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  and 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  -{- 
  84°, 
  while 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  on 
  

   a 
  spot 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  north-eastern 
  air-current, 
  it 
  fell 
  at 
  once 
  

   to 
  -}- 
  27°. 
  Further 
  he 
  states 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  more 
  vigorous 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  the 
  sheltered 
  declivities 
  of 
  the 
  Taimur 
  provides 
  food 
  

   for 
  a 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  insects 
  than 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  

   Novaya 
  Zemlya. 
  Bees, 
  hornets, 
  and 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  butter- 
  

   flies, 
  buzzed 
  or 
  hovered 
  round 
  the 
  flowers, 
  and 
  caterpillars 
  

   could 
  be 
  gathered 
  by 
  dozens 
  on 
  the 
  tundra; 
  but 
  their 
  mortal 
  

   enemies 
  had 
  pursued 
  them 
  even 
  here, 
  and 
  ichneumon 
  flies 
  

   crept 
  out 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  them." 
  

  

  Many 
  degrees 
  of 
  longitude 
  to 
  the 
  eastward, 
  the 
  naturalists 
  

   of 
  the 
  " 
  Vega 
  " 
  expedition, 
  during 
  their 
  memorable 
  " 
  North- 
  

   east 
  Passage 
  " 
  in 
  1878-9, 
  found 
  at 
  their 
  winter 
  quarters, 
  about 
  

   100 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Behring's 
  Strait, 
  " 
  larvae 
  of 
  an 
  Argynnis 
  " 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  met 
  with 
  Oeneis 
  cramhis, 
  Freyer, 
  

   and 
  Erebia 
  rossii, 
  Curtis, 
  at 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  Bay 
  in 
  Chukchi 
  

   Land, 
  a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  of 
  these 
  Straits. 
  The 
  swampy 
  

   meadows 
  of 
  the 
  desolate 
  Pribylofi 
  Islands, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   Behring's 
  Sea, 
  are, 
  according 
  to 
  H. 
  W. 
  Elliott, 
  enlivened 
  in 
  

   summer 
  by 
  myriads 
  of 
  yellow 
  butterflies, 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Colias. 
  Alaska 
  appears 
  to 
  pos- 
  

   sess 
  a 
  fairly 
  rich 
  butterfly 
  fauna, 
  two 
  Papilios, 
  aliaska, 
  Scudd., 
  

   and 
  turnus, 
  L., 
  even 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  

   from 
  whence 
  thirteen 
  species 
  of 
  butterflies 
  are 
  recorded 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  S. 
  H. 
  Scudder. 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  no 
  records, 
  however, 
  from 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  Arctic 
  Circle 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  except 
  that 
  of 
  Erebia 
  fasciata, 
  

   Butl., 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  rare 
  at 
  Kotzebue 
  Sound. 
  This 
  

   remarkable 
  species 
  was 
  first 
  obtained 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  Bay 
  (lat. 
  

   69° 
  N., 
  long. 
  107° 
  W.) 
  by 
  Capt. 
  CoUinson 
  in 
  H.M.S. 
  " 
  Enter- 
  

   prise," 
  during 
  the 
  prolonged 
  search 
  for 
  Sir 
  John 
  Franklin's 
  lost 
  

   expedition. 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  Hanbury, 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1902, 
  made 
  a 
  

   large 
  collection 
  of 
  butterflies 
  on 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  near 
  Cape 
  

   Barrow 
  (lat. 
  68° 
  30' 
  N., 
  long. 
  111° 
  W.), 
  which 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  

   our 
  former 
  President 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Elwes 
  in 
  our 
  Transactions 
  for 
  

   1903, 
  and 
  illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  coloured 
  plate. 
  This 
  

   collection, 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  and 
  representative 
  

   series 
  of 
  Arctic 
  butterflies 
  ever 
  obtained 
  from 
  any 
  one 
  locality, 
  

   consists 
  of 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  fifteen 
  species, 
  including 
  three 
  Erehias 
  

   {fasciata, 
  Butl., 
  disa, 
  Thunb., 
  and 
  rossii. 
  Curt.) 
  ; 
  two 
  Oeneis 
  

  

  