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5. DICKENSON, Esq., Superintendent of the Commercial Cable, Hazelhill, 

 Guysborongh County, N. S., had been elected an associate member. 



PROF. FAVILLE, Director of the N. S. School of Horticulture, delivered 

 .a lecture on "Some Important Scientific Problems in Horticulture," 

 illustrated bv a number of charts. 



SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 15th April, 1895. 

 The PRESIDENT in the chair. 



It was reported that the HON. MR. JUSTICE WEATHERBE had been 

 /elected a member. 



The following paper b*y Miss LUCY C. EATON, entitled, "The Butter- 

 flies of Truro, N. S.," was read by Mr. Piers : 



1. Vanessa antiopa, L. Very beautiful specimens of this butter- 

 fly are on the wing during the last of July. A full grown larva captured 

 on the llth of July, 1894, went into cocoon on the 12th and appeared 

 as a perfect insect on the 26th of the same month. This species hiber- 

 nates during the winter and appears in spring with its wings much worn 

 and faded. 



2. Vanessa milberti, Godt. Also a hibernating species, and like 

 the antiopa, common here. 



3. Argynnis atlantis, Edw. Very common. Is with us the 

 greater part of the summer. 



4. Argynnis mijrina. Cram. Not very common. 



5. Argynnis cybele, F. Not common. 



6. Papilio turnus, L. Our largest butterfly. Rare because of 

 natural enemies. 



7. Pieris oZeracea,. Har. Native cabbage butterfly. Not very 

 common. 



