NO. HNS B UTTERFLIES OF BRITISH AMERICA— CAR Y. 453 



AGRIADES AQUILO (Boisduval). 



Under the name ^'Polyoiinmatu!^ franhliniV White records speci- 

 mens which Richardson collected on the Arctic coast of western 

 Mackenzie in 1848/' Mr, Hanbur^' collected a pair on the Barren 

 Grounds (liO- W., GT'^ 40' N.), in 1902, which Elwes refers io Lycxna 

 oi'hltulus \2iV. franJclinii Curiis.^ According to Doctor Dyixv frank- 

 linii Curtis and aquilo Boisduval are synonymous/' 



CYANIRIS LADON var. LUCIA (Kirby). 



There seems to be but one record for this form of ladon in the 

 Athabaska-Mackenzie region, although its distribution should be 

 general throughout the forested region. Doctor Fletcher records a 

 single example collected by Frederick Bell at Fort Simpson, June 25, 

 1888/' All of the specimens of ladon secured by Mr. Preble and 

 m3^self seem to be referable to the form Doctor Fletcher has recently 

 described as var. nigrescens, from Kaslo, Kootenay Lake, British 

 Columbia.^ 



CYANIRIS LADON var. NIGRESCENS Fletcher. 



1 captured a male of this form near the Grand Detour, Slave River, 

 Athabaska, June 16, 1903. In the lower Mackenzie Basin Mr. Preble 

 took specimens in 1904, as follows: Fort Norman, June 12, oneexample; 

 Fort Good Hope, June 21 to 23, ten; Fort McPherson, July 6 to 8, two. 



In Alberta, I collected a male at Edmonton, May 10, and four males 

 at Vermillion River, May 13, 1903, all in perfect condition. 



EVERES COMYNTAS (Godart). 



This species was not uncommon in Athabaska and southern Mac- 

 kenzie in 1903. Specimens were collected as follows: Smith Landing, 

 June 12, two males; Fort Resolution, June 24 to 26, four males; Fort 

 Providence, July 8, one male. 



Scudder refers to specimens in the British Museum, labeled "Arctic 

 America^ R. B. Ross."-' The><e specimens probably were received 

 from Fort Simpson through B. R. Ross. Butler mentions specimens 

 collected by Miss Elizabeth Taylor at the Rapids of the Drowned, 

 Slave River, June 29, 1892.5' 



E. corny ntax was usually observed at the flowers of Fragarki^ Poten- 

 tilla^ and other low-Howering plants. 



« Arctic Searching Expedition, II, 1851, p. 362. 



& Trans. Ent. Soc. London, Pt. :3, 1903, p. 242. 



cList N. Am. Lep., Bull. No. 52, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902, p. 44. 



f' Ann. Rept. Can. Geol. Surv., Ill (new ser.), Pt. 1, App. IV, (1889), p. 231 B. 



« Trans. Roy. Soc Canada, Sec. IV, 1903, p. 213. 



.^"Butterflies of Eastern United States and Canada, II, 1889, p. 914. 



S' Annals Nat. Hist. (6), XII, 1893, p. 13. 



