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Body black; beneath, thorax gray-brown, abdomen at extremity yel- 

 lowish ; legs gray and yellowish ; palpi white, with many black hairs 

 above ; antennae annulated black and white, white beneath ; club 

 black. 



Female. — Same size. 



Color more brown ; the markings as in the male. 



From several examples sent me by Mr. Morrison, and taken in 

 Southern Colorado. In size this species equals Scriptura, Bois, from 

 which it is readily distinguishable by its fringes, which are alternately 

 white and black, whereas, in Scriptura, they are white. It is also more 

 decidedly black and much more marked with white than the other 

 species. In this last also the under side of secondaries is nearly white 

 and the white markings are indistinct. Belongs to the sub-group of 

 Centazirea. 



Argynnis Electa. 



Primaries produced, costa moderately arched, hind margin in % 

 straight, in 9 convex. 



Male. — Expands from 2.1 to 2.4 inches. 



Upper side reddish-fulvous, but little obscured at base ; both 

 wings bordered by two fine black lines, the space between of the grouud 

 color, cut by the black nervules; on these, on primaries, rest a series of 

 black lunules, but on secondaries the lunules do not touch the lines ; 

 the rounded extra discal spots small ; the other markings as in 

 Atlantis and allied species, but slight, and on secondaries the discal 

 lines are confluent ; discal spot on secondaries like the letter S ; 

 fringes luteous, at the ends of the nervules, on primaries, fuscous. 



Under side of primaries pale cinnamon-brown, buff in the apical 

 interspaces ; the hind margin of nearly same shade as the disk, a little 

 more decided brown next apex ; the sub-apical patch dull ferrugin- 

 ous ; the markings of disk repeated, the discal line being broken ; 

 the rounded spots black on inner half of the wing, above brown and lost 

 in the sub-apical patch ; on this patch two silver spots ; the sub-mar- 

 ginal lunules brown and the enclosed spaces either yellow-buff not 

 silvered, or those towards apex partially silvered. 



Secondaries brown-ferruginous from base, a little mottled with buff, 

 especially along median and sub-costal nervines ; the space between 

 the two outer rows of spots buff, sometimes as immaculate as in 



