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think that they were crcihihis ; but in a fresh state they 

 are much blacker than any of the faded specimens of 

 cramhis I have before me. Whether that species, v.diich I 

 only know certainly from Labrador, occurs also in Arctic 

 America, and whether when we know it better it will be 

 possible certainly to distinguish it from scmidca, are points 

 which at present remain obscure. 



6. Ccenonympha tiplwn, var. mixturatct. 



G. tiplion, var. mvMurata, Alplieraky, Rom. Mem. sur. 

 Lep. IX, p. 326 (1897). 



Two males and a female from Dismal Creek, taken 

 30, vii, are in bad condition, but are sufficient to show 

 tliat the form found here, like that from Alaska, is nearer 

 to the Kamschatkan variety than to any other. 



7. Argynnis 'palcs. 



Papiilio pales, W. V., p. 177 (1776). 



Three males and a female fiorn the Barren Grounds, 

 taken 16 and 18, vii, are the first specimens of this species 

 I have yet seen or heard of from America, where I have 

 long expected to hear of its discovery. 



The males are quite typical, and could not be dis- 

 tinguished from some Alpine specimens. 



The female is like some I have from Northern Siberia. 



8. Argynnis 'polaris. 



A. polaris, Boisduval, Ind. Meth., p. 15 (182!)) ; id. 

 Icones, PI. XX, figs. 1, 2 (1833). 



Specimens were taken in all the localities visited in the 

 first half of July, and are quite typical. 



9. Argynnis chariclea. (Plate IX, figs. 6, 7, 8.) 

 Fapilio cliariclea, Schneider, Neuest. Mag. V, p. 588 



(1794). 



The most extraordinary variation is shown by the 

 specimens of this species, which occurs in all parts of 

 Arctic America, and was taken by Mr. Hanbury at all the 

 places where he collected. 



Among them a male from Chapman Island is almost 

 black. Another from Dismal Creek is very small and 

 pale, but a female from Point Epworth is a wonderful 



