L'NS ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ Dec 



the lid o\ er them as they thus rested. The writer made a 

 sweep of the lift into a cloud'' and secured seven at one 

 stroke. Two other species of Papilio, iinlra and :<>li<-<i<i, were 

 taken, but they were scarce. Imli'tt an<l :.<tlir(nt were found 

 living over a narrow and shallow part of the stream at the 

 "forks/- where the stream divides. riinKt.wiiix cfadiiix was 

 occasionally seen and taken, but could not be said to be abund- 

 ant. SniittUiciix was not seen, but Prof. Snyder in former 

 years took it abundantly at Park City, Ttah. 



I'irrifi i'iij>. ( ' tlcracni and iHviilciitttlix not infrequently fell 

 victims to our nets, and from time to time the green under 

 side of Aiit/ior/Htrix (tiiKoii'nlcx would (lash in the sun and the 

 delicate Julio would make its appearance in the open. Of the 

 Xymphalida' we saw and captured \'<nir.^(i milhrrti and the 

 almost cosmopolitan (iiiliojxi ; IJim-nitix weidemeyeri sailed 

 leisurely by or rested on the tip of a branch, often too high for 

 a successful stroke. <if<tptu .-.cplii/ntx and tfdtyrns jxinlnx \\cre 

 taken, but only in one or two specimens. Of the polygamous 

 genus An/yiuiln we captured xH.yd-cri, ni('<nlii. i>/<(tiim, /<'/<> and 

 . M'HUr<i (intsf.iiN was plentiful in places and / ) A//r/V/</r.\ 

 was taken. In the Lyca-nido: we took ChrysophanuH 

 s and .'.croc : Li/<\<'int li/wo, cui. in<'Hxx<i. f//(tnron and 

 . The only species of ('oliox was cin'i/f/innc var.r/-/y>// ///<-. 

 llesperid;v \vere scarce, and we only look L'mlinitiix n<'ratl, 

 l'<i ni))/iil<i lii.i-ilcK, PhoTisora colii/hix and Nisoniades jiimmlix. 

 I-'/iicdl/iti rirf/iiilix in its multitude of variations was quite 

 abundant. \Ve visited the canon also on the .">th and (>th of 

 the month, and then left for Silver Lake, further in the moun- 

 tains, where we eamptd at S,(iO<) feel and collected from this 

 elevation to the tops of the peaks. Snow was fifty feel deep in 

 places. I hope Prof. Snyder or .Mr. Laurent will write about 

 I his portion of our on I ing and I he good 1 hings taken. 



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OCCURRENCE OF STAGMOMANTIS CAROLINA IN NEW 



YORK. 



PI;<H . .M . Y. SUNCKUI.AN I). 



1 am just in receipt of a letter from Mr. 11. !'. At wood. 

 Rochester. N. Y.. in which he stales thai " this past season I 

 have taken a number of specimens of Maul ids." I do no) know 

 as they are rare here bnl as I have never seen them before I 



