+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XII | | | | | | 1. _Argynnis hesperis_, Edwards, ♂. | | 2. _Argynnis hesperis_, Edwards, ♀. | | 3. _Argynnis cypris_, Edwards, ♂. | | 4. _Argynnis cypris_, Edwards, ♀. | | 5. _Argynnis oweni_, Edwards, ♂. | | 6. _Argynnis oweni_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 7. _Argynnis eurynome_, Edwards, ♂. | | 8. _Argynnis rupestris_, Behr, ♂. | | 9. _Argynnis rupestris_, Behr, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 10. _Argynnis hippolyta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 11. _Argynnis laura_, Edwards, ♂. | | 12. _Argynnis laura_, Edwards, ♀. | | 13. _Argynnis artonis_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | | | | | [Illustration PLATE XII.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _Butterfly._--The male is fulvous upon the upper side, all the dark markings being heavy and black, and the basal areas of the wings clouded with fuscous, this dark clouding on the hind wings reaching down and nearly covering the inner angle. The fore wings on the under side are buff, laved with pale red at the base, marked with ferruginous on the outer margin and about the subapical spots. The submarginal and subapical spots are silvered, especially the latter. The hind wings are deep ferruginous, mottled with buff. The submarginal band is buff, narrow, and dusted with more or less ferruginous. All the spots are well silvered. The female has the basal area of the fore wings bright pinkish-fulvous, and the belt of the secondaries almost lost in the deep ground-color. (19) =Argynnis bremneri=, Edwards, Plate X, Fig. 7, ♂ (Bremner's Silver-spot).