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see a list of such butterflies of Lower Canada as I have myself taken, 

 thrown into a more connected and tabular form than I was able to do 

 in my 'Canadian Naturalist.' The locality, within three miles of 

 which all the species were captured, is the township of Compton in 

 thj county of Sherbrooke, Lower Canada, about 45° 15' N. Lat. and 

 72° W. Long. They were taken in the years 1835, 36 and 37. 



Papilio Turnus, Linn., appears in May : abundant until July. 

 Colias Philodice, Godart, appears in May: abundant until October. 

 Pontia oleracea, Kirby, May; rare and brief in continuance. 

 Melitaa Myrina, Fab., June ; common through the summer. 

 „ Tharos, Cramer, June ; abundant. 



„ Phaeton, Fab., very rare; a single specimen taken in 

 June, 1837. 

 Argynnis Aphrodite, Fab., June ; abundant until September. 



,, Cyhele, Fab., July ; common until September. 



Grapta argenteum, Kirby, July ; not uncommon. 

 „ C. album ? Boisd., July ; rather common. 

 „ Progne ? Fab., April ; abundant until October. 

 „ inter rogationisy Fab., and G. C aureum, Fab., July, rather 

 numerous until the middle of October. 

 Vanessa Antiopa, Linn., May ; common at intervals until October. 

 „ furcillata, Say, April; common in the spring and early 



summer. 

 „ J. album, Boisd., May, rather scarce ; through the sum- 

 mer until October. 

 „ Atalanta, Linn., May ; very scarce. 

 Danais Archippus, Godart, July and through August, but very 



scarce. 

 Limenitis Arthemis, Say, abundant during the former half of July ; 

 appears and disappears very suddenly. 1 have seen a soli- 

 tary individual as late as 20th September. 

 Hipparchia transmontana, Say, July ; extremely numerous during 

 the latter part of summer, and in autumn. 

 „ Andromacha, Say, very rare ; a single specimen taken 



in July, 1836. 

 LyccRna PhlcBas, August and September, common. 

 Polyommatus Lucia, Kirby, rather common for a week or two in 



May only. 

 TJiymele Brizo ? Boisd., June ; scarce. 

 Pamphila Paniscus ? Fab., July ; only a single specimen taken. 



