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^Fehruaty 1890. 



A. la/'s^ of which I have seven of the 

 specimens from Red-deer River, from 

 which the sj^ecies was described, seems 

 to me very near atlaiitls^ but separable 

 bv the smaller size, paler color, and 

 apparentlv bv the less raised scales 

 of the submedian veins in the male. 

 Edwards, however, says it is of the 

 size of ailaniis, and stands between 

 that and aphrodite. Geddes does not 

 tell us how to distinguish them, but 

 says that it was found on the prairies 

 al)Out Fort P^tlmonton, while atlantis 

 occurred in the mountains. 



A. coronis is a species which seems to 

 ha^•e a very wide range west of the 

 Rockv Moimtains, and varies a good 

 deal, but may be recognized in most 

 of its forms b\' the large ovoid silver 

 spots of the imder side of the hind wing. 

 It is apparently most nearly allied to 

 edivai'dsl, with its forms iievadensis and 

 mead! I., but these diHer in the longer? 

 narrower shape of the fore ^^■ing, and 

 do not seem to be found on the Pacific 

 coast. There occur, liowever, in Nevada 

 forms which are described as laura and 

 fnacaria, of which I have authentic 

 specimens from Mr. II. Edwards, and 

 ^vhicil, by their under sides, seem to be 

 coronis ; whilst c/nione, also sent by 

 Mr. H. Edwards from Nevada, does not 

 agree witliW. IT. Edwards's description 

 on the under side, and is nearer to neva- 

 densis. 



None of these names can, in my 

 opinion, be retained except as syno- 

 nyms, though they are all three kept up 

 in Mr. W. II. Edwards's 1889 Cata- 

 logue as distinct species. 



Whether rdii'a/-d.s'i, iievade7isis^ and 

 7>ieadii are distinct is a more doubtful 

 question. Certainly ineadii., which I 

 have taken in the Yellowstone Park, 

 looks very different from the large ed- 

 W£7/'(/j>/ of Colorado, but I have some 

 from Montana, taken by Morrison, and 

 from thi' N. \\^. Territory of Canada by 

 Geddes, named nevadcfisis^ which are 

 perfectly intermediate in size and color; 

 whilst others, sent by Strecker as neva- 

 deusis from Colorado, resemble ap/iro- 

 dite in the color of their hind wings be- 

 low. Mead sa\s:-— "'The three closely 

 allied species, edivardsi^ i/cvadeiisis^ 

 and meadii seem to be related to each 

 other in much the same way as the eas- 

 tern aplirodite., cybcle., and atlantis. 

 In edivardsi the pale submarginal band 

 below is narrower, and sometimes 

 almost obsolete, as in aphrodite, and it 

 ranges up to greater elevations than ne- 

 vadensis^i which has this band compara- 

 tively broad in both sexes, as we see it 

 in cybele. JAvcf/// differs from either in 

 tint, especially the feniale ; it is some- 

 what smaller, and probably, like atlan- 

 tis., is exclusively confined to the moun- 

 tains. The peculiar bright green color- 

 ation of the under side of secondaries 

 hi meadii., however, has no parallel 

 among our fritillarles." 



A. callippc is, in its typical form, 

 wiiich occurs all through the lowlands of 

 California, a very distinct species ; but 

 liliana is, according to Mr. 11. ICd- 

 wards, intermediate between it and cor- 

 onis., anil the specimen which he sent 

 me as typical of it does not agree with 

 those which Mr. (iothnan and I took 



