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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[June, 



small streams or " branches," pines and oaks are almost exclu- 

 sively the trees of the higher ground. Along the "branches" 

 the collecting is excellent, especially at the flowers of Clethra 

 alnifolia, at which nearly all of the diurnals were captured, and 

 in the clearings, though often a tangle of high grass and rank- 

 growing plants, Pamphilae especially abounded. 



Fifty-seven species of butterflies were met with, including one 

 new species, since described by Dr. Skinner as Pamphila Carolina. 

 The three species marked with a * occurred at Wilmington, N. 

 C. , and not in Richmond County. 



LIST OF BUTTERFLIES. 



Danais archippus, 

 Euptoieta claitdia, 

 Phyciodes tharos, 

 Grapta interrogationis, 

 Pyranieis huntera, 

 Jnnonia ccenia, 

 Limenitis ursnta, 

 Limenitis disippus, 

 Debis portlandia, 

 Neonympha areolatu.s, 

 Neonympha sosybius, 

 Satyrus a/ope, 

 Libythea bae/unaiii, 

 Calephelis borealis* 

 Thecla ha!esus, 



" m-albiim, 

 melinus, 

 pceas, 



Chrysophanus hypoplilczas, 

 Lycfrna pseitdargio/iis. 

 Lyccena comyntas, 

 Pieris rapes, 

 Catopsilia eiibule, 

 I\fegatiosfoina c&sonia, 

 Terias uicippe, 



" lisa, 



" j it c iiiida, 

 Papi/io ajax* 



" I it nuts, 



Papi/io turnus glaucns, 



asterias, 

 " trail us, 

 " palamedes, 

 " phi/eiior, 

 Ancyloxypha monitor, 

 Pamph ila campestris, 

 phylceuS) 

 brcttus, 

 of ho, 

 cernes, 

 verna, 

 " acciiis, 



macidata, 1 '' 

 ' ' vitellins, 



" f ii sea, 



arogos Bd.-Lec. 

 Carolina, 



Aniblyscirtcs via/is, 

 Amblyscirtes textor, 

 Pyrgus tessellata, 

 Nisoiiiaitcs inar/ialis, 



" petronius, 



P/io/isora cafn/liis, 

 Eiidain/ts ba//iy//us, 

 lycidas, 



lilyrns. 





Debis portlandia, Neonympha arcolattts and sosylu'ns, and 

 rus alope, were all quite common, as were also Thecla halctus 

 and T. melinus. Tcrias jucunda \\ r as extremely common among 



