AMERICAN LEPIDOrTERA. G7 



easily taken. Fresh specimens are beautifully ornamented on the un- 

 der surface, the silver being conspicuous and the yellow and green 

 bright. Among a large number taken by Mr. Mead, one male was 

 without silver, the spots being clear yellow. 



Argyiinis Meadii, n. sp. 



Primaries slightly arched, but little produced, straight on hind 

 margin. 



Male. — Expands 2.2 inches. Upper side bright fulvous, very little 

 obscured at base; hind margins bordered by two fine parallel lines en- 

 closing throughout a narrow fulvous space, divided by the black uer- 

 vules; upon these lines rest a confluent series of black spots, those next 

 apices and next anal angle lunate, the remainder, on primaries, nearly 

 serrate and those on middle of secondaries sharply serrate, all enclosing 

 fulvous spots; the rounded spots next preceding moderately large; 

 the mesial zigzag band common, narrow and uniform ; in cell of pri- 

 maries the usual inscriptions ; at origin of lower branch of median a 

 black mark, and below, in next interspace, a sagittate spot; discal spot 

 on secondaries shaped like the letter C inverted ; the second row of 

 silver spots of under side are indicated above by a slightly paler space; 

 fringes of primaries almost wholly black, there being merely a little 

 luteous against the middle of each interspace; of secondaries wholly 

 luteous, except a little black at tips of the posterior nervules. Under 

 side of primaries pale cinnamon brown at base and along the nervures 

 of disk, remainder light buff, except that the hind margin and apical 

 portion are of a delicate yellow-green ; the five upper marginal spots 

 are well silvered and sub-apically are three others, the middle one be- 

 ing conspicuous. 



Secondaries wholly golden-green, a sub color of buff showing along 

 the middle of the band between the outer rows of spots ; all the spots 

 well silvered ; of the seven marginal, the one next anal angle is sub- 

 lunate, the next three are broad and sharply serrate, the two follow- 

 ing less serrate and the last at outer angle sub-ovate ; all these com- 

 pletely edged with black ; the second row consists of seven, mostly 

 long oval, the 1st, 2nd and 6th from costa of equal breadth, the 3rd nar- 

 rower, the 5th very broad, the 4th a point, the 7th irregular, all heavily 

 edged above with black, and slightly elsewhere ; the third row of four, 

 the 1st sub-rotund, the 2ud trapezoidal, the 3rd and 4th rather dashes 

 of silver, all edged above only with black ; in the cell two rounded 

 spots in black circles, a long oval in sub-median interspace and a dash 

 at base of sub-costal ; shoulder and abdominal margin lightly silvered. 



Body above covered with fulvous hairs, beneath, thorax grey buff, 



