20 I Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 
FAMILY NYMPHALIDy^. 
Argynnis bischoffi Edw. 
Argynnis hischoffii Edw.: Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, III, 189, 1870. 
A single specimen taken on August 7, 1904, at Mayo lake, Yukon Territory 
(J. Keele) was determined by Fletcher as A. eunjnome Edw., and has been 
recorded under this latter name by Keeled Several years ago I submitted 
this specimen to Dr. Skinner, who reported that it was a boreal form of A. 
eunjnome Edw. Personally, however, I prefer to place the specimen under the 
name bischoffi. Edw., which was described from Alaska, opposite Kodiak. In 
the description the spots on the underside are referred to as being pale, not 
silvered. The above specimen (a male) which is in the Canadian National 
collection, has silvered spots. Edwards, however, has remarked that the species 
occurs at Sitka, Alaska, in both silvered and unsilvered forms, and figured a 
specimen of the former^. Barnes and McDunnough^ in discussing the species 
briefly point to the fact that the name in sens, strict, can only apply to the 
unsilvered form. 
Genus Brenthis Hbn. 
Brenthis triclaris Hbn. 
Brenthis triclaris Hbn: Samml. Ex. Schmett., II, 1824. 
No specimens among the Canadian Arctic Expedition material. There 
are, however, in the Canadian National collection, specimens from the following 
northern localities: Nansen creek. Placer Mining camp, Yukon Territory, July 7, 
9, 11, 2 females, 1 male (D. D. Cairnes); west branch of Thelon river. North- 
west Territories, July 5,1900, 1 female (J. Tyrrell); Labrador, 1 female (collector 
unknown); Labrador, July 16, 1894, 1 female (A. P. Low); Charlton island, 
James bay, July 7, 1887, 1 female (J. M. Macoun). 
Brenthis chariclea Schneid. 
Papilio chariclea Schneid.: Neu. Mag. V, 588, 1794. 
Fourteen specimens from the following localities: Collinson point, Alaska, 
July 10, 1914, 1 male (F. Johansen); Bernard harbour. Northwest Territories, 
August 4 and 6, 1915, July 14, 1916, 9 males, 1 female (F. Johansen); Wollaston 
Land, Victoria island, Northwest Territories, summer 1915, 1 male, 1 female 
(D. Jenness); Port Epworth, Coronation gulf. Northwest Territories, July 15, 
1915, 1 male (J. J. O'Neill). 
Three specimens were collected by the Northern Party of the Canadian 
Arctic Expedition at Armstrong point, Victoria island, Northwest Territories, 
July 1-10, 1916 (J. Hadley). 
In addition to the above examples there are in the National collection at 
Ottawa further specimens from northern localities, as follows: Slopes of mount 
Ortell, Yukon Territory, July 16, 1906, 1 male (J. Keele); Ladue river, Yukon 
Territory, July 4, 1905, 1 male, 1 female (J. Keele); Nansen creek, Placer Mining 
camp, Yukon Territory, July 7, 1914, 1 female (D. D. Cairnes) ; Racquet creek, 
international boundary, lat. 65° 21', August 3, 1912, 2 males (D. D. Cairnes); 
Orange creek, international boundary, lat. 65° 05', June 12, 1912, 1 male (D. D. 
Cairnes); on Wagon road, 56 miles from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, 1 female, 
August 15, 1908 (Geo. Stewart); Pelly river, Yukon Territory, August 3, 1887 
(G. M. Dawson); White river district, Yukon Territory, lat. 61° 55', long. 141°, 
• Rep. upper Stewart river region, Yukon, Geo. Surv. Can. 1906. 
2 Butt, of N.A. II, pi. 25. 
» Cont. Nat. Hist., Lep. N.A., II, 95. 
