Part 15 (1/2)
(39) =Argynnis atossa=, Edwards, Plate XIII, Fig. 12, ? (Atossa).
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV | | | | 1. _Argynnis meadi_, Edwards, ?. | | 2. _Argynnis meadi_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 3. _Argynnis Columbia_, Henry Edwards, | | ?. | | 4. _Argynnis adiante_, Boisduval, | | ?. | | 5. _Argynnis clio_, Edwards, ?. | | 6. _Argynnis clio_, Edwards, ?. | | 7. _Argynnis clio_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 8. _Argynnis opis_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 9. _Argynnis zerene_, Boisduval, ?, | | _under side_. | | 10. _Argynnis behrensi_, Edwards, ?. | | 11. _Argynnis aphrodite,_, Fabricius, | | ?, _under side_. | | 12. _Argynnis lais_, Edwards, ?. | | 13. _Argynnis lais_, Edwards, ?. | | 14. _Argynnis eurynome_, Edwards, ?. | | 15. _Argynnis eurynome_, Edwards, ?, | | _under side_. | | 16. _Argynnis chitone_, Edwards, ?. | | 17. _Argynnis monticola_, Behr, ?. | | | | [Ill.u.s.tration PLATE XIV.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The upper side is bright yellowish-fulvous, with the wings at the base slightly dusted with brown. The margins of both wings are bordered by a single line, there being no trace of the outer line usually found in other species of the genus. The dark markings of the outer margin are almost entirely absent, and those of the discal and basil areas very greatly reduced. On the under side both wings are very pale, the spots entirely without silver, in some specimens even their location being but faintly indicated. The fore wings at the base and on the inner margin are laved with bright red.
?.--The female resembles the male, except that the red on the under side of the fore wings is in many specimens very bright and fiery. Expanse, ?, 2.50 inches; ?, 2.75-3.00 inches.
_Early Stages._--Entirely unknown.
This b.u.t.terfly, which is still rare in collections, has been taken in southern California. It may be an extreme variation of the next species, _A. adiante_, Boisduval.
(40) =Argynnis adiante=, Boisduval, Plate XIV, Fig. 4, ? (Adiante).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--The wings on the upper side are bright fulvous; the black markings are slight. The fore wings on the under side are pale buff, much lighter at the apex, laved with orange-red at the base. The hind wings are pale buff, clouded with fawn color on the basal and discal areas. All the spots which are generally silvered in other species are in this species wholly devoid of silvery scales.
?.--The female is like the male, but the black markings on the upper side are heavier, and the basal area and inner half of the primaries are laved with brighter and deeper red. Expanse, ?, 2.30-2.40 inches; ?, 2.30-2.60 inches.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species is found in southern California, and is somewhat local in its habits, hitherto having been taken only in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
(41) =Argynnis artonis=, Edwards, Plate XII, Fig. 13, ?, _under side_ (Artonis).
_b.u.t.terfly_, ?.--Closely resembling _A. eurynome_, Edwards, from which species it may be at once distinguished by the entire absence of silvery scales upon the under side of the wings, and also by the fact that the silver spots on the under side of the hind wings are not compressed and elongated as much as in _eurynome_, and by the further fact that all the dark marginal markings of the under side are obliterated.
?.--The female does not differ materially from the male, except that the dark markings on the upper side are all much heavier, standing out very distinctly upon the paler ground, and the marginal spots within the lunules are very light in color and relatively large. On the under side the fore wings are laved with red, very much as in the female of _A.
adiante._ Expanse, ?, 1.75-2.00 inches; ?, 2.00-2.15 inches.
_Early Stages._--These still remain to be ascertained.
This interesting b.u.t.terfly, which seems to indicate a transition between the b.u.t.terflies of the Adiante-group and those of the Eurynome-group, has been found in Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
(42) =Argynnis clio=, Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 5, ?; Fig. 6, ?; Fig. 7, ?, _under side_ (Clio).
_b.u.t.terfly._--Closely resembling _A. eurynome_ and _A. artonis_. Like _artonis_, the spots on the under side of the wing are without silver.
The female very closely resembles the female of _artonis_, and in fact I am unable to distinguish the types of the females of the two species by any marks which seem to be satisfactory. Expanse, ?, 1.75 inch; ?, 1.75-1.90 inch.
_Early Stages._--Unknown.
This species, which is as yet comparatively rare in collections, is found in Montana and the province of Alberta, in British America, at a considerable elevation.
(43) =Argynnis opis=, Plate XIV, Fig. 8, ?, _under side_ (Opis).
_b.u.t.terfly._--This species, which apparently belongs to the Eurynome-group, appears by the location of its markings to be closely related to _eurynome_, but on the upper side the wings of both the male and female are more heavily obscured with fuscous at the base; the dark markings are heavier than in _eurynome_, and in both s.e.xes it is smaller in size, being the smallest of all the species of the genus thus far found in North America. The spots on the under side of the wings are none of them silvered. Expanse, ?, 1.50 inch; ?, 1.60 inch.
_Early Stages._--Nothing is known of these.
The types came from Bald Mountain, in the Caribou mining district of British Columbia.
(44) =Argynnis bischoffi=, Edwards, Plate XI, Fig. 7, ? (Bischoff's Fritillary).