CHIONOBAS II. 
the marginal border broader than in male; under side of primaries pale fulvous 
on disk, the hind margin fuscous, the apex and costal margin white, and both 
margins streaked and specked with brown; the two principal ocelli repeated, the 
others often wanting; secondaries densely streaked from base to margin, the 
white ground appearing but slightly on the disk and somewhat more at outer 
angle; the discal band as in male, scolloped very regularly on its outer edge, the 
inner sometimes lost in the dense markings of base. 
From Vancouver’s Island. 
The figures of the male on the Plate are copied from drawings made from the 
unique example in the British Museum Collection, by the kindness of Mr. But¬ 
ler, who certifies to their accuracy. The figures of the female on Plate I., repre¬ 
sent one of three females taken on Vancouver’s Island, 15th July, 1873, by the 
late Mr. G. R. Crotch, who wrote that “ they were all found on a potato patch, 
at the extreme end of Taanich Inlet, about fifteen miles from Victoria, flying in 
company with Parnassius Clodius and Argynnis Bremnerii. No males were 
taken.” 
