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41. B. epithore. The Pacific form of Bellona. Common and generally 

 distributed. Flies at liigh elevations. 



42. Brenthis alberta. Nowhere in great numbers, but widely distributed 

 over the higher peaks of the Rockies end of July and August. All the peaks 

 round Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara, Hector, Mt. Assiniboine, and head of 

 Toho valley, produced a few specimens (not always captured). I never saw 

 it below 7,500 feet. 



43. Brenthis astarte is another very common butterfly, if you seek it on 

 the highest points not entirely snow-covered. It is very hard to catch, but 

 very unmistakable to the eye. It has an even wider range than Alberta, for 

 I saw it, without securing one, at Glacier Crest in the Selkirks. The males 

 haunt the summits, the females are to be found on the highest grassy slopes, 

 and are not very hard to stalk, when feasting on a flower. 



44. LeTnonias (Melita'a) chalcedon. I took this fine insect only at Green- 

 wood and in the district south-west of Lake Okanagan. 



45. L. anicia. The commonest of the family. I took it at nearlj^ every 

 place I visited. Penticton, Kaslo, Lake Louise and the Selkirks all produced 

 it in plenty; but Mr. Wolley Dod finds it rare at Calgary. 



46. L. anicia var. Beani. A small and dusky high mountain form of 

 Anicia, not uncommon on the highest grass slopes about Lake Louise, Hector 

 and Lake O'Hara. I never saw it under 7,000 feet. 



47. Lemonias nubigena. Two specimens only, from Pevelstoke, a very 

 hot place, 1,400 feet. 



48. L. rubicunda. Another Californian insect, which extends into the 

 Rockies as far north as Hector and Lake Louise. I never took it commonly. 

 It may be so around Lake Okanagan in July. 



49. L. palla. Common about Lake Okanagan, Greenwood and Kaslo in 

 June. I never took it in the Rockies, but Mr. Wolley Dod gave me a speci- 

 men from Red Deer, 100 miles north of Calgary. There the winter is re- 

 markably mild. 



50. Phyciodes tharos. Very common at Nelson, Kaslo and Calgary. Did 

 not find it in the mountains. 



51. Phyciodes pratensis. Universally common. A small mountain form 

 occurs at Hector, at 5,000 feet. 



52. Phyciodes pratensis var. Orseis. Ranked as a species by Holland. 

 Probably the south-western form of type. I took mine on the Pacific coast. 



53. Phyciodes camillus. Common at Greenwood and Penticton in June, 

 and I took one at Hector, at 5,500 feet, in July. 



54. Psy erodes Tnylitta. In the Okanagan country in June. I took none 

 in the mountains or further eastwards, 



55. Polygonia satyrus. At Victoria in June, and at Calgary in May, all 

 hibernated specimens. 



56. Polygonia faunus. At Victoria only in June. Mr. "Wolley Dod re- 

 ports it from Calgary and Banff, but not commonly, 



57. P. zephyrus. At Field, common in August, and at Banff. 



58. P. gracilis. At Ottawa and Montreal only. It does not appear to 

 occur in British Columbia, 



69. Polygonia areas var. silenus. Two specimens at Banff, August 30. 

 60. P. progne. One at Calgary, 31st May, one at Ottawa in May, and 

 several at Ottawa in September. 



