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The list of Cauadiim butterflies now presented includes the names of two hundred 

 and nine species. Of these, we have in the genus Papilio thirteen, whereas oiir early lists 

 contained but five ; six of those recently added have been captured in British Columbia 

 and the Eocky Mountains. There are two species of Parnassius, one recorded from the 

 Northwest Territories near Alaska, the other captured by Captain G-eddes, at Crow's Nest 

 Pass. One species of Neophada comes from Vancoiwer Island; five species have been 

 added to Pieris, four of which are widely distributed, while one is eastern. 



In the genus Anthocaris there are three species, all from the Rocky Mountains ; in Colias 

 nineteen species, fifteen of which are Western and Northern, nine having been collected 

 by Captain Oeddes ; while in the allied genus Terias, we have three species, all of which 

 have beeii found in Ontario. In the genus Argynnis there have been great additions : the 

 early lists of eastern forms contained four species, these have been increased to iive, while 

 no less than twenty-two species have been added from the Rocky Mountains and British 

 Columbia. The result of Captain Geddes' work has enriched this genus by the addition 

 of twelve names, one of which is a new species. In MeliUca and Pliijciode:', included in 

 one group in the early lists with four species, the increase has been eight, most of which 

 were captured by G-eddes. In Grapta the increase has been five species ; while in Vanessa 

 and Pyrameis the list stands just as it was twenty-one years ago. In Limenilis, one has 

 been added, and in the genera grouped under Salyrinœ there are many additions to note ; 

 in Cccnonyvipha, two ; Erehia, iive; Salyrus, four; and C/iio?iobas, nine. The Thedas have 

 increased from five to fifteen ; five have been added to Chrysophamis and fifteen to Lyccena ; 

 while in the several genera included in the Hesperidœ the increase has been from thirteen 

 to twenty-nine. 



CATALOGUE. 



PAPILIONID^. 



Papilio, Linn. 



P. Ajax {Linn), vur. Marcellus, Boisd., Vol. VIII. PI. ii. Edw. But., Vol. I. PI. iii. 

 Can. Ent., Vol. XII. p. 211. 



In Canada this species appears to be confined to "Western Ontario, from Hamilton 

 to Amherstburg, but more especially along the shores of Lake Erie. 



P. Philenor, Z,w«., Mant. 535. Sm.-Abb., PI. iii. Say, Am. Eut., Vol. I. PI. i. Can. Nat. 



and Geol., Vol. III. p. 320. Riley, 3d Mo. Ent. Rep., p. 116. Can. Ent., Vol. XIII. p. 9. 



Occurs occasionally in Western Ontario, was taken in great abundance by Rev. C. 



•T. S. Bethune, at West Flamborough, Ont., in 1858, and during that same year 



was common also about Toronto. SubsPC[uently laki'U several times near 



Woodstock. 



