+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI | | | | | | 1. _Argynnis callippe_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 2. _Argynnis callippe_, Boisduval, ♀. | | 3. _Argynnis callippe_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 4. _Argynnis edwardsi_, Reakirt, ♂. | | 5. _Argynnis edwardsi_, Reakirt, ♀. | | 6. _Argynnis rhodope_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 7. _Argynnis bischoffi_, Edwards, ♂. | | 8. _Argynnis cornelia_, Edwards, ♂. | | 9. _Argynnis nausicaä_, Edwards, ♂. | | 10. _Argynnis coronis_, Behr, ♂. | | 11. _Argynnis coronis_, Behr, ♀. | | | | | | [Illustration PLATE XI.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _Egg._--Conoidal, with twelve to fourteen ribs, honey-yellow. The caterpillars are hatched in the fall, and hibernate without feeding until the following spring. _Caterpillar._--The head is dark blackish-brown. The body is velvety-purple above, a little paler on the under side. The usual spines occur on the body, and are black, grayish at the base. The larva feeds on violets. _Chrysalis._--The chrysalis is light brown, speckled, except on the abdominal segments, with black. This species ranges from Maine to the mountains of western Pennsylvania, and thence southward along the central ridges of the Alleghanies into West Virginia. It is also found in Canada, and extends westward into the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is especially common in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Adirondacks. (12) =Argynnis lais=, Edwards, Plate XIV, Fig. 12, ♂; Fig. 13, ♀ (The Northwestern Silver-spot).