18 JONES— ON NOVA SCOTIAN DIUENAL LEPIDOPTEPwA. 



shore strata. It extends eastward under Doctor's Brook. It 

 bifurcates and then trifurcates being divided by greenstones, its 

 branches pass onward, eastward, the northern branch terminates in 

 the fort-like rock at McNeil's Barn, near Malignant Cove. The 

 middle branch passes on and is lost among brush, &c. The 

 southern branch passes by not far from the 'point to -^hich I 

 brought the shale from McNeil's mountain, and proceeds onward 

 and appears to terminate on the south side of Malignant Cove 

 Sugar Loaf. Any continuation easterly must lie under the car- 

 boniferous areas which extend onward to St. George's Bay. 



Art. II. Keview of Nova Scotian Diurnal Lepidoptera, 

 Br J. M. Jones, Esq., F. L. S. 



(i?ea<?,JVbv. 14^1870.) 



Nearly seven years ago, Mr. Thomas Belt read before this 

 Institute a paper entitled * ' A list of Butterflies observed in the 

 neighborhood of Halifax," in which he included no less than thirty 

 species, the result of his observation and collection during the 

 years 1862-3. Since that time I have been able to add a few new 

 forms to the list, and also facts regarding the habits of the several 

 species, and trust the same may be found of service in advancing 

 our present knowledge of that interesting and beautiful class of 

 insects. 



Swallow-tail, {Papilio turnus, Lin.) 



This butterfly which is far more common during some seasons 

 than others, generally makes its appearance about the first week in 

 June. Mr. Belt says the 1st of June, but I have failed to note 

 its presence before the 7th of the month. A pleasant sight it is to 

 the eye of the entomologist to observe about the middle of that 

 genial month a lilac {Syringa vulgaris,) covered with its purple 

 masses of luxuriant bloom, on which may be seen many of these 

 pretty insects revelling in their honied sweets. Flitting alternately 

 from flower to flower, their delicate wings of lemon striped with 

 black, contrasting with the more sober colour of the flower, presents 



