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(" Butterflies of Eastern Provinces of Canada," 1894) says that it occurs 

 in Nova Scotia, as well as in Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and 

 New Brunswick. It is common throughout northern Ontario and 

 Eastern Quebec. 



Argynnis myrina. Reported as not very common at Truro. It is a 

 very common species about Halifax. 



Argynnis cybele. This species does not seem to have been definitely 

 reported from Nova Scotia proper,* but in Rev. C. J. S. Bethune's list 

 of the butterflies of eastern Canada, (Rept. Ent. Soc. of Ont., 1894) we 

 find it mentioned as having been taken in Cape Breton and Prince 

 Edward Island. Its occurrence at Truro, if it has not been confounded 

 with A. aphrodite, is interesting. A. cybele is very similar to this last- 

 mentioned species. A. aphrodite is abundant near Halifax, and has been 

 reported by Belt (1), Jones, and Silver, but it is not mentioned in the 

 Truro list. This gives rise to a suspicion that some of the Truro speci- 

 mens, upon re-examination, may prove to be aphrodite. It is very 

 probable, however, that we have both species in Nova Scotia, and the 

 attention of our entomologists is drawn to the subject. Specimens in 

 Mr. Piers's own collection, taken in the vicinity of Halifax, are undoubt- 

 edly aphrodite. 



Papilio turnus. Common at Halifax, but reported rare by Miss 

 Eaton. 



MiUtcea phaeton. As far as known, this species has hitherto been 

 reported from but one spot in the Province, namely a meadow not far 

 from Bedford Rifle Range, near Halifax. Its appearance in the Truro 

 list is of great interest. 



Phyciodes tharos. Very common near Halifax and elsewhere 

 throughout the eastern provinces of Canada. 



Phyciodes nycteis. In Canada this species has only been collected in 

 Ontario and Quebec, where it is not common. Have the specimens 

 mentioned in the previous list, been correctly referred to this species? 

 Its occurrence in Nova Scotia is somewhat unexpected. 



Grapta faunus. Rev. C. J. S. Bethune notes its occurrence in Nova 

 Scotia (" Butterflies of EasternProvinces of Canada," Rept. Ent. Soc. of 



* Consult, however, Mr. Belt's remarks in Trans. N. S. I. N. S., vol. i, pt. 2, p. 89, 

 from the wording of which it is possible that he had found both aphrodite and cybele 

 in the province. 





