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 SYNOPTIC TABLE OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



(Argynnis.) 



30. A. Laura, W. H. Edwards. Male : Upper side deep red-ful- 

 vous, markings rather heavy ; mesial band of secondaries confluent ; 

 under side of primaries red-orange, apex and hind margin yellow- 

 buff, spots more or less silvered; of secondaries pale yellow, belt very 

 broad, clear yellow ; spots large and well silvered. 



Female: Paler, otherwise nearly as in male. Expanse of male, 

 2 - 2 inches; female, 2 "35 inches. Washington Territory. 



31. A. Hippolyta, W. H. Edwards. Male : Upper side fulvous, 

 markings rather heavy ; under side of primaries pale orange at base, 

 ferruginous at apex, the rest buff ; sub-marginal and sub-apical spots 

 silvered; secondaries deep ferruginous, a little mottled with buff ; belt 

 narrow, buff, much dusted with ferruginous ; all spots well silvered. 



Female. : Basal area of primaries, beneath, red fulvous, belt of sec- 

 ondaries almost lost in the feiruginous ground color. Expanse of 

 male, 2 inches ; female, 2 *25 inches. California. 



32. A. Eurynome, W. H. Edwards. Upper side light fulvous, 

 with slight black markings ; under side of primaries pale buff, spots 

 silvered on apical area ; of secondaries, pale buff, spots well silvered. 

 Expanse, 1 3-4 to 1 7-8 inches. Colorado. 



33. A. Montivaga, Behr. (Arge. Slrecker.) Upper side fulvous, 

 with the usual markings ; under side pale buff, slightly reddish at 

 base of primaries ; spots on under side imperfectly or faintly sil- 

 vered. Expanse, 1 3-4 to 1 7-8 inches. Nevada. 



34. A. Egleis, Bdr'l. (9 Mormonia, Bdv'l.) Male: Groundcolor 

 deep fulvous, with rather heavy black markings ; under side of sec- 

 ondaries vary from buff to yellow, and are more or less mottled over 

 basal and discal area with dull ferruginous brown, lighter or darker ; 

 the spots are weU silvered or very slightly, or not at all, in which 

 case they are of a clear yellow buff ; the spots of second and third 

 rows are heavily edged with black on the basal side. 



Female : Much like male, but paler. Expanse, about 2 1-4 inches. 

 Nevada. 



35. A. Chitone, W. H. Edwards. Male: Upper side dull ful- 

 vous ; under side of primaries pale yellow-fulvous at base and be- 

 low median, rest buff ; spots buff, no silver ; secondaries light ferru- 

 ginous, mottled buff ; belt broad, clear buff ; spots imperfectly sil- 

 vered. 



Female : Similar to male ; spots of under side sometimes silvered 

 more or less perfectly. Expanse of male, 2 2*5 inches ; of female, 

 2 5*0 inches. Nevada. 



