ARGYNNIS VII. 
Body deep fulvous .above, beneath, the thorax buff, abdomen yellowish ; legs 
buff, red on the anterior side ; palpi yellow at the side, fulvous in front and at 
tip; antennae fuscous above, fulvous below; club black, the tip ferruginous. 
Female. — Expands 2.2 inches. 
Upper side less intensely colored, tending to yellow-fulvous on disk; the bor¬ 
ders and lunules heavy; the spots inclosed on the lunules paler than the ground; 
all the markings heavy; under side of primaries light-red, and of nearly uniform 
shade over the basal area and all the outer limb below the upper branch of me¬ 
dian ; the discoidal nervules edged with red ; remainder of the wing buff- the 
anterior sub-marginal spots very lightly silvered, the rest buff as are also those on 
sub-apical patch; secondaries have the basal red of brighter tint than in the 
ma r J® ! tlie K ^-marginal s P ofcs partially silvered, the others clear yellow-buff. 
Fins fine species, although described so long ago as 1862, by Dr. Behr, from a 
sing e male which had been received by him from some member of the State 
Geological Survey, had remained otherwise unknown until 1874, no other speci¬ 
men having been taken, and no knowledge existing of its locality. During the 
Past sea son Mr. James Behrens re-discovered the species at Soda Springs in 
nort lern California, and from him I have received the pair figured on the Plate. 
