♀.--Paler than the male on the upper side. The fore wings on the under side are orange-fulvous; the hind wings are pale greenish-brown, mottled with buff. In some specimens a few silver scales are found on the submarginal spots. Expanse, ♂, 2.50 inches; ♀, 2.70 inches.
This butterfly, which is as yet not very common in collections, is found in California and Nevada.
(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, ♀. | | | | [Illustration PLATE XIV.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
_Butterfly_, ♂.--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.