Genus A.rgytirj)& 
marked with black, and the marginal spots are light buff in color 
Expanse, 3 , 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) Argynnss meadi, Edwards. Plate XI V ; Fig. ! s 3 ; Fig. 2, 
3 , 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. Ail 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, 3 ; Fig. 5, 
$ (Edwards' Fritillary), 
Butterfly.— This beautiful insect is closely related to the Nevada 
Fritillary, from which >t 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, 3 
(Liliana). 
Butterfly , 3 .—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 
subapicai 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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