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Quebec (ifus. C(mi|). Zool.), Montreal (Lynian), Nepigon, north of Lake 

 Superior, not incliuled on the map (Scudder), the west coast of Lake 

 Winnipeg (Scudder), Fort Simpson — also received since printing the 

 map (Fletcher), Kananaskis (Fletcher) and Canmore, Alberta (Holland), 

 A'^ancouvcr Island (Fletcher) and Wasiiington Territory (Morrison). Yet 

 it t)Ccurs also far to tlie south, occupying at least the northern half of the 

 Carolinian fauna, since it has Ijccii taken in West Virginia (Edwards) , 

 North Carolina (Atkinson) and (icorgia (Abl)ot). Edwards also gives 

 it from Florida, and I have seen specimens from Mexico ( !) collected by 

 Salle. In the heart of the continent it has been rarely taken except in 

 high nortlicrn localities, such as those mentioned; or in elevated situations, 

 as Colorado (Mead, Morrison, Scudder) and Arizona (Morrison) ; but it 

 has been taken in Micliigan ( Mus. Mii'li. Univ.), Wisconsin, not rare 

 (Hoy) and nortlu'rn Illinois ( ^^'orthington) ; Strecker also gives it from 

 Ohio and Indiana, where it is probably confined to the north. It has not 

 been detected in several places where we should expect it and where there 

 are good observers. 



In New England it is wide spread and has been found in almost every 

 place where there are resident collectors. In the north it has been taken 

 in the wilds of Maine (Packard) as well as at Xorw.ay (Smith), Hallowell 

 (Miss Wadsworth) and Orono (Fernald) ; in the White Mountain valleys 

 and even in the subalpine region of the White Mountains in abundance 

 (Sanborn, Scudder) and Milford, N. H. "common" (Whitney) ; in 

 Massachusetts it is reported from Andover (Scudder), Amherst (Parker), 

 Amherst Notch (Scudder), Spi-ingfield (Emery), Middleboro (Hambly) 

 and Nantucket (Scudder), and at several places in the vicinity of Boston, 

 such as Winchester, Belmont, AVyoniing and ISIattaj^an. In Connecticut 

 it has been found at New Haven and Meriden (Mus. Yale Coll.) and at 

 New Britain (Scudder). 



Abundance and haunts. Open roads through woods in hilly regions, 

 especially it' these be damp from the vicinity of streams, will be found the 

 favorite place of resort for this butterfly, which never swarms, but is often 

 found singly in great numbers. 



Oviposition. The eggs are laid singly on the upper surface of leaves, 

 the younger but not the youngest leaves being selected for the purpose, 

 and ordinarily at a height of not more than about three to four feet from 

 the ground. 



Food plants. Abbot says that this species feeds in the caterpillar 

 state upon "wild indigo" [Baptisia?] and oaks, but as he makes the 

 same statement of others, it is not improbable that several species were 

 confounded by him. Mr. Edwards has raised it on aspen, Populus trem- 

 uloides, and I have carried it to the fourth larval stage from eggs laid by 

 a female imprisoned on the same plant. Mr. Edwards says he once "had 



