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Strange to say, no specimens of Lycmia Couperii or Papilio Brevi- 

 cauda were seen, though possibly it was too late in the season for both 

 species. 



The variety Laurent i/ia of Colias, found by Captain Brown, is inter- 

 esting from the fact that it is the identical species from which Mr. Scudder 

 made his descriptions and observations in 1876. It has a very distinct 

 appearance, being much rounder in the outline of its wings — whether 

 open or closed — than any of the species of Colias with which I am familiar. 



It is interesting also to find Cce}i07iynipha Inornata in Newfoundland ; 

 this species is quite different from the C. inornata, so named by Mr. W. 

 H. Edwards, from the prairies of our North-west. The difference is so 

 marked that I am inclined to think that the butterfly that is so common 

 in the North-west is C. Oc/iracea, Edw., and that Inornata proper does 

 not occur there. This conclusion is arrived at after consulting abundant 

 material, over one hundred specimens having been examined. 



II. At Lake Superior, in the neighborhood of the Kaministiquia River, 

 I took the following species : 



1. Grapta Progne, Cram. 



2. Colias Edwardsii, Be/ir. $ . 



3. " Interior, Scud. 



4. " Philodice, Godt. 



5. " Hagenii, Edw. 



6. " ■ Eurytheme, Boisd. (seen in numbers, but not taken). 



7. Pieris Virginiensis, Edw. 



8. Argynnis Bellona, Fab. 



9. " Chariclea, Sc/meid. — quite common, 



10. " Atlantis, Edw. 



11. " Myrina, Cram. 



These lists are published for the sake of the localities, as I believe there 

 is no authenticated report of the appearance of Colias Edwardsii so far 

 east, or of C. Hagenii ; also Argy?inis Chariclea, or A. Boisduvalii, which 

 I have found at a high altitude in the Rocky Mountains, but not so far 

 south and east as Port Arthur, on Lake Superior. 



III. A small collection of butterflies was made last summer in the 

 Hudson Bay Straits by Mr. Frank Fitz Payne, of the Toronto Observatory, 

 who accompanied Lieut. Gordon's expedition on the " Alert" to the Arctic 

 Regions. The specimens were kindly identified by Mr. W. H. Edwards, 



