ARGYNNIS VIII. 



ARGYNNIS MONTICOLA. 1—4. 



Ar<jt/nms Montlcoh, Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci, 18G2, p. 172, and 18G3, p. 84. Zcrene, 

 Boisduval, Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 303. 



Primaries broad, moderately arched, slightly concave on hind margin. 



Male. Expands 2.6 inches. 



Upjier side bright fulvous, marked and .spotted with black as in allied species; 

 both wings edged by a double line which encloses fulvous spaces between the 

 nervulcs; the submarginal spots arc lunular on secondaries and lunularor dentate 

 on jirimaries, connected with each other and with the marginal lines ; the rounded 

 sjiots on outer linil) unusually large, except the fourth on secondaries and the four 

 upper ones on primarii's, which are minute ; the median band on primaries heavy, 

 the separate spots of which it is composed much diffused ; that of secondaries heavy 

 and confluent ; the cellular .sj^ot of secoudai'ies like the letter S, but varies much, 

 being sometimes very ojjcn, and sometimes compressed into a round spot ; fringes 

 yellowish at the emarginations. 



Under side of primaries bright red-fulvous over the whole base, disk and in- 

 ner margin ; costal and apical jiortians butf with a violet tinge next the hind mar- 

 gin ; this margin and the apical patch brown ; same markings as on uj^per surface ; 

 the submarginal spots blackish next inner angle, brown towards apex, enclosing 

 severally fulvous or buff .spaces ; on the patch buff" s[)ots. 



Secondaries violet brown more or less mottled with clear brown ; between the 

 two outer rows of spots a belt of rather paler shade than the ground color, nnich 

 encroached on by the brown shadows projected by both rows of spots; hind mar- 

 gin brown ; the spots are twenty two in number, viz : seven submarginal, long and 

 very narrow, edged without by a few scales of black ; eight median of moderate 

 size, heavily edged with black above ; the third row of four, all heavily edged with black 

 above, the first and third crescent, the second cut by the arc, the lower part edged 

 with black above ; in the cell one, sometimes two, rounded spots and an oval below 

 the median, surrounded by black ; all these spots light buff without silvering. 



Body above fulvous, below Iniff ; legs light buff; palpi same color edged with 

 fulvous ; anteuuiE black above, fulvous below ; clijb black tij^ped with fulvous. 



Female. Exjjands 2.8 inches. 



Color somewhat paler than the male ; the black markings heavy ; the spots 

 enclosed in the submarginal dentations paler than the'ground. Under side like the 



