NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



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141. ARGYN:s1S EGLEIS Bd. 

 Egleis Butterfly. 

 Similar to A. monticola in color, smaller, and the sub-marginal line 

 of crescents on liind wings are lighter, but all of the other markings are 

 proportionately heavy, Fig. 27, c. Beneath, there is less rusty red: the 

 sub-marginal interspace being comparatively clear, and the spots are 

 more decidedly buff. Expands about 2.(^0. Habitat, California and 

 Isevada. 



142. ARGYNNIS MYRINA Cram. 

 Silver-bordered Butterfly. 



Size, small, reddish orange above. Both wings have the marginal 

 border and sub-marginal crescents connected, and within these is a row 

 of spots ; then the fore wings have the usual markings of members of 

 the genus, but the base of hmd wings is marked with an intricate pat- 

 tern, seen in Fig. 27, d. Beneath, markings of fore wmgs repeated but 

 more isolated, omitting the outer border which is replaced with rusty 

 red that extends over the apex ; and both wings have a sub-marginal row 

 of silver spots, black-edged within on fore, and rusty edged on hmd 

 wings, where the black border is also replaced with rusty, and the wing 

 within IS checked with buff and rusty. There is a sub-marginal row 

 of buff-ringed, broAvn spots within which are three rows of silver spots, 

 and there is a silver-ringed black spot in central cell. Expands, 1.75 

 to 1.85. Habitat, New England to Montana and Colorado, north to 

 Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, British America, and Sitka, Alaska. 

 Occurs from June until September. 



143. ARGYNNIS TRICLARIS Hub. 



Hubner's Argynms. 

 Similar to A. myrina; but differs in having no silver spots on bor- 

 der of wings below, and m having one central, and one basal row of sil- 

 ver spots on hind wings below, Fig. 27. e, with a row of silver dots in 

 sub-marginal interspace. Expands, 1.5(J. Habitat, Arctic America; 

 Labrador, and Colorado. 



144. ARGYNNIS HELENA Edw. 



SouTiiEKx Silver-spot. 



Size and general appearence of montinus, but differs in beins: T^ove 



buff below, there being a spot of this color, of a peculiar f ^rm, near the 



basal portion of the upper border of the hmd wings ])clow, Fig. 28, a. 



