ARGYNNIS VIII. 



basal area of primaries beneath is fiery red, in others it is paler, and as in the 

 male (Fig. 3). 



The male ligured on our Plate is the original type of Dr. Boisduval, sent me 

 by himself, and bearing his label as " type " Adiante. In his description of this 

 male he says : " The lour wmgs on upper side are of a vivid fulvous with the 

 black spots disposed nearly as in the neighboring species. . . . The female re- 

 sembles the male. This beautiful Argynnis was taken in some numbers by M. 

 Lorquin, on the edges of woods, in the eastern part of California." 



Of late years Adiante has not been a very common species in collections, owing 

 to its local habits, apparently. Professor J. J. Rivers writes me that " it is found 

 above Los Gatos in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It also occurs at several locali- 

 ties in the same range, and in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties ; but it does 

 not appear to be found farther south than about nine miles north of Santa Cruz 

 city." Apparently Dr. Boisduval was mistaken in the locality. 



Dr. Behr writes, March 15, 1890 : " Adiante is found in the Santa Cruz Moun- 

 tains, near Searsville, extending to Los Gatos Creek and farther south. I do not 

 know its southern limit. If you strike the right time, it is common near the 

 sawmill on the upper Los Gatos Creek, and in an hour you may catch several 

 dozens. It is very constant, and unlike many of the California Argynnides, 

 develops neither variations, nor aberrations, nor races." 



