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county, N. S., by Miss Lucy C. Eaton, her collection being now 

 n the Provincial Museum at Halifax, accession no. 2900 (see 

 Trans. N. S. Inst. Scieifce, vol. 9, p. xvii), and also some 

 species in the late Andrew Downs's"small collection made about 

 Halifax SDme years ago. These specimens have been personally 

 examined and verified. Other species reported by other 

 writers, but not seen by us, are not as a general rule included. 

 Those interested may, however, consult the following papers : 



Belt (Thomas). — List of butterflies observed in the neighbor- 

 hood of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. 

 Sc, vol. i, pt. 2, pp. 87-92. 1864. [30 nominal species 

 mentioned]. 



Bethuue (Rev. Charles J. S.). — Nova Scotian lepidoptera, with 

 additional notes by J. Matthew Jones. lb., vol. ii, pt. 3, 

 pp. 78-87. 187 9. [79 nominal species mentioned, 7 of 

 which belong to the Rhopalocera (butterflies).] 



Jones (J. Matthew). — Review of Nova Scotian diurnal lepi- 

 doptera. lb., vol. iii, pp. 18-27, 100-103. 1871-2. 

 [35 nominal species mentioned.] 



Silver (Arthur P.). — List of Nova Scotian butterflies. lb., 

 vol. vii, pp. 86-88. 1888. [46 nominal species 

 listed, without further data.] 



Bethune (Rev. Charles J. S.). — Butterflies of Eastern Pro- 

 vinces of Canada. ^^otJt Annual Rept. of Entomological 

 Soc. of Ontario, 1894, pp. 29-44. [Sessional papers of 

 Ontario, 1895, No. 18.] 



Eaton (Mi.ss Lucy C ). — The butterflies of Truro, N. S.; with 

 remarks, hy H. Piers, regarding a few of the species 

 mentioned. Travs, N..S. Ivst. Sc, vol. ix, pp. xvii- 

 xviii (Eaton), xviii-xxi (Piers). 1895. [26 nominal 

 species mentioned in the Eaton list. Collection on 

 which the paper was founded is now in the Provincial 

 Museum.] 



