Genus Argynnis 



Butterfly. The male on the upper side has both wings deep 

 rich brown, bordered with fulvous, this border being more or 

 less interrupted by rays of brown along the nervules and two 

 rows of circular brown spots, larger on the fore wings than on 

 the hind wings. The wings on the under side are pale buff, 

 deeply marked with black on the base and middle of the fore 

 wings, and clouded with grayish-fulvous on the inner two thirds 

 of the hind wings. A blue spot is located near the end of the 

 cell in the fore wings, and the hind wings are adorned by a mar- 

 ginal and submarginal row of narrow silvery crescents and a few 

 silvery spots toward the base. The female on the upper side is 

 a rich bluish-black, with the outer border of the fore wings marked 

 by three rows of bluish-white quadrate spots, the outer row 

 being the palest, and often quite white. The hind wings are 

 adorned by three more or less complete rows of bright-blue 

 spots, the inner row composed of large subquadrate spots, each 

 having a circular spot of black at its inner extremity. On the 

 under side the female has the ground-color slaty-brown, paler on 

 the hind wings than on the fore wings, which latter are richly 

 marked with blue and black spots. The silvery crescents found 

 on the under side of the hind wings of the male reappear on the 

 under side of the female, and are most conspicuous on the outer 

 margins. Expanse, 3.25-4.00 inches. 



Egg. The egg is pale greenish-white, and conformed in out- 

 line to type. 



Caterpillar. The larva is velvety-black, adorned with six 

 rows of fleshy spines armed with bristles. The spines are 

 orange-red at the base. The head is dull brown. 



Chrysalis. The chrysalis is dusky-brown, with lighter-col- 

 ored short projections on the dorsal side. 



This splendid butterfly, which is the most magnificent species 

 of the genus, is confined to the southern portion of the Appala- 

 chian region, occurring in the two Virginias and Carolinas, north- 

 ern Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and being occasionally 

 found in the southern portion of Ohio and Indiana, and in Mis- 

 souri and Arkansas. 



(3) Argynnis nokomis, Edwards, Plate X, Fig. i, $ ; Fig. 

 2, $ (Nokomis). 



Butterfly. The male on the upper side is bright fulvous, with 

 the characteristic black markings of the genus. On the under 



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