PL. XIV 



(6) Argynnis attantis Edwards. Plate XIV, d" (The 

 Mountain Silverspot). 



Smaller than A. aphrodite, with narrower wings, darker at 

 the base on both the upper and lower sides. The submarginal 

 band below is pale yellow, narrow, distinct, and always present. 

 Expanse 2.25 to 2.5 inches. 



Ranges from Quebec to Alberta and southward, but is con- 

 fined to the Appalachian mountain ranges in southern Penn- 

 sylvania and West Virginia. 



The specimen figured on the Plate is the type of the male 

 contained in the collection of the late William H. Edwards. 

 Although taken long ago, it retains all its original freshness and 

 beauty. 



There used to be near Cresson on the summit of the Alle- 

 gheny Mountains a field surrounded by woodland in which 

 violets grew. When the clover was in bloom myriads of 

 Fritillaries, belonging to the species aphrodite, cybele, and 

 atlantis, congregated there. What captures we made! Many 

 a collection on both sides of the Atlantic contains specimens 

 taken in that field, but no possessor of these specimens can 

 have the happy memories of the days passed in that field by 

 their captor. 

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