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130. Argynnis Liliana. 



Plate XV; Figures 130, b, c. 



Fig. 130, Male, Central California, June 26, 1894; Author. 



b. Female, Central California, June 26, 1894; 



Author. 



c. Female, underside. Central California, June 26, 



1894 ; Author. 

 This is one of the most elegant and showy of all our Argynnids, 

 though on the Plate it looks much like any of the others. It is 

 a hill species, inhabiting neither the mountains nor the plains, but 

 the more moderate hills, and around the bases of the greater 

 mountains. It is very local, and although not one is in sight, yet 

 there may be a plenty of them only a short distance away from 

 you. Their flight is gentle and slow for an Argynnid, and they 

 are very easily taken, for they love to stop and feed on all the 

 flowers that they see, and they are not at all wild, insomuch that 

 you may at times catch them in your fingers as they sip the 

 blossoms. 



131. Argynnis Baroni. Not elsewhere illustrated. 

 Plate XV; Figures 131, b. 



Fig. 131, Male, given me by O. T. Baron, 1881. 



b. Female, Central California, June, 1894; Author. 

 When first named Mr. Edwards thought this was an aberrant 

 form of LiHana, and so set it down in his catalogue of 1884, but 

 later he must have revised his opinion. At any rate it is a good 

 variety or sub-species, for I have hunted them out on their native 

 grounds to my complete satisfaction. Baroni is a most striking, 

 melanic variety, or else a distinct and separate species. This male 

 specimen was given me by Mr. Baron himself, at the time it was 

 named, or soon after ; and in later years I have visited the typical 

 locality several times and have studied the matter exhaustively. 

 All the lines and spots are heavier, and are run together into 

 maculate bands, so that it has decidedly a dark appearance, and 

 on the underside there is an excess of silver, outlined with black. 



132. Argynnis Rupestris. 



Plate XV ; Figures 132, b, c. 



Fig. 132, Male, Shasta Mountains, June, 1890; Author. 



b. Female, Shasta Mountains, June, 1890; Author. 



c, Female, underside, Shasta Mountains, June, 



1890; Author. 



