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Female: Upper sivlo more yellow; basal area very dark; under 

 side of primaries more red than male ; secondaries deeper ferrugi- 

 nous. Very close to Cybele. Expands 2 1-2 to 2 8-4 inches. Arizona. 



8. A. Aphrodite ( Fabr.). Very much like Cybele ; markings on 

 upper side slighter ; under side of primaries more fiery ; the yellow 

 belt on secondaries is much narrower, often quite obsolete. Expands 



2 to 2 5-S inches. Northern and Middle States. 



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9. A. Alcestis ( W. K Edwards). Upper side bright-red fulvous ; 



markings as in Aphrodite ; under side of primaries fiery red, at apex 

 chocolate brown; spots silvered; of secondaries either dark-chocolate 

 brown or deep ferruginous brown from base to margin, without mot- 

 tling of other colors in the disk ; spots well silvered. 



Female: Darker than male, lines heavier ; under side darker than 

 male ; secondaries sometimes olive-black, as in Id alia. Expands 

 2 8-4 to 4 inches. Western States. 



10. A. Atlantis ( W. H. Edioardx). Male: Upper side bright 

 fulvous, with heavy black borders, black markings much the same as 

 in Cybele and Aphrodite; under side much like Cybele, but the 

 secondaries are darker and the belt narrower, and of a clear yellow. 



Femx&e: Same as male, but more heavily marked. Expands 1 8-4 

 to 2 8-4 inches. Northern and Middle States. 



11. A. Electa ( W. H. Edivardsj. Upper side reddish fulvous; 

 markings light ; mesial band of secondaries confluent ; under side of 

 primaries pale cinnamon-brown, apical area buff; spots imperfectly 

 silvered ; secondaries brown ferruginous, mottled buff on disk ; belt 

 butt', sometimes clear and sometimes narrow, and encroached on by 

 the ground color ; spots vary, either well or imperfectly silvered. 



Female: More tawny, markings heavier, otherwise nearly as in 

 male. This species has been confounded with Atlantis. Expands 

 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 inches. 



12. A. Columbia ( Hij. Edwards j. Male: Upper side pale-red 

 fulvous ; the mesial bands of both wings macular ; under side orf 

 primaries pale fulvous, at apex buff; spots silvered; of secondaries' 

 light ferruginous. Aery little mottled with butt'; belt butt', narrow, 

 encroached on by the ground color ; spots small and well silvered. 



Female: More tawny; lines heavier on secondaries; the mesial 

 band is macular and spots bent, partly lanceolate. Expanse of male, 

 2 - 8 inches; of female, 2'. r ) inches. British Columbia. 



