354 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov.,'l8 



Possibly because of the evenly distributed rains of that year, this 

 country swarmed with entomological prizes in the spring of 1915. The 

 following usually uncommon moths were all abundant at light : Fernal- 

 dclla fimetaria G. & R., Syneda howlandi Grote, Triocnemis saporis 

 Grote, Trochoclea antica Smith, Fishca yoscmitae Grote, Copicucullia 

 propinqua Smith. 



In 1916 and 1917 I failed to take a single specimen of any of the 

 above named, although collecting at the same locality, and all other 

 sorts were comparatively scarce. This year there again appears to be 

 an abundance of insect life. 



This spring I captured a Papilio rutnlus minus both tails. These had 

 not been broken off, but the hind wings were apparently deformed, 

 being fluted and crimped at the anal angle, with a yellow half-moon 

 where the tail should have been. W. H. IRELAND, Maricopa, California. 



Key to Eastern Species of Rhyphus (Dip.). 



As there is no key giving the differential characters of the three 

 species of Rhyphus occurring in the northeastern states, I submit the 

 following. It is based on the study of a rather large series of specimens. 



a. Basal section of Mz as long as, or longer than, the median cross- 

 vein ; i. e., the bases of the three veins arising from the apex of the 

 discal cell about equidistant from each other. 



b. Wing with a distinct yellowish spot near the middle of the costal 

 margin ; subapical hyaline spots sharply denned ; eyes of male holoptic ; 

 median dorsal vitta geminate ; i. e., divided by a slender gray line, more 

 distinct in the female altcrnatus Say. 



bb. Yellow and hyaline spots less distinct and more diffuse ; eyes 

 of both sexes dichoptic ; median dorsal vitta only indistinctly, if at all, 



geminate fcnestralis Scopoli 



ao. Basal section of A/2 much shorter than the median cross-vein ; eyes 

 of male holoptic ; no yellow spot near middle of costal margin. 



punctatus Fabr. 

 W. J. BAERG, Ithaca, New York. 



Notes on Papilio indra Reakirt (Lep.). 



According to most accounts, Papilio indra occurs only at high eleva- 

 tions, around 10,000 feet. However, at the confluence of the Okanogan 

 and Columbia rivers, in Washington, at an altitude of only 580 feet, 

 I have taken 40 in one day, nearly all of them torn, owing to the strong 

 north wind and their habit of flying among the hard sage brush and 

 grease-wood. They are water-loving and seem to take to water imme- 

 diately after transforming, as the only perfect ones were secured at 

 the edges of puddles. They are strong fliers, and when aroused are 

 gone for good. The food-plant of indra is supposed to be Artemisia 

 dracunculoides. I believe, however, that in the locality mentioned, 

 they feed on an umbelliferous plant, a wild parsley, which grows on 



