BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 7. 



Notes on Argynnis Arge, Streck. 



By H. Strecker. 

 On page 27 of Vol. (Ill) of the Bulletin, I find the Argynnis describ- 

 ed by myself as A. Arge cited as a synonym of A. Montivago, Behr. This 

 conclusion, entirely erroneous, was founded, I presume, on Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards article in Can. Ent. page 52-53, Vol. XI, where the writer says 

 he has "well executed and colored figures of Dr. Behr's Argynnids, Nos. 

 4 and 5, described in Proc, Cal. Acad. April 21, 1862, sent me at that 

 time by Dr. Behr himself." In the language of the immortal bard of 

 California, I would "rise and explain" that though I have not the draw- 

 ings, I have excepting Leto all the examples on which Dr. Behr's paper in 

 the Proc. Cal. Soc. was grounded, sent to me by that gentleman himself 

 some years ago with his own labels and numbers attached. Previous and 

 preparatory to getting up my Catalogue in 1 877-1 878 I sent a number of 

 Western Argynnidas to W. H. Edwards to get his names for them, Dr. 

 Behr's as above stated I had already: with those sent to W. H. Edwards 

 were a number of these identical typical examples of Dr. Behr's and a- 

 mong those which Mr. Edwards returned to me labelled by himself as 

 "Montivago=Egleis Bd. ," and which still have his labels to them, are 

 some of Dr. Behr's" No. 4 which I received from the latter himself and 

 these certainly are not the same as the insect .described by myself on 

 page 114 of my Catalogue as Arge, neither are they the same as Eu- 

 rynome taken first by Mr. Mead in Colorado from whom I received 

 examples of the same catch that furnished Mr. W. H. Edward's types. 

 Of Montivago, Eurynome and Arge I have long suites, certainly enough 

 to pronounce on the validity of the species, as well as they can be pro- 

 nounced on without living in the regions that produce them and studying 

 out their life history. . . 



EXPLANATION TO PLATE. 



1. Notodonta simplaria, Graef. III. 96. 



2. Drynobia tortuosa, Tepper. IV. 2. 



3. Sphinx albescens, Tepper. IV. 1. 



4. Ctenucha pyrrhoura. Hulst. III. 77. 



5. Hypena albopunctata; Tepper. IV. 2. 



6. Melitaea phastusa, Hulst. III. 77. 



7. Aplodes junctolinearia, Graef. III. 87. 



8. Lithostege virginati, Graef. III. 96. 



9. Leucania nigrafascia, Hulst. III. 77. 



