259 



lively shorter basal joint of tarsi, tlie smaller and more pedunculated pad and 

 rather stouter claws, besides in some points in the neuration of the fore wing 

 and the general pattern of coloration. 



103. Diana Cram., Pap. Exot., 2, pi. 98, figs. D E (Papilio) ; God., Encycl. 

 Meth., 9, 257 {Argynnis) ; Say, Am. Eat., pi. 17 {Argynnis) ; 1 Edw., 

 Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynnisl, figs. 1-4 ; Suppl., pi. Argynnis 1, figs. 1-4 

 {Argynnis) ; Boisd.-LeC, Lep. Am. Sept., 149 {Argynnis). 



Southern Alleghanies; also, fide Say, " Arkansaw" and Missouri. 



Food plants : Viola Vernnnia. 



45. ARGYNNIS Fabricius (1807). 

 Type : Papilio Aglaja Linn. 



104. Nokomis Edw., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 18G2, 221 ; Herr.-Scliaeff"., 



Prodr. Syst. Lep., 1, 91 {Brenthis); Edw. Butt. N. Am. 1, pi. Argynnis 

 4, figs. 1-4. 

 Montana ; Idaho. 



105. *Nitocris Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 5, 15. 

 Arizona. 



106. Leto Belir, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sc, 2, 173 ; Edw., Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. 



Argynnis 10, figs. 1-4; Suppl., pi. Argynnis 10, figs. 1-4. 

 Cyhele Boisd. (nee Fabr.), Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 12, 60. 

 California ; Oregon. 



107. CybeleFaSr., Syst. Ent. 516 {Papilio) ; God., Encycl. Meth., 9, 263 ; Edw.. 



Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynnis 2, figs, 1-4 ; Boisd.-Le C, Lep. Am. Sept., 

 151, pi. 45, figs. 8-4. 



Baphnis Cram., Pap. Exot., 1 pi. 57, figs. E F {Papilio). 

 Aphrodite Humph.-Westw. (nee Fabr.), Brit. Butt., 3d Ed., 46, pi. 

 12, figs. 4-5. 

 Southern Canada and northern United States, as far as Virginia, east of 

 Plains ; most abundant southward. 

 Food-plant : Violets. 



108. Aphrodite Fair., Mant. Ins., 2, 62 {Papilio) ; God., Encycl. MiHh., 9, 



264 ; Edw., Butt. N. Am., 1, pi. Argynnis 3, figs. 1-4. 



Baphnis }iiix.xt., Psyche, pi. 3, No. 7, pi. 4, No.JO {Papilio). 



Same distribution as A. Cybele, but most abundant nortliAvard ; Colorado. 



Food-plant : Violets. 



It seems to me probable that the Atlantis of Edwards is the true ApJirodite 

 of Fabricius, but as it is quite impossible to be certain of it, the names ought 

 to stand as given by Mr. Edwards, who first clearly distinguished the species 

 in this difficult group. The species were still confounded in the British Muse- 

 um after the publication of Butler'e Fabrician butterflies (see p. 101) ; the Ar- 

 gynnis from Nova Scotia, call(Ml in that work Aphrodite, being Edwards' Atlantis. 



