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out further research ; (131) I refer to Anthicus asphaltinns Cham.; (145) 

 from Laredo, Texas, is Anthicus horridits Lee. ; the whole, excepting 

 the last, forming quite an interesting little group of additions. Anthicus 

 bigiittatus Lee., I note one example from the mountains of British Colum- 

 bia, and another from the Williams River Valley, Col., as well as from 

 Utah and California. Examples of a species, at present referred by me 

 to Anthicus melancholicus Laf., occur here (Brookline, Mass.), not rarely 

 in the nests of the large red and black ants. Anthicus is one of the 

 many genera where large series of specimens from a wide range of terri- 

 tory are an obsolute prerequisite to any rational understanding of the 

 group. FRED. C. BOWDITCH. 



SOME notes about the weather and some butterflies in South Mississippi, 

 from March, 1900 : March brought us some very fine weather ; from the 

 5th to the 8th the temperature ranged from 60 to 68, dropping down to 46 

 by the nth, gradually getting warmer again; by the 15th the mercury 

 registered 66 again, when a sudden change set in on the i6th plunging down 

 to 36 ; but it moved the day following, and by the igth the thermometer 

 registered 64 again. The degrees of thermometer given is the morning 

 temperature ; at noon the highest was 76, the lowest 48 degrees. The 

 first warm spell in the beginning of the month, numerous Graptas sp. ? 

 were observed. Never before have I seen so many Graptas, they all 

 went westward without stopping, though on the nth I observed some on 

 dewberry blossoms in my garden. I left them unmolested ; however, I 

 was not inclined for a catch. At the same time a good many Papilio ajax 

 were seen ; these seemed to be inclined to the contrary, they all seemed 

 to go eastward. This seems to be very remarkable that one kind be in- 

 clined one way and the other some other way. Some Danais and also 

 Callidryas seem to be always present. From the skippers (Hesperidae) 

 the soot-wing " Pholisora cutullus" shows up first. Phyciodes tharos 

 and wood nymphs can now be seen. In my garden the phlox, verbenas 

 and several other flowers are now in full bloom (roses are scarce yet). I 

 noticed one Papilio palamedcs yesterday amongst the phlox. On the 25th 

 I saw a beautiful Ancsa, the brightest I ever observed. I should say that 

 if Vanessa atla?tta is entitled to be called Admiral, Anata portia is entitled 

 to be called Cardinal. I succeeded in taking a specimen each of portia 

 and andria in April, '99. C. FORKET, Ocean Springs, Miss. 



Doings of Societies. 



At the Febrtiary meeting of the Newark Entomological 

 Society the regular routine of business was enacted. Mr. 

 Ronke was proposed for membership and that is about all, 

 except that each member brought specimens of Sesia, which 

 were compared by the members. 



