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be in excellent training to do much with it in that way. I have been led 

 away a long distance from my camp (and often from a well-earned meal) 

 upon seeing one of these insects flit by. It is, like its confrere Arg. 

 JVevadensis, a bewitching and tantalizing creature — bewitching because of 

 the beautiful combination of the pale green and silver of the under side 

 in the sunlight, and the red and orange of the upper side which contrasts 

 so wonderfully and at which one gets a glimpse occasionally during its 

 flight. It flies more like the Satyridse, by which I mean it folds its wings 

 completely over its back whilst flying, and seems to traverse a long space 

 until it becomes necessary to open the wings again to prolong its flight, or 

 to settle on the ground. Tantklizing, I call it, because it indulges in short 

 and rapid flights, making one suppose it is an easy matter to follow it a 

 few yards and then capture it. I have had to creep along on all fours 

 sometimes, and occasionally drag myself along on my stomach, to secure 

 these specimens, and then have missed about 50 per cent, of the number 

 followed. Nevadensis and Edwardsii do not fly high, and when alighting 

 after a short and rapid flight, they expand the wings to the full extent, 

 until the ed^^^es touch the ground. This of course is when they alight on 

 the bare soil, which they frequently do. Like most Argynnidse, they are 

 both fond of the thistle, and are much more easily approached when sip- 

 ping honey from the flowers than when they come down to the ground. 



15. A. Bellona, F. 



This small species has been taken in large numbers in the vicinity of 

 Brandon, Manitoba, and the further west I proceeded the rarer it became. 

 At Calgary it was quite rare, and resembled EpitJiore very much, with 

 the exception of the darker colors on both upper and under surfaces of 

 the wings. 



16. A. Myrina, Cram. 



Only at one point in the North-west was this species common, and 

 that was about 50 miles west of Calgary. As in this part of the country, 

 marshes and the edges of streams were the principal haunts. 



17. A. Triclaris, Hiib. 



Taken only at extreme altitudes, where snow was plentiful on the 

 neighboring hills and peaks. 



18. A. Leto, Behr. 



This is a remarkable looking insect on the wing, and until the eye 

 becomes accustomed to it, may be taken for a Papilio. I allude to the 



