. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ZOOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 297 is as fumiliarly known in the central islands of the vast
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. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ZOOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 297 is as fumiliarly known in the central islands of the vast Pacific Ocean, as among the flower-gardens of England. Yet how frail and feeble are its gaudy wings, and how vainly would they now serve as the means of transport to those " sea-girt isles" from any of the greater conti- nents of the earth ! We agree with Humboldt that the migration and distribution of organic bodies can no more be solved as problems in natural science than the mys- tery (>{ their original creation ; and that the task of the philof'»j»her is fulfilled " when he has indicated the laws in aciordance with which Nature has distributed the forniH of animal and vegetable life."* We have received tke interesting insect last named from Nova Scotia, and a nearly related species, (J. Hunteriy extends into Canada. Of the extensive genus Hipparchia^ a new Canadian species, taken by Dr Bigsby, is described by Mr Kirby under the name of //. nephele, and several specimens have been taken considerably further north (at Cumberland House, lat. 54°) of another j)reviously unknown lepi- dopterous insect, H, discoidalis. Of the beautiful Ly^ ccenidce, Thecla Augustus^ Lyccuna dorcas, and Polyom- matus Lucia, were likewise taken in lat. 54°.t The second principal division of the order Lepidop- tera is callod Crepuscularia, We would naturally infer from the name, that the species are observed chiefly during the morning and evening twilight, yet many may be