JOXES — ON NOVA SCOTIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 101 



included in that oi IIii')parcliia is northern iji its range, the several 

 species known on the North American continent reaching a very 

 high latitude even to the arctic coast. 



Batyvus alope, (Fabr.) 

 Hijyi^aTchia alope, (Boisd.) 



I found this species frequenting the thistle flowers near Anna- 

 polis in company with the former species. It was quite as common, 

 if not more so than that species. Mr. Scudder of the Boston 

 Natural History Society, has published a short paper upon the 

 various plants on which the larva? of the diurnal lepidoptera feed, 

 in which this and Erehia nephele are put down as grass and sedge 

 feeders. The sedo-e and rank o'rasses beino' verv abundant in the 

 marshy tract east of Annapolis, may therefore account for my find- 

 ing the species so common there. 



Ae ny nij) ha JBo isclu v a lit . 



This is the most recent addition to my collection. It was taken 

 by Mr. John Winton at Lower Stewiacke, Colchester Co. 



Thecla nipha, (Hubn.) 



Mr. Belt states that this species is not uncommon in dry, 

 sheltered places in May. I have not been fortunate enough to take 

 a specimen as yet. It appears to be a southern form being found 

 more abundantly in Georgia and Florida. 



Thecla aiigiistiis^ (Kirby.) 

 T. augustiiius, (West.) 



I insert this species also on the authority of Mr. Belt, who says 



it is common on dry shrubby banks, and when pursued falls among 



the herbage. I have more than once endeavoured to capture a 



species of Thecla which frequents the bushy slopes near the shore 



at Point Pleasant, but from its extreme shyness I have never yet 



succeeded. It is probably, from appearance, either this or the 



previous species. 



A.rgus pseudai^giolus, (Boisd.) 



JPolyommatus j^seicdai 'gio hi s , 



Lyccena pseudargiolus. 



Mr. Belt includes this species in his list, stating that it is 



