12 I Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 
Oeneis jutta Hbn. 
Oeneisjutta Hbn.: Eur. Schmett, f. 614, 1800. 
In the Canadian National collection are specimens from the following Yukon 
localities: North Fork Stewart river, Yukon Territory, June 22, 1905, 1 male 
(J. Keele); Klotassin river area, Yukon Territory, lat. 62° 31' to 63° 06'; long. 
137° 30' to 139° 60', summer 1916, 1 male (D. D. Cairnes); Ladue river, Yukon 
Territory, July 4, 1905, 1 male, 2 females (J. Keele); Lansing river, Yukon 
Territory, June 24, 1915, 1 female (J. Keele). 
In all of these specimens excepting the male, taken on the Ladue river, the 
median band on the underside of the secondaries is present. In the exception 
the band is not definitely marked and in general may be referred to the var. 
alaskensis Holl. The specimens on the whole are smaller than jutta which occurs 
commonly at the Mer Bleue, Carlsbad Springs, Ont., a favourite collecting 
ground near Ottawa. 
Oeneis taygete Hbn. 
Oeneis taygete Hbn.: Samml. Ex. Schmett, 1816-24. 
One specimen, a male, as follows: Bay southwest of cape Krusenstern, 
Northwest Territories, July 3, 1916 (D. Jenness). 
In the Canadian National collection at Ottawa there are nine other 
specimens bearing locality records as follows: Kluane road, 96 miles from 
Whitehorse, near Marshall creek, Yukon Territory, June 15, 1914, 1 male 
(D. D. Cairnes); Sit Down creek, lat. 65° 40',long. 141°, July 9, 1912, 1 female 
(D. D. Cairnes); Nation river, lat, 65° 31' (1700-2500 ft.), July 17, 1912, 1 
female (D. D. Cairnes); Siwash creek, Yukon Territory, lat. 65° 57', long. 
141°, June 30, 1912, 1 female (D. D. Cairnes); one other specimen evidently 
from the Yukon Territory, but without definite data; Labrador, male; King 
George sound, south side Hudson strait, July 16, 1897, 2 males, 1 female 
(R. Bell). 
In the males the median band on the underside of the secondaries is very 
distinct, in the females less so. The whitish spots near the margin on the hind 
wings beneath, are conspicuous on most of the Yukon specimens and equally so 
on the Labrador specimen. 
Holland has given a rather good figure of the specicvs in his Butterfly Book 
pi. XXVII, 6, the specimen illustrated being from Nain, Labrador. In none of 
our specimens is the pale yellowish submarginal band on the upperside so marked 
as indicated in Seitz's figure 50g, vol. v — The Macrolepidoptera of the American 
Faunistic Region. The submarginal area of the specimens listed above is, in both 
sexes, similar in colour to the general colour of the primaries. In some of the 
examples the yellowish spots on the upperside of the secondaries near the margin 
are very conspicuous. The general colour of the upper surface of the Labrador 
example is of a golden-brown shade, while that of the Bernard harbour specimen 
and other males, is of a darker shade of brown. The median band on the 
underside of the secondaries while conspicuous in all the specimens indicates 
considerable variation not only in width but also in shape. The number of 
white scales on both sides of the median band also varies. In all the specimens 
the veins are white-lined. 
The genitalia of the specimen taken on the Kluane road, 96 miles from 
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, are shown on Plate 1, fig. 1. 
