ARGYNNIS y. 



ARGYNNIS INORNATA. 



Ar(]ynms inornala, Eilwanls, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. IV., ]>. 64, 1872. 



Primaries strongly arched, produced apically, straight on hind margin in the 

 male, slightly concave in the female. 



Male. — Expands 2.5 inches. 



Upper side red-fulvous, much obscured from the mesial band to base, so as to 

 render the blackish markings indistinct as compared with Hesperis, the nearest 

 allied species ; margins bordered by two parallel lines that are confluent on 

 primaries and on upper half of secondaries, forming a black band through which 

 fointly apjjears a tint of fulvous in the interspaces ; on the band rests a con- 

 nected series of black lunules inclosing pale fulvous spots ; the other black 

 markings as in Hesperis, but heavier ; on disks of secondaries paler spots corre- 

 sponding to the second row on underside ; the black markings in cell of primaries 

 next anterior to the spot on arc strongly bent so as to inclose a sub-quadrate 

 space which is paler than the ground color ; fringes luteous, black at tips of the 

 nervules. Under side of primaries cinnamon-brown at base, and up to the mesial 

 black band and within the P like spot on the arc ; but the sul)-quadrate space 

 and that portion in cell next posterior is buff; I'est of wing buff, including the 

 sub-marginal and sub-apical spots. 



Secondaries reddish-bi'own from base to outside of second row of spots, the 

 band between this and outer row bufi' and immaculate ; the marginal spots lai'ge, 

 broad, sub-triangular, very slightly edged above by brown ; those of second row 

 mostly large, broad-oval ; of the third row, the first on costa is nearly round, the 

 second trapezoidal, the third a dash only ; the spots of the second and third rows 

 lightly edged above with black ; two round spots in black rings in cell, a long 

 oval at base of sub-median and a dash at base of sub-costal ; all these buff, 

 scarcely difiering from parts of the ground color, and without silver. 



Body covered with fulvous hairs, gray-buff beneath, abdomen buff; legs buff; 

 palpi same, fulvous in front and at tip ; antenna? black above, fulvous lielow ; 

 club black, tip falvous. 



