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SYNOPTIC TABLE OF LgPIDOFTEBA. 



( Argynnis.) 



Female: Upper side black, with l>hie or green reflections ; a mar- 

 ginal, submarginal, and median band of white or bluish-white spots 

 on primaries ; secondaries have a marginal row of bluish-white bars, 

 and a submarginal metallic band, which is divided by the nervures 

 into oblong spots, each of which, except the two extreme, incloses a 

 rounded black spot near the anterior edge. Under side of primaries : 

 ground color (except the apex, which is dull brownish-black^ black, 

 with a bluish reflection, and with irregular spots of bluish white ; 

 secondaries, from base to beyond middle of wing, dull brown ; bor- 

 der, blackish In-own ; nacred crescents same as male. Expanse of 

 male, 8 8-10 inches ; of female, 4 inches. Virginia west to Arkansas. 



2. A. Idalia (Drury). Male: Upper side of primaries bright 

 fulvous, with a narrow border of black and the black markings com- 

 mon to all Argynnidx : secondaries bluish black, with a marginal row 

 of fulvous and a submarginal row of dirty cream color. Below : 

 primaries fulvous, with a marginal row of silver crescents and some 

 patches of silver on and near the costa ; secondaries olive brown, 

 with three rows of irregular patches of dull silver. The female can 

 be easily distinguished by having the marginal row of spots on sec- 

 ondaries cream color, and by the presence of similar spots on the 

 primaries. Expands 8 to 4 inches. Massachusetts to Nebraska and 

 Arkansas. 



Suffused variety, " Ashtaroth." — Fisher. 



3. A. Nokomis (W. H. Edwards). Nn : <> : Upper side bright ful- 

 vous, with slight black borders ; primaries with a marginal and sub- 

 majginal row of black spots, and a median row of larger spots of the 

 same color, the cellular area being crossed by irregular black markings ; 

 secondaries Avith the corresponding rows of marginal, submarginal, 

 and median rows of black spots, which are more lunular, and a few 

 heavy black markings between the median row and the base ; under 

 side of primaries fulvous — yellow from median band to outer margin. 

 The markings of upper side show through, with the addition of silver 

 markings on marginal band and at apex of submarginal row ; of sec- 

 ondaries yellow, the black crescents and spots of upper side appear 

 through as silver edged with black. 



itri.i.KTjs Brooklyn Kntomoloofcal Society. wnrrh, 1880. 



