24 JOSBS — ON NOVA SCOTIAN DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA* 



Grapta argentefum, (Kirby.) 



Under tbis name a species is included in the Fattna BoreaU- 

 Americana, and Mr. Belt places it in his list as one of our Nova 

 Scotia forms. Harris considers it as a variety of G. comma^ 

 The shores of the Dartmouth Lakes and shore of Lake Loon are 

 given on Mr. Belt^s authority as its habitats. Mr. Belt observed 

 it as numerous in spring and autumn near the Dartmouth Lakes 

 and Lake Loon. 



Vanessa J, album, (Boisd.) 



This butterfly may be considered rare in the neighbourhood of 

 Halifax, and as far as I have been able to ascertain, equally so 

 throughout the Province. Two or three specimens are the most 

 I have seen during a season. It sppears to be equally scarce in the 

 northern United States and Canada. 



Vanessa milherti, (Godt.) 

 V* furcillata, (Say.) 

 This species has not been observed in the neighborhood of 

 Halifax, but has been taken in Truro and Windsor, or farther to the 

 north. This small and prettily marked species is a true boreal 

 form, being found as far north as lat. 63^ in the Hudson's Bay 

 Territory. In Newfoundland according to Gom it is the most 

 abundant of all the species found there. It is also common ijQ 

 Canada but rare in the United States. 



Vanessa antiopa, (Linn.) 



JPapilio antiopa, (How.) 



Engonia antiopa, (Hubn.) 

 This species which is extremely rare in England is the very 

 reverse with us, being found everywhere in abundance. (It is 

 also found in Prince Edward Island, whence I have received a 

 3pecimen captured at Charlottetown, and kindly forwarded by J. S. 

 Carvell, Esq.) So early as the first week in April if the sun 

 comes out bright and warm, isolated specimens, hibernated through 

 the last winter, shew themselves in our gardens and flit through the 

 streets, delighting the children with their presence, a pleasant sign 

 of the coming summer. 



