Under side of secondaries of a cinnamon color, from the middle fas- 

 cia to the margin pale ferruginous ; the maculse pale yellowish ; the 

 marginal spots triangular." 



" The diagnosis that Dr. Boisduval gives of Zerene certainly com- 

 prises two species," one of which is No. 8, Monticola, Behr. 



"All these species, related as they are amongst themselves and ti> 

 exotic species, are undeniably distinct. They inhabit different locali- 

 ties; they vary as little as the European Aglaja, and in a long series 

 of specimens I find them constant to their respective diagnosis and 

 without anything that should look intermediate or like transition." 



" The only representative of the Arctic form of Argynnis as now 

 known in California is ^4. Epithorc Boisduval," described in Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Phila. March, 1864. 



