Genus Argynnis 



flow together. The fore wings on the under side are yellowish- 

 buff from the base to the outer row of spots, or in some specimens 

 with the buff lightly laved with reddish; the nerves reddish- 

 brown. The subapical patch is dark brown, with a small sil- 

 vered spot; the five submarginal spots are small and obscurely 

 silvered. The hind wings are dark brown on the discal area 

 and outer margin, with a rather narrow grayish-buff submarginal 

 band, strongly invaded by projections of the dark brown of the 

 discal area. The spots of the outer discal row are generally well 

 silvered; the inner spots less so in most cases. 



$ . — The female has the wings more or less mottled with 

 yellowish outside of the mesial band. The black markings are 

 very heavy in this sex. On the under side the spots are well 

 silvered. 



The dark markings on the upper side of the wings of the male 

 are much heavier than in A. behrensi. On the under side of the 

 wings in both sexes it may be distinguished from behrensi by 

 the fact that the ground-color toward the base is mottled with 

 yellow, and not solid brown as in behrensi. Expanse, 2.25-2.40 

 inches. 



This species abounds on Mount Shasta, in California, at an 

 elevation of seven to eight thousand feet above sea-level. 



(14) Argynnis cornelia, Edwards. Plate XI, Fig. 8, $ 

 (Miss Owen's Fritillary). 



Butterfly, $ . — The upper side of both wings is dark brown 

 from the base to the mesial band of spots, with the exception of 

 the outer end of the cell. The space beyond the band is reddish- 

 fulvous; the dark markings are not very heavy; the two mar- 

 ginal lines are fine, and confluent at the ends of the nervules. 

 The under side of the fore wings is reddish-brown from the base 

 to the outer margin on the inner half of the wing; the outer 

 spaces toward the apex are yellowish; the subapical patch is 

 reddish-brown, inclosing a small silvery spot; the outer margin 

 is reddish-brown, adorned with five small silvery spots toward 

 the apex. The hind wings on the under side are almost solid 

 reddish-brown to the clear yellow submarginal belt, only slightly 

 mottled on the discal area with buff. The spots are small and 

 well silvered. 



$ . — The female on the upper side is duller red, with the dark 

 markings heavier; the marginal spots on the fore wings are pale 



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