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with black marks, and the hind wings bluish-black on the 

 upper side, while the under sides of all four wings are cov 

 ered with silver spots. Its caterpillar lias a dark-brown 

 body with several yellow lateral lines, and is found in all 

 the States of the Union, sometimes on nettles, raspberries, 

 and willows, but principally on violets. 



Boisduval and Major Leconte, in their work, &quot; Histoire 

 Naturellc des Lepidoptvres de VAmerique Septentrionale&quot; enu 

 merate, beside the one here described, the following native 

 species, viz. : 



Argynnis Diana, of Virginia and Carolina ; Argynnis 

 Cybcle, of the Eastern and Middle States; Argynnis Co- 

 lumbina, of the Southern States and Mexico ; Argynnis 

 Myriad, of the Northern and Southern States ; Argynnis 

 Ossianus, of Labrador; Argynnis Polaris and Chariclea, of 

 Labrador and Cape Nord; and Argynnis Bellona, of tho 

 Northern and Southern States. 



