. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 1178 riii; 111 ri'KUi' ok m:\v i;n(ilani). ZilP J J .' "*$ t â â â ::- ii â. t'jvdit liini with hoiiii' cxiiffgiTiition fnnii (liHcoiiraficiiit'iit, we can liardly tliiiik llif arrived till It'lattT than iHtit!, the iiiorc pn)l)al)ly as !'ro- tt'fHiir Smith again helps um by preseivinjr in the Vale .Museum two apeei- niens eaptnred hy him at Kastport, on July 4, iMIlt!. The tullowing year, l'<li7, marks a hetter know
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 1178 riii; 111 ri'KUi' ok m:\v i;n(ilani). ZilP J J .' "*$ t â â â ::- ii â. t'jvdit liini with hoiiii' cxiiffgiTiition fnnii (liHcoiiraficiiit'iit, we can liardly tliiiik llif arrived till It'lattT than iHtit!, the iiiorc pn)l)al)ly as !'ro- tt'fHiir Smith again helps um by preseivinjr in the Vale .Museum two apeei- niens eaptnred hy him at Kastport, on July 4, iMIlt!. The tullowing year, l'<li7, marks a hetter known advance, for in May it reached Montreal to the southwest, and extended on the southeast even to Halifax, Xova Scotia, In Maine it was ohserved at I^ewiston far toward the southern extremity of the state, though resident entomologists elsewhere in tin' state did not discover it until the following year. Not- withstanding the nnniiier of entomologists who annually visit the White Moutitains, and the recorded ea|tture liy Mr. Merrill in iMfilt, no one seems to have takin tlit insect in New Hampshire in 1^(17, though with its spread to I^ewiston on one ,'dc and its appearance in considerahle mnn- liers in \'crni()nt on the other, there can he little t that it was present at least in the ri'gion north of the White Mountains ai\d especially in the valley ot' the upper Connecticut. In N'crmont, l)r. Merrill found the butterflies at Waterhury, Hiu-lington and Stowe : in the first locality, on August "Jit, they were "very ;' During this year, therefore, the insect had fairly established itself in northern N'ermont and New Hani])- shire, reached Montreal in its coiu'se up the St. Lawrence and pushed its mlvancc guard to the .Atlantic Ocean at Halifiix and nearly to the ({iilf of Maine at Portland. In 18()8, curious to say, our records are more meagre but i em _>ct very interesting. It was oidy in this year and toward the end ot it that it reached Watervi
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