Genus Argynnis 
Butterfly .—-The male on the upper side has both wings deep 
rich brown, bordered with fulvous, this border being more or 
less interrupted by rays of brown along the nervules and two 
rows of circular brown spots, larger on the fore wings than on 
the hind wings. The wings on the under side are pale buff, 
deeply marked with black on the base and middle of the fore 
wings, and clouded with grayish-fulvous on the inner two thirds 
of the hind wings. A blue spot is located near the end of the 
cell in the fore wings, and the hind wings are adorned by a mar¬ 
ginal and submarginal row of narrow silvery crescents and a few 
silvery spots toward the base. The female on the upper side is 
a rich bluish-black, with the outer border of the fore wings marked 
by three rows of bluish-white quadrate spots, the outer row 
being the palest, and often quite white. The hind wings are 
adorned by three more or less complete rows of bright-blue 
spots, the inner row composed of large subquadrate spots, each 
having a circular spot of black at its inner extremity. On the 
under side the female has the ground-color slaty-brown, paler on 
the hind wings than on the fore wings, which latter are richly 
marked with blue and black spots. The silvery crescents found 
on the under side of the hind wings of the male reappear on the 
under side of the female, and are most conspicuous on the outer 
margins. Expanse, 3.25-4.00 inches. 
Egg.— The egg is pale greenish-white, and conformed in out¬ 
line to type. 
Caterpillar .—The larva is velvety-black, adorned with six 
rows of fleshy spines armed with bristles. The spines are 
orange-red at the base. The head is dull brown. 
Chrysalis .— The chrysalis is dusky-brown, with lighter-col¬ 
ored short projections on the dorsal side. 
This splendid butterfly, which is the most magnificent species 
of the genus, is confined to the southern portion of the Appala¬ 
chian region, occurring in the two Virginias and Carolinas, north¬ 
ern Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and being occasionally 
found in the southern portion of Ohio and Indiana, and in Mis¬ 
souri and Arkansas. 
(3) Argynnis nokomis, Edwards, Plate X, Fig. 1, $ ; Fig. 
2, $ (Nokomis). 
Butterfly .— The male on the upper side is bright fulvous, with 
the characteristic black markings of the genus. On the under 
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