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[26S.\ 403. PoNiMA 1 ASIA Kirb}'. — Plate iii., fig. i.- Three speci- 

 mens t;iken in Lat. 65'. 



[A well-known vaiiety of Pieris olcracta IJoisd. ; cjuile coinmon in 

 CaiKula.] 



[289.] FAMILY' NYMl'HALID/i;. 



404. MELiT.tA sELENis AV/v^j.- lakcH in North America. [Is our 

 common M. t}iayos.\ 



405. Ar(;ynnis cyuei.i: /y//^;-. —Taken in Canada by Dr. Higsby. 

 [Common in Canada ; for description and figures, and for a full account 

 of the differences that distinguish this species from A. aphrodite, No. 407, 

 see Kdvvards' " Butterflies of N. America," Part i.] 



[290.] 406. Argynnis myrina Fabr. — Taken in Canada by Dr. 

 Bigsby. [(^uite common in Canada and well-known to collectors. ) 



407. Argynnis aphrodite iv;/>r.- Taken in Canada by J^r. Bigsby. 

 [Quite common ; see our note on A. cyhek above.] 



[291. j 408. Argynnis i reya ^jy><;v. — Expansion of the wings 1J2 

 inches. Three specimens taken near Cumberland-house, (.at. 54°. 



Stalk of the antennae yellow with a large compressed dark-brown knob, 

 red underneath at the base and tip ; wings tawny, dark-brown at the base, 

 with a narrow black band occupying the posterior margin, followed by a 

 series of black arrow-headed spots ; next to which in the primaries is a 

 zigzag angular discoidal black band, and at the anterior margin five trans- 

 verse spots of the same colour ; the underside of these win^s is tawny 

 variegated with black and white spots and lines ; the secondaries are 

 underneath reddish-brown variegated with white and yellow spots and 

 bands, with a discoidal arrow-headed white spot in the centre ; the fringe 

 of the wings is alternately white and yellow. 



[A decidedly northern insect ; has been taken in Labrador. ] 



[292.] FAMILY VANESSID.E. 



409. Vanessa C-argenteum Kirhy. — Plate iii,, figs. 6 and 7. Ex- 

 pansion of the wings 2 inches. ,A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



Antennae brown above, pale below : knol) pale at the tip ; wings 

 angular, cut out into sinuses which are dentated ; primaries above orange- 

 tawny, with five black round spots forming a right-angled triangle with 



