GENUS ARGYNNIS 139 



This variety was discussed by Mr. Edwards and myself for 

 some time before he retired from the pursuit of butterflies, and 

 it was his intention to pubhsh it as Argynnis Wrighti ; but as he 

 never did so pubHsh it, I will now give it the varietal name 

 Laurina. 



135. Argynnis Macaria. 



Plate XV ; Figures 135, a, aa, b, c. 

 Fig. 135, Male, Greenhorn Mountains, June, 

 Author. 



a. Alale, Greenhorn Mountains, June, 



Author, 

 aa, Male, underside, Greenhorn Mountains. June, 

 1888 ; Author. 



b. Female, Greenhorn Mountains, June, 1888; 



Author. 



c. Female, underside, Greenhorn Mountains. June, 



1888; Author. 

 As compared with Laura, Macaria is a trifle larger in size, and 

 is paler in color. There is a peculiar feature in Macaria that does 

 not appear in any other California Argynnis, namely, that in some 

 specimens there is a paling or a fading out of the basal part of all 

 wings from the body half way across the wings ; this paling is 

 apparent in the Plate in figure a; the female, b, also shows a little 

 of the same paleness at base. This feature is seen in about one- 

 third of the specimens of Marcaria that I have ever taken, and, 

 being not uncommon, is, evidently, part and parcel of the species. 



136. Argynnis Semiramis. 

 Pl.\te X\T ; Figures 136, b, c. 



Fig. 136, Male, San Bernardino Mountains, i\Iay, 1887; 

 Author. 



b. Female, San Bernardino Mountains, June, 1899; 



Author. 



c. Female, underside, San Bernardino Mountains, 



June, 1902; Author. 

 Semiramis was discovered by the Author about twenty years 

 ago, on the San Bernardino mountains, and was named by Ed- 

 wards in a year or two afterwards. Xo other Argynnid flies on 

 these mountains, but Semiramis is abundant enough, and holds 

 complete possession. I have not taken this species on any other 



