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sicana, February 9, hibernation prevailed. So at Paris, Feb- 

 ruary 12 but on February 153 butterfly was observed on the 

 wing ; on the twenty-third, flies, were active, also bees and a 

 general movement from hibernation commenced ; moths, ob- 

 viously freshly emerged, were noted about the lights of the city 

 at night. Butterflies were also flying. On the twenty-fifth, 

 Polistes on the wing; also butterflies, jassids, acridids ; Mcgilla 

 maculata still hibernating; ants swarming; Anasa hibernating. 

 Three days later, cicindelids were observed to be active and a 

 Chilocorus; on March I, cerambycids, chrysopids and cercopids 

 were noted ; by the following day, fruit trees were in bloom 

 generally and insects now much more noticeable ; psyllids were 

 emerging from their galls, chalcids, libellulids, papilionids on 

 the wing, insects numerous at lights at night. 



On March 3, it was much colder and fires felt comfortable; 

 insects very scarce and for several days afterward, the cold 

 continuing. It was warmer again by the seventh and insects re- 

 appeared. Maldcosoma hatching ; Lachnosterna and Passalns 

 recently emerged ; Diabrotica noticed for first time here, also 

 tipulids. The maximum temperature on the tenth was 71 deg. 

 Fahr. ; on the eleventh, maximum 76 deg., minimum, 46 deg. 

 The twelfth was markedly warmer, the maximum reaching 89 

 cleg., the minimum only 53 deg. ; insects were noticeably more 

 abundant than formerly, but on the thirteenth it cooled and 

 again there was a marked decrease in the active insects seen. 

 By saying it cooled, it should not be understood that the maxi- 

 mum temperature was much lower ; it registered on the thir- 

 teenth 86 deg., the minimum 47; but the morning was much 

 cooler and this had the effect of keeping insects inactive. The 

 rest of the month the highest temperature ranged from 52 to 

 84 deg., the minimum from 30 to 69. By the seventeenth, the 

 Megilla was active and the eggs of insects commenced to hatch. 

 On March 26, it was again much cooler, and insects again no- 

 ticeably much less active ; on the 2Qth there were high south- 

 erly winds, which had the same effect as the cold but when it 

 became markedly warmer the next day, though the wind con- 

 tinued, insect activity was heightened. 





