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outward trip two were noted at House River, Athiabaska, August 21. 

 Mr. Preble captured a specimen on Lake Hardist_y, on the traverse 

 between Fort Rae and Great Bear Lake, Augu.st 16, 1903. In 1904 he 

 observed it at Fort Simpson, on April IT, and took two specimens at 

 Fort Good Hope, June 21, and another at the mouth of Peel River, 

 near Fort McPherson, July 1. 



Strecker mentions a number of examples of E. antiopa from the 

 "Athabaska region," received from Getfcken ; " H. F. Wickham records 

 several specimens taken by Frank Russell, of the University of Iowa, 

 at Fort Rae in August, 1893;^ while specimens collected by William 

 Ogilvie on the Mackenzie River, 90 miles above Fort Good Hope, July 

 19, 1888, and at Fort Smith, August 24, 1888, have been recorded by 

 Doctor Fletcher,'" 



AGLAIS MILBERTI ( Godart) . 



This species was common at Fort Resolution, June 21 to 27, and at 

 Fort Providence, July 4 to 8, 1903. It was usually observed feeding 

 at the flowers of Elaiagnus argen.tea. Three examples were taken. 



A. 'iiiilherti was collected at Fort Simpson as early as 1848, by 

 Richardson;'' Strecker received specimens from Geffcken which had 

 been taken in the region between Hudson Bay and Lake Athabaska;'* 

 Scudder refers to specimens in the British Museum labeled "Arctic 

 America, Ross" ;'' eleven specimens were collected at Fort Simpson, 

 June 26 to July 20, 1888, by Frederick Bell, and recorded by Doctor 

 Fletcher; ''' while H. F. Wickham lists several which Frank Russell 

 secured at Fort Rae, August 12, 1893.* 



VANESSA ATALANTA (Linnaeus). 



This and the two preceding species are among the most character- 

 istic butterflies of the Northland. V. atalanta was first noted June 9, 

 1903, near the confluence of Riviere de Rochers and Peace River. It 

 was abundant at Fort Resolution, fFuno 23 to 27, where it was chiefl}^ 

 noted on Rihes blossoms. At Fort Providence, July 3 to 8, it was 

 feeding on both Mihes and Elseagnus. Several of these butterflies 

 were also ol^served near House River, Athabaska, August 21. A 

 specimen captured at the latter locality was perfectly fresh. 



Although I found this species so common in 1903, it seems to have 

 hitherto escaped observation in the region under review. It has been 

 taken, however, in the region about Fort ^'hurchill, Hudson Ba}'. 



« Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, 1872, p. 132. 



^ Explorations in the Far North, 1898, p. 276. 



c Ann. Kept. Can. Geol. Surv., Ill (new ser.), Pt. 1, App. IV, (1889), p. 231 B. 



<^ White, in Arctic ISearching Expedition, II, 1851, p. 362. 



« Butterflies of Eastern United States and Canada, I, 1889, p. 425. 



