132 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



115. Argynnis Hippolyta. 



Plate XIII; Figures 115, a, b. 



Fig. lis, Male, Portland, Oregon, July, 1889; Author. 



a, Male, underside, Portland, Oregon, July, 1889; 



Author. 



b, Female, Portland, Oregon, July, 1889; Author. 

 Hippolyta is a high mountain species, and inhabits all the higher 



mountains of Northern California and Oregon, and perhaps of 

 Washington also; it is only found at great heights, about 9,000 

 feet elevation, and not on the lower slopes or elevations. 



116. Argynnis Oweni. 



Plate XIII ; Figures 116, Male; a, Male, underside. Mount 

 Shasta; Owen. 



This typical example of Oweni was taken on Mt. Shasta by 

 Prof. Owen, for whom it was named, at about 10,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, and later it was sent to me by Mr. Edwards, the Author of 

 the species, soon after it was named. 



It appears that Oweni is a variety of the preceding, Hippolyta, 

 the differences being but slight, and often you cannot decide 

 whether a specimen belongs to the one or to the other ; but that is 

 the case with nearly all variations. 



117. Argynnis Columbia. 



No figure. 

 Columbia was named in 1877 t>y H. Edwards, from specimens 

 from Lakes La Hache and Quesnelle. It is rather a large-sized 

 and a pale-colored butterfly for that northern locaHty. The key 

 to the species seems to be the spots in the middle of the upper 

 side of hind wing, which spots are curved into crescents, or the 

 upper ones are bent into V-shaped angles. The spots are a little 

 obsolescent, so that the crescents and angles are connected to- 

 gether but little, or not at all. 



118. Argynnis Hesperis. 

 Plate XIII; Figures 118, a. 

 Fig, 118, Female. 



a, Male, Colorado, 1880; Nash. 

 This is a Colorado species, and is credited to Utah and Mon- 

 tana; it does not come into our territory, except Utah, though 

 probably it may be taken in Nevada, and perhaps in eastern Ore- 



