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iVoin \';iMC()ii\rr ishiiid ( Fk-tclicrj ;iii<l the (iiiHOf (ii'(n;t;iii (A. A.uassi/, 

 Mils. comp. /,(><)1.). to central CnlifWnii:! ( Kdwards. IJutlcr) and the 

 Siona Nevada near Tnu-koo ( Mc(ilashan ). To the north it is reported 

 tVoni 'Mretic America — Ross,'" probably the reoion about (Jreat Slave 

 Lake ( r>rit. Mus.), Fort Simpson (^^■hite in Kiehardson's dourney), and 

 Foit William (Ivirby). in the rciiion between Athabasca and Iludscm Bay 

 ((ntfcken), at Moose Factory, Hudson liay (Weir), at Chief Mountain, 

 Montana (('oues),the liake of the Woods (Dawson), Saidt St. ^larie 

 (Bethnne), and at (Quebec ( liowles, Fyles). Southward it is found in 

 considerable abundance at the upper limits of tbe Alleghanian fauna and 

 has even been seen occasionally as far south as Lonii' Islan<l (Graef), 

 Staten Island (Andrews) and Fhiladelphia ( lilake, Reakirt) ; other 

 southern localities west of New Fngland are Albany and Scoharie (Lint- 

 n(M). West Farms (Aug-us), Fallsburu' (Lockwood, Mus. comp. zooL), 

 Jthaca (Parker, Mead), Fredcmia (Mark) and Rochester, X. V. (Ed- 

 wards) : Cleveland, "amono- the most rare species" (Kirtland). "seldom 

 seen" (Kirkpatrick ) , and Rockport, Ohio ( Kirtland) : L(mdon, Ont. "usu- 

 al! v conunon" (Saunders), South Michiuau "rare" (Harrington), Illinois 

 (Reakirt). Minnesota (Scudder). Rocky Mountains, Colorado ( Reakirt, 

 Mead. Snow. Putnam), Sununit (■<... T'tah (Rutnain). New Mexico 

 (Snow) and Arizona (^lon-ison). 



It is found almost throughout New England. Init is extremely rare in 

 the southern portions ; the only instances known to me of its occurrence 

 in Connecticut are Ne^v Haven (Smith). Norwich a single si)ccinien 

 (McCurdy) and Farmington (Norton). In the Cambridge Museum is a 

 specimen taken near Taunton, ]Mass., by (i. W. Pepper; about Boston, 

 except occasionally, it is exceedingly rare, but is already a rather common 

 si)ecies in Williamstown (Scudder) and some other parts of Berkshire Co., 

 Mass. (Minot). as well as in AValpole (Smith), Dublin (Faxon), Mil- 

 ford (AVhitney) and the Isle of Shoals, X. H. (Thaxter). Still further 

 north it is very abundant, often the commonest species in its season, and 

 is plentiful in the AMiite Mountain region itself, flying to the highest 

 summits. 



Haunts. The butterfly is found most al)undant l)y the roadside, 

 especially among the hills and by the margin of forests : in the White 

 Mountains it is frecpiently seen in company with Polygonia faunus : it is 

 rather wary, easiest taken when settled with expanded wings in the road; 

 it is always found in sunny exposures, is fond of resting on dry leaves 

 scattered over the ground in spring, and, like many other early butterflies, 

 is attracted bv the blossoms of the lilac. 



Oviposition. At noon one June day I noticed two females endeavor- 

 ing to lay eggs on a patch of nettles by the roadside at Scarboro, Me., 

 thouirh they were often disturbc<l by passers i)y. One alighted a great 



