NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



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(marginal) second, and third, yellow : fourth, red outwardly, yellow, in- 

 Avardly ; three spots at end of central cell, yellow ; four in cell, one red 

 and three yellow, and three, red, beneath the cell. Hind wings ; mar- 

 ginal row, red, second, yellow, third, red, fourth, yellow: two dashes in 

 cell and five or six basal spots, yellow. Beneath, red on fore wings, with 

 two rows of yellow spots, the first, black-edged outwardly, and the sec- 

 ond, inwardly ; a spot outside cell, yellow, and a yellow spot at end: two 

 yellow ones within the cell, all black-edged. Hind wings, red ; a row of 

 sub-marginal crescents, followed inwardly by a black line, then six yel- 

 low spots, nine or ten basal, and two on lower margin. Expands, 1.75 

 to 2.00. Habitat, Northern California. 



IGG. MELITAEA EDITHA Bd. 



Edith's Checker. 



Similar to ]M. baroni but difiers above in having the spots of the 



second red band on hind wdng, slightly pupiled with yellow; and the spots 



of the red band of same wing beneath, are also centered Avith yellow. 



Expands, 1.00 to l.S(J. Habitat, Southern California. 



Fig. 2] 



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a b c (I e t 



niustrating genus Argj'nnis; a, upper side, hind wing, bisehoitii ; b, same, eurynome; c, same, 

 egleis; d, same, myrina; e, same, triclaris; f, same, enlarged, helena. 



1G7. MELITAEA HELVIA Scud. 

 Scudder's Checker. 

 Allied to M. anicia, but differs in being darker above. The margi- 

 nal spots are reddish, the second and third rows on fore wing are whit- 

 ish, there are two whitish spots outside the central cell, and three spots 

 in it, the outer reddish, the middle mixed white and red, and the inner 

 whitish. There are fore rows of spots on outer half of hind wings, close 

 together, first reddish, second whitish, third reddish, and the inner is 

 dusky and Avhitish. Brownish red beneath, deepest on hind wings. Ex- 

 pands, l.uO. Habitat, Bamparts, Youcon Biver, Alaska. 



