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greenish gray or drab, the submarginal band pale yellow, 

 usually pure from margin to margin. Silver spots the 

 same as in Aphrodite, 



This species resembles A. Aj^liroditey but may be 

 known by its smaller size, and by its being 

 more brown at the base of the wings above, ^^^' '*^* 

 and having a darker color on the under side of 

 the hind ^v^no:s. 



The early stages are almost the same as those 

 of A. Oybde and Aphrodite, and the food-plants 

 are violets. The pupa, or chrysalis, is repre- 

 sented in outline in Fig. 41. It has been found ATgyunis 

 in New England, New York, and Iowa. Atlantis, 



puim. 



43. Argynnis M\TiiNA, Cram. 



Expanse of wings from 1.7 to 1.85 inches. 



Upper surface yellowish fulvous, less than the basal 

 fourth of the wing dusky brown. In the cell of the 

 fore wings are the usual five bars, the second and third 

 united, but not the fourth and fifth, the fourth an open 

 3. Beyond the cell the usual black zigzag line; and 

 below the cell under the double bar a longitudinal dash, 

 with projections towards the cell, the inner running to 

 the base of the wing. Outer margin black, inside this 

 a line composed of crescents, with the usual submarginal 

 row of black dots, the whole more or less blended at the 

 apex, so that the marginal line and the row of crescents 

 form a band containing a row of fulvous spots. 



Hind wings with the margin and row of black spots 



as in the fore wings, except that they are less prominent 



anteriorly. Within the median zigzag line is another 



crossing the end of the cell, where it sends out a short 

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