ARGYNNIS XIII. 
ARGYNNIS ZERENE. 1—4. 
Argynnis Zerene, Boisduval, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr., 1852. Behr, (No. 9) Proc. Oal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
1862. Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., 1864. Hydaspe, Boisduval, Lep. de la Cal’e., 1869. 
Primaries broad, strongly arched, much rounded at apex, convex on bind 
margin. 
Male. Expands 2.1 to 2.3 inches. 
Upper side deep fulvous ; hind margins edged by two fine parallel lines which 
enclose a fulvous space; on these rest a series of heavy black lunules, connected 
on primaries, separated on secondaries ; other markings as in Monticola ; fringes 
yellowish in the emarginations. 
Under side of primaries cinnamon red except at apex, where it is buff ; sub- 
apical patch ferruginous ; spots without silver, buff except at inner angle, there 
suffused by the ground color. 
Secondaries ferruginous, mottled with buff, which is usually more or less tint- 
ed with pink ; submarginal band much covered by the ferruginous shadows pro- 
jected by both rows of spots ; hind margin ferruginous ; spots yellowish buff, with- 
out silver ; the seven submarginal large, rounded or triangular, edged above and 
below by a few dark brown scales, and above also by ferruginous lunules ; the sec- 
ond row mostly large ; the first, second, third, fifth and sixth, nearly equal in size, 
subovate, all heavily edged above with black ; the third row of five, of which 
the first, fourth and fifth are semi-oval, the second a point, the third large, pyri- 
form, cut by the arc, all heavily edged above with black ; in the cell one or two 
small spots in black rings, and an oval in ring at base of median. 
Body above fulvous, below, thorax grey-fulvous ; legs buff ; palpi buff below, 
fulvous above ; antennae brown ; club black, tip ferruginous. 
Female. Expands 2.4 inches. 
Upper side dull fulvous, much obscured at base ; the sub-apical fulvous spots 
pale ; under side of primaries deeper red ; spots without silver. 
California ; found according to Dr. Behr, between N evada City and Bear V alley. 
In 1862, in paper above cited, Dr. Behr says, “The diagnosis that Dr. Bois- 
duval gives of Zerene certainly comprises two species,” and he temporarily desig- 
nates the two as Nos. 8 and 9 in his list of Californian Argynnides. In his subse- 
quent paper of 1863, he names No. 8 Monticola, leaving Zerene to the other species. 
