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Vol XXVIII. LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1896. 



No. II. 



BUTTERFLIES TAKEN AT ORILLIA, ONT. 



BV C. E. GRANT. 



Fig. 23. 



I have been collecting Lepidoptera in Orillia and its vicinity for 

 over thirty years, off and on, and thinking that it would be of interest to 

 my brother collectors to have an idea of the fauna of this district, I send 

 you a list of the diurnal Lepidoptera taken by me as far as identified. 



Danais archippiis. — Common from June 5th to October. 

 Argynnis atlantis. — Common from June 4th to August, 

 n cybele. — Common from June i6th to August 31st. 



II aphrodite. — Not so common, from June 23rd to August. One 



specimen of Argynnis taken by me presented a very dark 

 appearance, nearly black, on the basal portion of the wings, 

 with a greenish tinge on the outside edge of dark base, sup- 

 posed to be a melanic female of cybele. 

 Argynnis myrina. — Common ; two broods, June and August, 



