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THE INSECT COLLECTIONS OF THE 

 MARITIME PROVINCES. 



BY W. H. BRITTAIN, PROVINCIAL ENTOMOLOGIST FOR NOVA SCOTIA. 



The following notes on the insect collections of the Maritime 

 Provinces have been compiled from information sent me by the 

 owners or curators of the collections referred to in the article. It 

 has not been possible for the writer personally to examine all the 

 collections, and accordingly he has to acknowledge his indebted- 

 ness to the following: Mr. Harry Piers, Curator, Provincial Museum, 

 Halifax, N.S.; Mr. Jos. Perrin, McNab's Island, N.S.; Mr. Wm. 

 Mackintosh, Provincial Entomologist, St. John, N.B.; Mr. L.S. 

 McLaine, Fredericton, N.B., and Mr. A. G. Dustan, Annapolis 

 Royal, N.S. In some cases the exact words of the foregoing have 

 been used in describing the collections. 

 Insect Collection of the Provincial Museum, Halifax, N.S. 



The insect collection of the Provincial Museum of Nova 

 Scotia consists of about 2,000 Nova Scotia specimens, most of 

 which have been collected since 1900. It consists almost entirely 

 of Lepidoptera, with a few Coleoptera, some Orthoptera and other 

 miscellaneous insects. The principal components are: 



1. The Russell Colection of Lepidoptera, consisting of about 

 259 specimens of butterflies and about 788 specimens of moths, 

 total about 1,047 specimens, each with full data attached, and 

 collected by John Russell in the vicinity of Digby, Nova Scotia. 

 It was purchased from him in 1906 and 1909. This is part of the 

 material upon which Messrs. Joseph Perrin and John Russell pre- 

 pared their "Catalogue of Butterflies and Moths, mostly collected 

 in the neighbourhood of Halifax and Digby, N.S.," which was 

 published in the Proc. and Trans. N. S. Institute of Science, Vol. 

 12, pp. 258-290 (read 1909, published 1912). 



2. The Eaton collection of Lepidoptera, with a few other 

 insects, consisting of about 450 specimens, with data collected 

 during a number of years by Miss Lucy C. Eaton, in the vicinity 

 of Truro, Col. Co., N.S. Of these 379 were purchased from her 

 in 1905 and the remainder under her donations. The Lepidoptera 

 in this collection formed the basis of her paper on "The Butterflies 

 of Truro, N.S.," which was published in the Proc. and Trans. 

 N. S. Institute of Science, Vol. 9, pp. 17-18 (1895). 



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