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tively shorter basal joint of tarsi, tlie smaller and more pedunculated pad and 

 rather stouter claws, besides in some points in the neuration of the fore wing 

 and the general pattern of coloration. 



103. Diana Cram., Pap. Exot., 2, pi. 98, figs. D E {Papilio); God., Encycl. 



Mi'th., 9, 257 {A )'(/!/ an is); Say. Am. Ent., pi. 17 (Arr/i/nnifi) ; 1 Edw., 

 Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynnisl, figs. 1-4 ; Suppl., pi. Argynuis 1, figs. 1-4 

 (Argynnis) ; Boisd.-LeC, L6p. Am. Sept., 149 {Argynuis). 



Southern Alleghanies; also, fide Say, " Arkansaw" and Missouri. 



Food plants : Viola Vcrnnnia. 



45. AR(iYNNIS Fabricius (1807). 

 Type : Papilio Aglaja Linn. 



104. Nokomis Edw.. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1862, 221 ; Herr.-Schaeff., 



Prodr. Syst. Lep., 1, 91 (Brenthis); Edw. Butt. N. Am. 1, pi. Argynuis 

 4, figs. 1-4. 

 Montana ; Idaho. 



105. "Nitocris Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 5, 15. 

 Arizona. 



108. Leto Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc, 3, 173 ; Edw., Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. 

 Argynnis 10, figs. 1-4 ; Suppl., pi. Argynnis 10, figs. 1-4. 

 Cybele Boisd. (nee Fabr.), Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 12, 60. 

 California; Oregon. 



107. CyheleFabr.,Syst. Ent. 516 {Papilio) ; God., Encycl. M^th.,9, 363 ; Edw., 



Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynuis 3, figs, 1-4 ; Boisd.-Le C, Lep. Am. Sept., 

 151, pi. 45, figs. 3-4. 



Daphnis Cram., Pap. Exot., 1 pi. 57, figs. E F {Papilio). 

 Aphrodite Humph.-Westw. (liec Fabr.), Brit. Butt., 3d Ed., 46, pi. 

 12, figs. 4-5. 

 Southern Canada and northern United States, as far as Virginia, east of 

 Plains ; most abundant southward. 

 Food plant : Violets. 



108. Aphrodite Fabr., Mant. Ins.. 3, 62 {Papilio); God., Encycl. Meth., 9, 



264 ; Edw., Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynnis 3, figs. 1^. 



Daphnis Mart., Psyche, pi. 3, No. 7, pi. 4, No.; 9 {Papilio). 



Same distribution as A. Cybele, but most abiindaut northward ; Colorado. 



Food-plant : Violets. 



It seems to me probable that the Atlantis of Edwards is the true Aphrodite 

 of Fabricius, but as it is quite impossible to be certain of it, the names ought 

 to stand as given by Mr. Edwards, who first clearly distinguished the species 

 in this difficult group. The species were still confoundod in the British Muse- 

 um after the publication of Butler's Fabriciau butterflies (see p. 101) ; the Ar- 

 gynuis from Nova Scotia, called in that work Aphrodite, beii^g Edwards' Atlantis. 



