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Art. I. Eetiew of Nova Scotian Diurnal Lepidoptera. 

 By J. Matthew Jones, Esq., F. L. S. 



pakt II. 



In presenting this concluding part of my paper upon the diurnal 

 lepidoptera of Kova Scotia, I have to remark in the first place the 

 typographical errors that unfortunately occurred in several parts of 

 the previous one published in the transactions of the past year. 

 Ovring to my absence in the Bermudas during the time v^hen it 

 passed through the press I had no opportunity of correcting the 

 proofs ; hence the unavoidable mistakes. 



Dehis Portlandia, (Fabr.) 

 Satyrus JPortlandia^ (Bois.) 

 Hipjparchia androwiacha, (Hubn.) 



Of this rare species Mr. Belt secured two specimens near Elms- 

 dale. It appears to be a southern form, but strange to say while 

 authors declare it to be rare in the middle States of America, and 

 in Upper Canada, D'Urban states it to be abundant north of the 

 Ottawa, in the valley of the Rouge ; and here we have it also in a 

 latitude about as far north. 



Erebia nephele, (Kirby.) 



This butterfly quite unknown near Halifax, is very abundant 

 about Annapolis, in the western part of the province, where in 

 the latter part of July I found it on the flowers of the common 

 thistle {Civ slum lanceolatunif Scop.) This genus of Dalman before 



