THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LIST OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN THE 

 VICINITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE. 



BY H. H. LYMAN, MONTREAL, P. Q. 



From 1868 till 1876 I spent from six to eight weeks of the summer 

 on Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Me., the visits extending from July 

 14th or 1 6th to Sept. 5th or 8th, and the following list of Diurnal Lepi- 

 doptera is compiled from my diaries : 



1. Papilio asterias F. Formerly somewhat common, latterly very 

 scarce ; July and August. 



2. Papilio turnus L. One specimen of the larva was found nearly 

 full grown on Aug. 3, 1873. 



3. Pieris oleracea Bd. Very scarce ; July and August. 



4. Pieris rapae L. Generally very common all summer ; quite scarce 

 in 1874. 



Var. nov. angliae Scud. Scarce ; none taken till 1875. 



5. Colias philodice Godt. Very common all summer ; white females 

 not common. 



6. Danais archippus F. Generally common, latterly rather scarce ; 

 August to September. 



7. Argynnis idalia Cram. Some years scarce, sometimes somewhat 

 plentiful ; middle of July to beginning of September. 



8. Argynnis cybele F. Somewhat common ; July and August. 



9. " aphrodite F. Common ; July and August. 



10. " atlantis Edw. Rather common ; July to middle of Aug. 



11. " myrina Cram. Very common; one brood in July and 

 another towards the end of August and first of September. 



12. Argynnis bellona F. Common ; occurs at the same times as the 

 last species. 



13. Phyciodes Harrisii Scud. Not uncommon ; July. 



14. " nycteis' Doub. Rare; July. 



15. " tharos Drury. Very common ; July. 



16. Grapta interrogationis F. Rare; August to September ; the three 

 specimens which I saw belonged to the var. umbrosa Lint. 



17. Grapta comma, var. Harrisii R. Rare; one specimen taken 9th 

 September, 1876. 



18. Grapta faunus Edw. Rare ; latter half of August, 



