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than usual in former years. P. aslerias is not as common as 

 usual. Argynnis cybele and aphrodite have been very abundant, 

 and idalia has appeared within the last fortnight in goodly num- 

 bers, but they (all Argynnis} have been nearly all males. Could 

 have taken hundreds of males, but with my best exertion have 

 taken about half a dozen females of each. A. idalia has here- 

 tofore been quite scarce. 



I have not taken a half dozen good Pieris protodice in the last 

 ten years' collecting until this year. I find them everywhere 

 this year and have taken more than a hundred good ones. Py- 

 rameis huntera is less common than last year, and all the speci- 

 mens I have taken are unusually small. P. cardui usually more 

 common than huntera: was rarely seen last year or this. Phy- 

 ciodes nycteis was more abundant than usual, and P. tharos var. 

 marcia was common. Chrysophanus thce is not common here, 

 I have taken more good specimens this year than usual. C. 

 hypophleas was quite abundant in one or two localities in May, 

 but is not generally found. The light form oi Plusia simplex 

 appeared in large numbers May loth around the lilac blossoms. 

 The darker form and also P. precationis are now abundant. The 

 small form of Drasteria erechtea appeared early in May, but soon 

 disappeared. The latter part of June the larger form appeared, 

 and is now abundant. Leucania unipunctata has been very 

 scarce as compared with former years. L. phragmatidicola ap- 

 pears to have taken its place. L. pallens , albilinea, commoides 

 and pseudargyria appeared in limited numbers. Parallelia bis- 

 triaris, usually rare, has this year been abundant. Hadena 

 arctica made their appearance June loth in their usual abundance. 

 I took all I could at one sweep of the cyanide bottle, from three 

 trees in succession, and found I had thirty specimens. Mamestra 

 lorea, usually rare, has been abundant, and M. renigera has been 

 common. The other Mamestras^ Hadenas, Agrotis, Noctuas and 

 Feltias, which are usually abundant, have not been so this year. 

 Crambus laqutatellus were so numerous in June that the window- 

 screens were covered all the evening. I saw between three and 

 four quarts taken from an electric-light globe, the result of one 

 night's burning. They have now nearly disappeared. 



I have taken one Catocala nubilis, the only one taken by me 

 in fifteen years' collecting, also one Caberodes majoraria, which 

 I never took before. I took two Militcza phceton this year. Pre- 



