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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[March, 



and comparatively small number of species, both of Lepidoptera 

 and Coleoptera, as vegetable life of all kinds is here in great 

 profusion. On the slopes of the high mountains of Carolina 

 and Tennessee the principal trees of Appalachian forests attain 

 their greatest size and perfection, and in a ride of a few hours, 

 covering a rise in elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet, one may see 

 growing in their supreme perfection the trees of the South, like 

 the magnolias; the trees of the Middle States, like the ashes, the 

 oaks, the maples, and the lindens; then the birches, the pines, 

 the mountain ashes, and the spruces of the extreme North. We 

 ascended Grandfather Mountain and then went as far as Blowing 

 Rock, which is thirty-two miles from Cranberry. We did not 

 fare as well as we expected entomologically, but had a very 

 pleasant time in every other respect. The absence of Hesperidae, 

 with the exceptions mentioned, seems remarkable. 

 SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN. 



Papilio philenor (Mead), 



BUTTERFLIES. 



Danais archippus, 

 Euptoieta claudia (Mead), 

 Argynnis diana (Mead), 

 " cybele, 

 " aphrodite, 

 Phyciodes tharos, 

 Grapta faunus, 

 Pyrameis atalanta, 

 " huntera, 

 Limenitis Ursula, 



' ' disippits, 

 Neonympha canthus, 

 Thecla humuli, 

 Chrysophanus hypophlfsas, 

 Lyccena pseudargiolus, 



comyntas, 

 Pieris rapes (rare), 

 Colias philodice (large & beautiful), 

 " keewaydin (Mead), 

 " eurytheme (Mead), 

 Terms nicippe (seen at Blowing R. ), 



" lisa (Mead), 

 Papilio fur IMS, 



glaucus, 

 troilus, 

 asterias, 



A n cylo.ryph a nuni itor, 

 Pamphila otho, 



" manataaqua, 

 Eudamus tityrus. 



MOTHS. 



Sphinx eremitus, 

 Thyris niacit/afa, 

 Euphanessa iiiendica, 

 Crocota sp. 

 Callimorpha Iccontei, 

 Phyrrharctia isabella, 

 Spilosoma virginica, 

 Adoneta spinuloides, 

 Heterocampa trouvelotii, 



' ' wanteo, 



Anisota stigma, 

 Clisiocampa americana . 



NOCTUINA. 



Pseudothyatira cymatophoro i\ /< 's , 



var. expultrix, 

 Acronycta Jiainauietis, 

 Eueretagrotis perattenta , 

 Carneades tessellata, 

 Plainest m re nig era, 

 " olivacea, 



