ARGYNN IS XII. 
Female. Expands 2.4 inches. Upper side of a duller shade ; the marginal 
borders of primaries broad, black, with no fulvous space ; the submarginal cres- 
cents heavy, enclosing very small pale fulvous spots ; other markings heavier than 
in male. 
Under side similar to male, except that primaries have the base and hind mar- 
gin deep fulvous ; secondaries have the same ferruginous tint with a similar violet- 
brown submarginal space. 
Taken at Mendocino, California. From 1^,1$, in the Collection of James 
Behrens, Esq., San Francisco, to whom I take pleasure in dedicating this fine and 
distinct species. 
