ARGYNNIS IX. 
*3 
(Zeft') 
ARGYNNIS HALCYONS. 
Argynnis Ralcyone (Hal-cy'-o-ne). New species. 
Primaries broad, moderately arched, concave on hind margin. 
Male. Expands 2.5 inches. 
Upper side fulvous, inclining to luteous, very little dusky at the base ; the 
hind margins bordered by two parallel lines which enclose narrow fulvous spaces 
between the nervules ; the submarginal spots of primaries serrated, enclosing spaces 
a little paler than the ground color ; those of secondaries lunular and connected 
with each other as well as with the marginal lines ; the median band of secondaries 
confluent ; other markings as in the allied species, less delicate than in Hesperis, 
but very much more so than in Monticola ; fringes luteous, black at tips of nervules. 
Under side of primaries pale fulvous at base and on inner margin, yellowish 
or buff on costa and disk, with brown sub-apical patch; hind margin yellowish- 
brown ; sub-marginal spots serrate at inner angle and black, toward the apex 
lunular and brown, all the latter enclosing spots more or less silvered ; on the 
brown patch two silver spots ; the other markings of upper surface repeated. 
Secondaries deep red-brown, more or less mottled with yellowish ; hind margin 
brown, paler towards anal angle ; the space between the two outer rows of silver 
spots encroached on by the basal shade ; the silver spots are twenty two or three in 
number, viz : the outer row of seven, rounded or oval at outer angle, remainder 
elongated, all edged slightly above and below with black scales and surmounted by a 
broad brown shade ; the second row of seven, the first three and fifth obovate, fourth 
small, rounded, the sixth and seventh nearly rectangular, edged above with black ; 
the third row of four or five, the first and fourth crescent, second often wanting, third 
pyriform, cut by the arc, fifth on the margin, a streak, all edged above with black ; 
in the cell a rounded spot, another below median, both surrounded with black ; two 
small patches of silver at base of nervures; shoulder and abdominal margin 
heavily silvered. 
Body above luteous, beneath yellowish ; palpi yellowish ; antennae dark above, 
fulvous below ; club black, ferruginous at tip. 
Female unknown. 
From two specimens, taken in Colorado by Dr. Yelie, and now in the collec- 
tion of B. D. Walsh, Esq. of Rock Island. 
