. A manual of North American butterflies [microform]. Butterflies; Papillons. 62 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. L urn 138. ARGYNNIS BISCIIOFFII Edw. Bischoff's Silver-wl\g. Larger than myrina, and about as heavily marked on fore wings, but the third row of spots on hind wings is broken, the lower three, only, being fused, and nearly the whole of the lower half of the wing, and the entire bordering line, is dusky. Fig. 27, a. Beneath, similar to euryno- me, but with the hind wing tinged with greenish. Sub-marginal inter- space, clear. Female, more dusky above, with most of the interspace ocherous.


. A manual of North American butterflies [microform]. Butterflies; Papillons. 62 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. L urn 138. ARGYNNIS BISCIIOFFII Edw. Bischoff's Silver-wl\g. Larger than myrina, and about as heavily marked on fore wings, but the third row of spots on hind wings is broken, the lower three, only, being fused, and nearly the whole of the lower half of the wing, and the entire bordering line, is dusky. Fig. 27, a. Beneath, similar to euryno- me, but with the hind wing tinged with greenish. Sub-marginal inter- space, clear. Female, more dusky above, with most of the interspace ocherous. Expands, to l.!i(>. Habitat, Sitka, Alaska. 189. ARGYNNIS EURYNOME Edw. EuRYNOME Butterfly. Similar to atlantis, lighter above, with the marginal bin-deving un- divided and the sub-marginal crescents are cnnnected with it. while the inverted C in central cell of liind wing is isolated, Fig. 27, b. Beneath, rather paler, inclined to greenish on hind wings, but the sub-mai'ginal interspace is clear huff, and the buff on f jre wings is more extended tow- ard the base. Spottings silvered on both wings. Expands. (1. Habitat, Colorado, Montana, and British America. Occurs in June and July. ARcn'xxLs EURYNOME ERiNNA Edw. Similar to type above. , ut differs m being nearly covered with rusty red on lower surface of hind wings, leaving very little buff. Fig. llliistriilihi,' till' vfi'inis ArL'yiiii;^. n, iiinlcr hMi', liiiui win;;, rliiiilope; b, Biimi', hi'lir'iisii; o, u|j|iprBiik' B!iiii(' wiii){ nevadeiisis; <1, Bainc, liliiiiKi. UO. ARGYNNIS MONTIYAGA Beiir. M0NTIVA(iA BuFF-WIN(i. Similar to eurynome in size Imt differs in color, in having the sub- marginal spots silvered and others dull white, or more or less tinged with buff and all of the spots are black bordered. Habitat, Sierras, L'alil'ur- nia and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appear


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