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LIMENITIS Fabr. 



L. arthemis Drury. One of our most conspicuous and abundant butterflies particularly 

 among the Laurentian Mts. Metis VII-VIII (W); Godbout River (Coup); Quebec VII 

 (W); Sherbrooke (Beth); East Bolton VII (W); Phillipsburg VI (W); Chateauguay VII 

 (J); Montreal VI-VII (W); Arundel VI-VII (D'U); Newaygo VII (So); Kingsmere 

 VII-VIII (G); Hull VI-VII (H); 'food plants: hawthorn/ bass, choke-cherry, aspen, 

 birch, plum. 



L. disippus Godt. Metis VII (W); Sherbrooke VII (So); Windsor Mills VI (W); East 

 Bolton VII (W); Chateauguay VII (J); Montreal VI-IX (W); Montford VI (W); Meach 

 Lake VI (Y); food plants: willow, poplar, plum, apple-oak. 



CHLORIPPE Boisd. 



C. celtis Bd. Lee. 1 specimen taken in July at Outremont (near Montreal), probably an 

 accidental introduction with nursery stock; food plant: hackberry. 



Family SATYRIDAE 



These are the "Wood nymphs" or " Ringlet " butterflies, modestly coloured brownish- 

 winged insects, ornamented with ring shaped marks, or eye spots. The forelegs are imperfectly 

 developed as in the previous family. The larvae all feed on grasses, the pupae are suspended 

 by the tail only. 



DEB IS Westwood 



D.-portlandia Fabr. Found in woods, the butterfly escaping quickly from view by the rapid 

 way in which it settles and closes its wings on a tree trunk. Levis VII-VIII (Fy); St. 

 Hilaire VII (W); Compton (Gosse); St. Johns VII (C); Montreal VII (W); River Rouge 

 VII (D'U); Chelsea VII (G); Baskatong VII (G); food plants: grasses. 



NEONYMPHA Westwood 



N. canthus Linn. Found principally in swampy meadows. Quebec (B); Compton (Gosse); 

 Montreal VI-VII (W); Chateauguay VII (J); Hull VII (H); food plants: grasses and 



Fig. 5 

 Neonympha eanthui. 



