﻿{bore 
  var. 
  taygete, 
  Hiibn., 
  and 
  semidea, 
  Say, 
  var.) 
  ; 
  a 
  variety 
  

   {mixturata, 
  AIjdIi.) 
  of 
  our 
  Coenonympha 
  typhon 
  ; 
  four 
  species 
  

   of 
  Brenihis 
  {pales, 
  W. 
  V., 
  polaris, 
  Boisd., 
  chariclea, 
  Schn., 
  and 
  

   frigga 
  var. 
  improha, 
  Butl.) 
  ; 
  Lycaena 
  orhitulus 
  var. 
  franJdinii, 
  

   Curt.; 
  and 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  Colias 
  {hecla, 
  Lef., 
  boothii, 
  Curt., 
  

   pelidne, 
  Boisd., 
  and 
  nastes, 
  Boisd.). 
  From 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  to 
  

   the 
  north-east, 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Prince 
  Regent's 
  Inlet, 
  we 
  have 
  

   the 
  insects 
  collected 
  and 
  preserved 
  under 
  the 
  most 
  trying 
  

   conditions 
  by 
  the 
  expedition 
  under 
  Capt. 
  Sir 
  John 
  Ross, 
  in 
  

   the 
  " 
  Victory 
  " 
  during 
  its 
  sojourn 
  of 
  four 
  years 
  (1829-1833), 
  in 
  

   this 
  desolate 
  region 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  officer 
  in 
  command, 
  afterwards 
  

   Sir 
  James 
  Clark 
  Ross 
  of 
  Antarctic 
  renown, 
  being 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  

   the 
  actual 
  collector. 
  Five 
  species 
  of 
  butterflies 
  are 
  described 
  

   and 
  figured 
  by 
  John 
  Curtis 
  in 
  his 
  inimitable 
  style, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Appendix 
  to 
  Sir 
  John 
  Ross's 
  Narrative 
  of 
  this 
  voyage. 
  These 
  

   are 
  Colias 
  boothii, 
  which 
  " 
  appears 
  in 
  mid-July 
  on 
  Oxytropis; 
  " 
  

   C. 
  chione, 
  probably 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  preceding; 
  Hipparchia 
  

   {Erebia) 
  rossii, 
  " 
  five 
  only, 
  they 
  were 
  scarce 
  and 
  frequented 
  the 
  

   precipitous 
  faces 
  of 
  dark-coloured 
  rocks 
  and 
  loose 
  stones; 
  I 
  

   never 
  found 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  on 
  flowers 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  " 
  (J. 
  C. 
  Ross, 
  

   1830) 
  ; 
  H. 
  {Oeneis) 
  subhyalina, 
  one 
  only, 
  probably 
  with 
  the 
  

   preceding; 
  Melitaea 
  tarquinius, 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  the 
  widely 
  

   ranging 
  Brenthis 
  chariclea, 
  " 
  an 
  abundant 
  species, 
  like 
  the 
  

   Coliades 
  found 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  Oxytropis, 
  June 
  and 
  

   July 
  1830 
  " 
  ; 
  and 
  Pohjommatus 
  franMinii 
  (= 
  orbitulus, 
  Esp. 
  

   var.), 
  " 
  only 
  two 
  taken, 
  feeding 
  on 
  Astragalus 
  alpinus, 
  end 
  of 
  

   July." 
  

  

  Another 
  British 
  Arctic 
  expedition 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  forty 
  years 
  

   later 
  date, 
  that 
  under 
  Sir 
  George 
  Nares 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Alert 
  " 
  and 
  

   " 
  Discovery 
  " 
  in 
  1875-6, 
  brought 
  back 
  an 
  important 
  little 
  

   collection 
  of 
  insects 
  from 
  nearly 
  the 
  highest 
  latitude 
  attained 
  

   on 
  that 
  occasion, 
  and 
  the 
  butterflies 
  included 
  in 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  regarded 
  as 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  representatives 
  

   of 
  their 
  race 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  Our 
  former 
  President, 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  

   McLachlan, 
  writes 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  as 
  follows—" 
  Thirty 
  -five 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  gaily-coloured 
  butterflies 
  were 
  procured, 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  certainly 
  five 
  distinct 
  species. 
  It 
  may 
  safely 
  be 
  asserted 
  

   that 
  there 
  are 
  desert 
  regions 
  in 
  the 
  tropics 
  that 
  would 
  not 
  

   furnish 
  an 
  equal 
  number. 
  I 
  have 
  used 
  the 
  term 
  ' 
  desolate 
  ' 
  ; 
  

  

  