Valley of the River Rovge, c^e. 89 



to tlie north of the Ottawa. I have also met with it near Mon- 

 treal. 



7. HipparcMa nephcle ? Kirby. Abundant amongst grass 

 on Hamilton's Farm, from the 22nd August to the beginning of 

 September, but all seen were much worn. It is a common species 

 in hay-fields at Montreal and Sorel, and is described in " Fauna 

 Boreali-Americana," p. 297. 



8. Limenitis Arthemis, Drury. (Banded Purple). Figured in 

 Gosse's " Canadian Naturalist" p. 220. First seen at Sugar-bush 

 Lake, Montcalm, on the 26th June, after which it became the 

 most abundant species and continued so until the end of July, when 

 all observed were much worn, but linsjered on till the middle of 

 August. It frequently assembles in astonishing numbers round 

 old lumbering camps, &c., congregating about the tea-leaves 

 and other refuse lying about such places. On the 15th 

 July, on the site of a lumbering camp and timber roll- 

 way, on the banks of the Rouge, about three miles above the In- 

 dian Village in the Township of Arundel, I saw the most extra- 

 ordinary assemblage of butterflies I ever beheld, several hundreds 

 of this species being congregated together in groups consisting of 

 from twenty to fifty individuals in each, whilst many others flew 

 around and rendered it difiicult to arrive at an accurate estimate 

 of their numbers ; nevertheless I am convinced that I am within the 

 mark, when I state that there were more than three hundred as- 

 sembled within a space of a few square yards. This species is 

 very restless and active when on the ground, constantly opening 

 and shutting its wings, unrolling its tongue, and running to and 

 fro very rapidly, and even when feeding is not easily surprised. 

 It flies freely in cloudy weather and quite late in the afternoon. 

 According to Prof. Kirtland it is a rare species in Ohio. 



9. Cynthia cardici, Linn. (Painted Lady). Described in the 

 " Canadian Nat. and Geol." vol. 3, p. 346. But one specimen was 

 met with, which was on the 21st August, at Hamilton's Farm, 

 where the common thistle (^Clrsium lanceolatum) , the food-plant 

 of its larva, is plentiful about the fields. 



10. Vanessa Atahnta, Linn. (Pied Admiral). I observed a 

 butterfly which appeared to be of this species, on the 24th June, 

 at Sugar-bush Lake, Montcalm. 



11. V. Antiopa, Linn. (Camberwell Beauty). Figured and 

 described in the " Canadian Nat. and Geol.," vol. 2, p. 93. Rather 

 common at Grenville on the 13th May ; a few specimens were seen 



