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  but 
  the 
  desolation 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  that 
  extreme 
  nature 
  one 
  would 
  

   expect. 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Oliver 
  that 
  over 
  sixty 
  species 
  

   of 
  flowering 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  determined 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  

   formed 
  by 
  the 
  naturalists 
  of 
  the 
  expedition 
  between 
  the 
  already 
  

   given 
  parallels 
  of 
  latitude 
  (78° 
  — 
  83° 
  N.). 
  This 
  fact, 
  at 
  first 
  

   sight, 
  reads 
  like 
  romance 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Captain 
  Feilden 
  informed 
  me 
  

   that 
  during 
  the 
  short 
  period 
  when 
  there 
  is 
  practically 
  no 
  night, 
  

   butterflies 
  are 
  continuously 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  supposing 
  the 
  sun's 
  

   face 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  obscured 
  by 
  clouds 
  or 
  passing 
  snow-showers." 
  

   The 
  species 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Discovery's 
  " 
  winter 
  

   quarters, 
  between 
  81° 
  42' 
  and 
  81° 
  52' 
  N. 
  latitude, 
  were 
  Colias 
  

   hecla 
  (var. 
  glacialis, 
  McL.), 
  Brenthis 
  jpolaris 
  (also 
  from 
  Disko 
  

   Island 
  in 
  lat. 
  70° 
  N.), 
  B. 
  chariclea, 
  Lycaena 
  orhitulus 
  var. 
  aqnilo, 
  

   Boisd., 
  and, 
  strange 
  to 
  say, 
  a 
  slight 
  aberration 
  {feildend, 
  McL.) 
  

   of 
  our 
  familiar 
  " 
  Small 
  Copper," 
  Chrysophanus 
  phlaeas, 
  L. 
  

  

  Some 
  very 
  interesting 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  butterflies 
  of 
  this 
  

   remote 
  region 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Greeley, 
  the 
  

   leader 
  of 
  the 
  ill-fated 
  American 
  Polar 
  expedition 
  of 
  1881-4. 
  

   At 
  Lake 
  Hazen, 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Grant 
  Land, 
  on 
  June 
  28th 
  

   1882, 
  " 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  butterflies 
  were 
  seen, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  

   were 
  apparently 
  three 
  different 
  species. 
  They 
  were 
  so 
  active 
  

   and 
  distrustful, 
  however, 
  that 
  I 
  succeeded 
  in 
  capturing 
  but 
  one 
  

   during 
  the 
  day." 
  On 
  the 
  29th, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  saw 
  " 
  a 
  

   bumble-bee 
  and 
  a 
  devil's 
  darning 
  needle 
  " 
  — 
  a 
  highly 
  interesting 
  

   record, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  and 
  the 
  

   Odonata 
  extends 
  as 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Lepi- 
  

   doptera 
  — 
  and 
  " 
  butterflies 
  were 
  very 
  numerous, 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  

   fifty 
  being 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  day," 
  which 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  unprece- 
  

   dented 
  high 
  temperature 
  in 
  the 
  Far 
  North. 
  

  

  The 
  intrepid 
  American 
  explorer 
  R. 
  E. 
  Peary 
  also 
  contributes 
  

   his 
  quota 
  to 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  these 
  Hyperborean 
  butterflies. 
  In 
  

   June 
  1892, 
  after 
  he 
  had 
  crossed 
  the 
  appalling 
  ice 
  desert 
  of 
  

   North 
  Greenland 
  to 
  bare 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  north-east 
  coast, 
  elevated 
  

   3800 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea, 
  in 
  lat. 
  81° 
  37' 
  N., 
  long. 
  34° 
  5' 
  W., 
  

   a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  vegetation 
  and 
  " 
  two 
  bumble-bees, 
  several 
  

   butterflies, 
  and 
  innumerable 
  flies 
  " 
  were 
  noted 
  by 
  him. 
  

   Another 
  American 
  Arctic 
  voyager, 
  Dr. 
  I. 
  I. 
  Hayes, 
  records 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  a 
  " 
  yellow-winged 
  butterfly 
  " 
  on 
  July 
  9th, 
  1861, 
  

   at 
  his 
  winter 
  quarters 
  at 
  Port 
  Foulke 
  (lat. 
  78° 
  17' 
  N., 
  long. 
  

  

  