Genus Argynnis 



marked with black, and the marginal spots are light buff in color. 

 Expanse, $ , 2.50-3.00 inches; ? , 3.00-3.50 inches. 



Early Stages. — These remain to be discovered. 



This species is found in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, Nevada, 

 Montana, and British America. 



(31) Argynnis meadi, Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 1, $ ; Fig. 2, 

 d" , under side (Mead's Silver-spot). 



Butterfly. — This species is very closely allied to the preceding, 

 of which it may be an extreme variation, characterized by the 

 darker color of the fore wings on the upper side, the nervules 

 being heavily bordered with blackish, and the deeper, more solid 

 green of the under side of the wings. All the specimens I have 

 seen are considerably smaller in size than A. nevadensis. 



Early Stages. — Wholly unknown. 



This species or variety is found from Utah northward to the 

 province of Alberta, in British America. 



(32) Argynnis edwardsi, Reakirt, Plate XI, Fig. 4, $ ; Fig. 5, 

 ? (Edwards' Fritillary). 



Butterfly. — This beautiful insect is closely related to the Nevada 

 Fritillary, from which it may be distinguished by the brighter 

 color of the upper side, the heavier black borders, especially in 

 the female sex, and the olive-brown color of the under side of the 

 hind wings. The olivaceous of these wings greatly encroaches 

 upon the marginal belt. Expanse, 3.00-3.25 inches. 



Early Stages. — These have been carefully and minutely de- 

 scribed by Edwards in the "Canadian Entomologist," vol. xx, 

 p. 3. They are not unlike those of A. atlantis in many respects. 



This species is not uncommon in Colorado and Montana. 



(33) Argynnis liliana, Henry Edwards, Plate XIII, Fig. 11, 

 $ (Liliana). 



Butterfly, $ . — The wings on the upper side are reddish-ful- 

 vous. The black markings and the spots are slight. The fore 

 wings on the under side are yellowish-buff; the base and the 

 hind margin to below the cell, brown, with buff on the median 

 interspaces. The outer end of the cell is yellowish-buff. The 

 subapical patch is brown, adorned by two or three well-silvered 

 spots. The five upper marginal spots are well silvered. The 

 hind wings are brown, but little mottled with buff. The spots 

 are well silvered. The marginal belt is narrow, ochreous-brown. 



? . — The female is much paler than the male, and the marginal 



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