Part 13 (2/2)
This species, which is still rare in collections, is found in southern Colorado and the adjacent parts of Utah and Arizona.
(25) =Argynnis chitone=, Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 16, ? (Chitone).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The wings on the upper side are dull fulvous, greatly obscured by brown at the base of the wings. The dark spots and markings are not heavy. The fore wings on the under side are yellowish-fulvous at the base and on the inner half of the wing; the apical patch and the nervules on the apical area are heavy ferruginous; the marginal spots are buff, with no silver. The hind wings on the under side are light ferruginous, mottled with buff; the belt is broad, clear buff; the outer margin is brown. All the spots are small and imperfectly silvered.
?.--The female is nearly the same shade as the male, with the marginal spots on the under side always silvered, the remainder without silver, or only now and then with a few silvery scales. Expanse, 2.25-2.50 inches.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII | | | | 1. _Argynnis cybele_, Fabricius, ?, | | _under side_. | | 2. _Argynnis semiramis_, Edwards, ?. | | 3. _Argynnis semiramis_, Edwards, ?. | | 4. _Argynnis nitocris_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 5. _Argynnis halcyone_, Edwards, ?. | | 6. _Argynnis halcyone_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 7. _Argynnis monticola_, Behr, ?, | | _under side_. | | 8. _Argynnis monticola_, Behr, ?. | | 9. _Argynnis macaria_, Edwards, ?. | | 10. _Argynnis inornata_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 11. _Argynnis liliana_, Henry Edwards, ?. | | 12. _Argynnis atossa_, Edwards, ?. | | 13. _Argynnis egleis_, Boisduval, ?. | | 14. _Argynnis egleis_, Boisduval, ?, | | _under side_. | | 15. _Argynnis egleis_, Boisduval, ?. | | | | [Ill.u.s.tration PLATE XIII.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
_Early Stages._--Not ascertained.
This species occurs in southern Utah and Arizona.
(26) =Argynnis platina,=, Skinner, Plate XVIII, Fig. 7, ? (Skinner's Fritillary).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The original description of this species, contained in the ”Canadian Entomologist,” vol. xxix, p. 154, is as follows:
”?.--Expands two and a half inches. Upper side: Rather light tawny or even light buff. Black markings dense and wide, with outer halves of wings looking rather clear or open, with rows of round spots not very large; marginal border light; bases of wings not much obscured. Under side: Superiors have the two subapical silver spots and silver spots on margin well defined; color of inner half of wing rosy. The silver spots on the inferiors are large and well defined, and placed on a very light greenish-gray ground. The intermediate buff band is well defined, comparatively wide, and very light in color. ?.--The ground-color on the inferiors below is reddish-brown in the female.”
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species occurs in Utah and Idaho, and is possibly a varietal form of _A. coronis_, specimens agreeing very nearly with the type figured in the plate being contained in the Edwards collection under the name of _A. coronis_.
(27) =Argynnis coronis=, Behr, Plate XI, Fig. 10, ?; Fig. 11, ?
(Coronis).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The wings on the upper side are yellowish-brown, with but little brown obscuring the base. The dark markings are not heavy, but distinct. The fore wings on the under side are buff, with the basal area orange-fulvous. The subapical and submarginal spots are more or less imperfectly silvered. The hind wings are brown, mottled with reddish. The discal area is buff, and the belt is pale yellowish-buff.
All the spots are large and well silvered on these wings.
?.--The female is paler than the male, with the markings on the upper side a little heavier. The wings on the under side are much as in the male s.e.x. Expanse, ?, 2.10-2.50 inches; ?, 2.50-3.00 inches.
_Early Stages._--The early stages remain to be ascertained.
This species ranges from southern California northward to the southern part of British Columbia, and is found as far east as Utah.
(28) =Argynnis snyderi=, Skinner, Plate XVIII, Fig. 6, ? (Snyder's Fritillary).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The wings on the upper side are light tawny, but little obscured by fuscous at the base. The black markings are moderately heavy and very sharply defined against the lighter ground-color. The outer margin is distinctly but not heavily marked. On the under side of the fore wings there are two subapical and five marginal silver spots. The ground-color of the under side of the hind wings is grayish-green, with a narrow pale-buff marginal belt. The spots are large and well silvered.
?.--The female is much like the male, but on the hind wings the ground-color from the base to the outer belt is brownish. Expanse, ?, 3.00 inches; ?, 3.30 inches.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species, which is very closely allied to _A. coronis_, is found in Utah.
(29) =Argynnis callippe=, Boisduval, Plate XI, Fig. 1, ?; Fig. 2, ?; Fig. 3, ?, _under side_ (Callippe).
_b.u.t.terfly,_.--This species may easily be recognized by the general obscuration of the basal area of the wings, the light-buff quadrate spots on the discal area of the fore wings, and the clear oval spots of the same color on the hind wings, as well as by the light triangular marginal spots, all standing out distinctly on the darker ground. The wings on the under side are quite pale buff, with the spots large and well silvered. Expanse, 2.30-3.00 inches.
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