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Ui. BUENTHIS Jliibner (1810). 



Type: I'apilio Hecate Wien. Verz. 



130. Myriiia Cram., Pap. Exot., 3, pi. 18'J, fif,'8. B C (Papilio); IliJbn., Vt-r/. 



Sclimott., .30 (Arffi/nnis); Say, Am. Ent., 3, jil. 40 (}fditiu'a); Ilerr.- 

 Schaetr., Prodr. Li!p., 1, 7:5 ; Boi.>id.-LuC., Lrp. Am. Sept., lO.J, pi. 4.'), figs. 

 1-2 {Argyiuiin). 



MyriiiuH llerbst, XaturHy.st. Ins., Schinett., 9, 178, pi. 255, figs. 3-4 



■ {Papilio). 

 Myrissa Qod., Encycl. Mi'tli., 9, 206, 800 {Aryyunin). 

 Northern half of United States and southern parts of British America, east 

 of Rocky Mountains ; California ; Colorado. 

 Food-plants : Violets, wild and cultivated. 



131. Triclaris lllihn., Exot. Schmett., 2 {Argynnis). 



Ossianus Boisd. (nee Herbst), Icon. Lep.,p]. 19, figs. 1-3 {Argynnis)-^ 

 Boisd.-LeC, Lep. Am. Sept., 157 (Argynnis). 

 Labrador ; Colorado ; Utah ; Wyoming. 



132. Helena Edw., Trans. Am. Eat. Soc, 3, 268 (Argynnis). 

 Colorado. 



133. *Morrisii Beak., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1860, 39. 

 California, Oregon. 



134. *Nenoqiiis Beak., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., 1806. 40. 

 California ; Oregon. 



Is this distinct from the European Dia? 



185. Chariclea Schneid., Fuessl. Neuest. Mag., 5, 588 (Papilio); Ochs., 

 Schmett. Eur., 4, 114 (Argynnis) ; Herr.-SchaeflF., Prodr. Syst. Lep., 1, 

 91 ; Boisd.-LeC, Lep. Am. Sept., 161 (Argynnis). 

 arctica Zett., Ins. Lapp., 899 (Argynnis). 



Boisdumlii Somm. in Boisd., Icon. Lep., 1, 98, pi. 20 figs. 5-6 (Ar- 

 gynnis). 

 Greenland ; British Possessions east of Rocky Mountains, almost to southern 

 boundaries; Rocky Mountain district as far south as Colorado (northernmost 

 Europe). 



138. *Tarquinins Curt., Ross Voy. App. 68 (Mclitaea). 



Polar regions of America. 



The description by Curtis does not agree with any of the polar species known 

 to me; it has generally been placed as a synonym of Freija, but it certainly 

 does not agree with that. 



137. Freija Thunb., Diss. Ins. Suec, 2, 34, figs. 14, 14 (Papilio); Ilubn., 

 yerz. Schmett., 30 (Argynnis). 



Fi'cya Hiibn., Cur, Schmett., figs. 55-6 (Papilio) ; Herr.-SchaefiF., 



Prodr. Syst. Lep., 1, 91. 

 Dia lapponica Esp., Eur. Schmett., 1, pi. 97, fig. 3 (Papilio). 

 British Possessions, excepting southernmost parts ; Rocky Mountain district 

 as far south as Colorado ; (northermnost Europe and Asia.) 



