Genus Argynnis 



Early Stages. Not yet ascertained. 



The type specimens upon which the foregoing description is 

 founded came from Mendocino, in California. 



(24) Argynnis halcyone, Edwards, Plate XIII, Fig. 5, $ ; 

 Fig. 6, $ , under side (Halcyone). 



Butterfly, $. The primaries are produced and relatively 

 narrower than in the preceding species, fulvous on the upper 

 side, with the black markings distinct, the mesial band of the 

 secondaries confluent. The fore wings on the under side are 

 pale fulvous, reddish at the base, pale buff at the end of the cell 

 and on the costal margin before the apex. The subapical spots 

 and the pale spots of the marginal series are very little silvered. 

 The hind wings have the inner two thirds deep reddish-brown, 

 slightly mottled with buff. The marginal band is buff, and all 

 the spots are well silvered. 



? . The female, which is considerably larger than the male, 

 is marked much as in that sex; but all the black markings are 

 heavier, and on the under side of the primaries the base and inner 

 margin are laved with red. The marginal band on the hind 

 wings is not as distinct in this sex as in the male, in many speci- 

 mens being somewhat obscured by olive-brown. Expanse, $ , 

 2. 50 inches; ?, 2.90-3. 10 inches. 



Early Stages. Not known. 



This species, which is still rare in collections, is found in 

 southern Colorado and the adjacent parts of Utah and Arizona. 



(25) Argynnis chitone, Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 16, $ 

 (Chitone). 



Butterfly, $ . The wings on the upper side are dull fulvous, 

 greatly obscured by brown at the base of the wings. The dark 

 spots and markings are not heavy. The fore wings on the under 

 side are yellowish-fulvous at the base and on the inner half of 

 the wing; the apical patch and the nervules on the apical area 

 are heavy ferruginous; the marginal spots are buff, with no 

 silver. The hind wings on the under side are light ferruginous, 

 mottled with buff; the belt is broad, clear buff; the outer margin 

 is brown. All the spots are small and imperfectly silvered. 



$ . The female is nearly the same shade as the male, with 

 the marginal spots on the under side always silvered, the re- 

 mainder without silver, or only now and then with a few silvery 

 scales. Expanse, 2.25-2.50 inches. 



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