ARGYNNIS VIII. 
AKGYNNIS MONTICOLA. 1—4. 
Argynnis Monticola, Behr, Proc. CaL Acad. Nat. Sci. 1862, p. 172. and 1863, p. 84. Zerene, 
Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852, p. 303. 
Primaries broad, moderately arcbed, slightly concave on hind margin. 
Male. Expands 2.6 inches. 
Upper side bright fulvous, marked and spotted with black as in allied species ; 
both wings edged by a double line which encloses fulvous spaces between the 
nervules ; the submarginal spots are lunular on secondaries and lunular or dentate 
on primaries, connected with each other and with the marginal lines ; the rounded 
spots on outer limb unusually large, except the fourth on secondaries and the four 
upper ones on primaries, which are minute ; the median band on primaries heavy, 
the separate spots of which it is composed much diffused ; that of secondaries heavy 
and confluent ; the cellular spot of secondaries like the letter S, but varies much, 
being sometimes very open, and sometimes compressed into a round spot; fringes 
yellowish at the emarginations. 
Under side of primaries bright red-fulvous over the whole base, disk and in- 
ner margin ; costal and apical portions buff with a violet tinge next the hind mar- 
gin ; this margin and the apical patch brown ; same markings as on upper surface ; 
the submarginal spots blackish next inner angle, brown towards apex, enclosing 
severally fulvous or buff spaces ; on the patch buff spots. 
Secondaries violet brown more or less mottled with clear brown ; between the 
two outer rows of spots a belt of rather paler shade than the ground color, much 
encroached on by the brown shadows projected by both rows of spots ; hind mar- 
gin brown ; the spots are twenty two in number, viz : seven submarginal, long and 
very narrow, edged without by a few scales of black ; eight median of moderate 
size, heavily edged with black above ; the third row of four, all heavily edged with black 
above, the first and third crescent, the second cut by the arc, the lower part edged 
with black above ; in the cell one, sometimes two, rounded spots and an oval below 
the median, surrounded by black ; all these spots light buff without silvering. 
Body above fulvous, below buff; legs light buff; palpi same color edged with 
fulvous ; antennse black above, fulvous below ; club black tipped with fulvous. 
Female. Expands 2.8 inches. 
Color somewhat paler than the male ; the black markings heavy ; the spots 
enclosed in the submarginal dentations paler than the ground. Under side like the 
