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36. A. Hesperis, W. II. Edwafds. Male: Upper side fulvous, 



darker at base ; under side of primaries pale ferruginous, yellow at 

 apex, mottled with, buff ; of secondaries deep brown-ferruginous, 

 spots buff, or slightly silvered ; belt rather broad and yellow-buff. 

 Female: Very similar to male. Exp. about 2 1-4 in. Colorado. 



37. A. Zerene, B del. Male: Upper side red. fulvous, with rather 

 heavy black markings; under side of primaries ferruginous, mottled 

 with buff, reddish toward base; secondaries brownish ferruginous, 

 spots buff, not silvered ; belt buff. 



Female : Same as male ; more reddish on under side of primaries, 

 and the marginal spots on under side of secondaries sometimes sil- 

 vered. Some varieties have the belt brown instead of buff. Ex- 

 panse, 2 1-8 and 2 3-8 inches. California, Oregon, Nevada. 



Variety Hydaspe, Behr. (Zerene, Brfir. — Purpurascens, II \j. Edw.) 



Variety Monticola, Behr. 



38. A. Macaria, W. H. Edwards. Upper side yellow fulvous, 

 markings very light ; under side of primaries orange, apical area 

 yellow-buff ; spots slightly silvered ; of secondaries yellow-buff, at base 

 brown ; belt buff, clear ; spots large and well silvered. 



Female: Paler; on secondaries the second row of silver spots in- 

 dicated by spots paler than the ground ; black markings slighter than 

 in male. Expanse of male, 2 inches ; of female, 2*2 inches. 



39. A. Myrina, Cramer. Upper side fulvoiis, black marking^ 

 light, borders heavy ; under side of primaries yellow fulvous, ferru- 

 ginous at apex, marginal spots slightly silvered ; of secondaries ferru- 

 ginous mottled with buff, spots small and well silvered. Expanse, 

 1 3-8 and 1 5-8 inches. Eastern, Middle, and Northwestern States. 



40. A. Triclaris, Habner. Upper side much like the above, sub- 

 marginal spots somewhat heavier ; under side of primaries light ful- 

 vous, marginal spots yellow ; of secondaries ferruginous, spots yellow, 

 occasionally slightly silvered, marginal spots well silvered. Expanse 

 about 1 1-2 inches. Col., Rocky Mountains, Brit. Am., Lab. 



41. A. Helena, W. H. Edwards. Male: Upper side bright ful- 

 vous, but a little obscured at base, the markings as in Char idea, but 

 delicate ; under side of primaries pale cinnamon brown, ochreaceous 

 at apex, with a ferruginous sub-apical patch ; of secondaries deep fer- 

 ruginous over basal half, enclosing near outer border of this area an 

 angulated band of yellow spots more or less irrorated by ferruginous; 

 three yellow spots between nervures at base, often obsolete, a round 

 spot in cell ; an indistinct and more or less incomplete band of whit- 

 ish lunules across the disk ; marginal area thinly washed with brown 

 ferruginous on buff or yellow ground, which last color appears dis- 

 tinctly on upper median interspace, crossed by a series of ferrugin- 

 ous small spots ; along the marginal border a series of elongated 

 white spots, edged anteriorly by ferruginous lunules. 



Female: Like male. Expanse, about 1 3-8 inches Colorado, 

 Montana, New Mexico. 



