CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. Ill 



16. Argynnis Myrina, 



Papilio (N. P.) Myrina, Cramer, " alls dentatis, fulvis iiigro ma- 

 culatis, subtus maculis 30 argenteis : habitat in America boreali." 

 Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 189. figs. B, C (1781). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 109. n. 476 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 62. 



n. 59 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 145. n. 444 (1793). 

 Nova Scotia. (Obtained from Mr. Iledman) B.M. 



This species is closely allied to the European A. Selene. 



17. Argynnis Pales. 



Papilio (N. P.) Pales, Denis, " alis subintegris, fulvis, basi macu- 

 lisque nigris ; posticis subtus brunneis flavo argenteoque variis : ha- 

 bitat in Austria." P. Arsilache, Esper, Eur. Schmett. i. pt. 2. pi. 56. 

 figs. 4, 5 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 63. n. 598 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 



p. 257. n. 798 (1793). 

 Germany. (Obtained 1847, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



18. Argynnis Laodice. 



Papilio (N. P.) Laodice, Pallas, " alis dentatis, fulvis nigro ma- 

 culatis ; posticis subtus apice fuscis glauco nitentibus, fascia ar- 

 gentea interrupts terminante : habitat in Borussia, Muscovia." Schnei- 

 der, Handbuchfur Schmett. p. 175. n. 96, pi. 1. figs. 1,2 (1786). 

 Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 62. n. 587 (1787). 



P. Cethosia, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. p. 143. n. 440 (1793). 



Russia. (Obtained 1850, from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M, 



19. Agynnis Amathusia. 



Papilio (N. P.) Amathusia, Esper, "alis dentatis, fulvis, maculis 

 strigaque punctata nigris; posticis subtus variegatis, basi puncto, 

 apice striga punctorum : habitat in Russia." Eur. Schmett. i. pt. 1". 

 pi. 88. figs. 1, 2 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 61. n. 580 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 255. n. 791 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



20. Argynnis Bellona. 



Papilio (N. P.) Bellona, Fabricius, " alis dentatis, fulvis nigro 

 maculatis ; posticis subtus apice argenteis, maculis ocellaribus fulvis 

 sex : habitat in America boreali." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 517. n. 317 (1775). 



Philadelphia. (Presented 1846, by E. Doubleday, Esq.) B.M. 



The type specimen of P. Bellona is in the Banksian Collection ; spe- 

 cimens from Vancouver's Island agree best with Donovan's figure 

 in the Hope Collection at Oxford. 



