ARGYNNIS XII 



ARGYNNI8 BEHREXSII. 1- 



Argijnnk Bchrcnsii, Edwards, Trans. Ainer. Ent. Soc, 1870. 



Primaries narrow, sliohtlv arcliod, concave on hind margin. 



Male. Expands 2.2 inches. 



Upper side dull fulvous, much obscured at base ; primaries bordered by two 

 fine j^arallel lines enclosing very narrow fulvous sj^ices between the nervules ; rest- 

 ing on these a series of small black crescents, each enclosing a fulvous spot ; the 

 round submarginal spots of medium size ; other markings as in Hesperis and al- 

 lied species. 



Secondaries have a double marginal line enclosing large fulvous spaces ; the 

 lunules large, crescent, not quite touching each other or the line ; the rounded 

 spots small ; the median row confluent, forming an unusually narrow band, much 

 like that of Hesperis; on the arc a recurved black spot enclosing a narrow ful- 

 vous space ; between the submarginal S250ts and median line a row of pale fulvous 

 spots corresponding to the second silvered series beneath. 



Under side: primaries light buff, at base and along the nervules jiale ferrugi- 

 nous; on hind margin and at apex dark brown; the marginal spots sagittate, black 

 next inner angle, dee^^ brown above and near apex lost in the ground color ; the 

 upper five enclosing silver spaces; on the sub-apical patch three silver spots; other 

 markings as above. 



Secondaries of a deep, dense ferruginous, (much as in female Aphrodite) which 

 color occupies the whole wing except a narrow violet-brown space between the outer 

 rows of spots ; these are twenty-one or twenty-two in number, all silvered, viz : 

 seven submarginal, narrow, elongated, edged above by broad ferruginous crescents; 

 a second row of seven mostly oval or pyriform ; a third of five, of which the first and 

 third are semi-oval, the second a jioint, fourth and fifth streaks on the margin; 

 both the two last rows narrowly edged with black ; in the cell a round spot and a 

 point; an oval at base of median, another at base of costal ; shoulder and abdominal 

 margin lightly silvered. 



Body above fulvous ; beneath, abdomen buff, thorax covered with gray-ful- 

 vous hairs ; palpi fulvous ; antennae black above, fulvous below ; club black, tip 

 ferruginous. 



