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of its colors or habits. Tlie butterfly is much more uorthem in its 

 range than the preceding species, and seems to prefer mountain 



Grapta faunus. 



districts. I have taken a good many specimens in the hilly parts of 

 New Hampshire, and it must be abundant in parts of Canada, judg- 

 ing by the numbers I have had sent me from different places. 



Grapta faunus. Uuder side. 



Another species of Grrapta occurring in the nortliern part of the 

 United States and Canada is Grrapta progne. The coloring of 

 the upper side of the wings resembles that of G-rapta comma, but the 

 markings below are quite different, being light brown and gray, with- 

 out the irregularities of the other species, as there are many fine lines 

 running diagonally across the Avings. The silvery maik is tliin and 



