230 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '13 



entomology will be discussed, including the reading of papers on the 

 conservation of forest resources. It is intended to publish Proceed- 

 ings when the Society becomes established on a sufficiently extensive 

 basis. In the meantime, papers and discussions of general interest will 

 be presented for publication to forestry, entomological and timber 

 journals. 



Persons interested in this movement should correspond with Mr. F. 

 C. Craighead, Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer, Room 410, Evening 

 Star Building, Washington, D. C. 



Notes on Lycaena amyntula, monica and tejua (Lep.). 



I was interested in what Mr. Bethune-Baker said in the last issue 

 of this journal, in relation to amyntula being single-brooded, with 

 possibly a partial second brood. There seems to be a lack of data in 

 regard to the species and I thought it would prove of interest to pub- 

 lish the data on the specimens in the collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, where the specimens had more than 

 State labels on the pins. Los Angeles, California, April 18; Cochise 

 County, Arizona, May (Huachuca Mountains?); Olympia, Washing- 

 ton, May; Golden, Colorado, May 24th; Stockton, Utah, May 3ist; 

 Fort Klamath, Oregon, June 10, 17, 21; Priest River, Idaho, June 2ist; 

 City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 5th ; Silver Lake, Utah, 

 July 15, iSth. These are all bright, fresh specimens and those men- 

 tioned from City Creek Canyon and Silver Lake were taken by my- 

 self. It would appear from these records that there may be a second 

 brood in July. It should also be remembered, however, that the late 

 records are in places where it is relatively cold and at considerable 

 elevations in the mountains, Silver Lake being at 10,000 feet altitude. 

 I have seen ice in the lakes and streams there in July. Now that it 

 is the custom to put date of capture on specimens it will be easier to 

 work out these interesting problems. 



I look upon an examination of the genitalia as a valuable aid in the 

 identification and separation of species. After such examination and 

 differentiation is made, the student should be able to give satisfactory 

 secondary characters to separate the forms or species. It is too much, 

 to ask those interested, to make mounts of the genitalia of all their 

 specimens to identify them. Mr. Bethune-Baker would confer a favor 

 by giving absolute characters to separate amyntula and comyntas other 

 than genitalic. 



He evidently received some of his references second-hand. Lycaena 

 tejua Reakirt is a synonym of Hespcria strabo Fabricius, and Lycaena 

 monica Reakirt is a synonym of Hesperia cnejus Fabricius. 



The types are in the Strecker collection, now in the Field Museum, 

 Chicago, Illinois. "Reakirt received at various times considerable ma- 



