40 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ON A VARIETY OF CATOCALA NEBRASKAE, Dodge. 



BY G. M. DODGE, GLENCOE, NEBRASKA. 



Catocala Nehraskae Dodge, var. Soinnus. 



Fore wings, head and thorax black, thinly powdered with gray scales. 

 Abdomen and long scales at base of hind wings clear black. Fringes of 

 wings as in typical specimens. Eegs and under side of body dark. All 

 the lines on fore wings indistinct, being merged in the ground color. Two 

 ^'s. Glencoe, Neb. 



Normal Nebraskae has fore wings, head and thorax light gray, sprinkled 

 with black scales. Abdomen pale brown. Lines black and very distinct. 



A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES FOUND AT POTSDAM, N. Y. 



/ , P. asterias, Drury ; common last of June and July. 

 J^ turnus, Linn. ; very common May and June. 



Arctic form ; common May and June. 

 Orange var., shown in Edward's Plate iv., Pt. vi. ; 

 scarce. 

 3, oleracea, Harris ; scarce, July. 



H' rapae, Schrank ; generally very common all summer. 

 5r var. nov. angliae, Scud. ; rare, but one specimen taken July 19, '77. 

 w. Colias philodice, Godart ; very common all summer. 

 I , D. archippus, Harris ; generally common, August. 

 V. A. aphrodite ; scarce, August. 

 7* myrina ; common, July. 

 lO, bellona ; rather common, July. 



/// M. phaeton, Drury ; common a short time in June, very local. 

 /i. V. anuopa, Linn.; very common in Oct., worn specimens early in April. 

 /3, '^cardui, Linn. ; generally common June, quite scarce 1878. 

 /^' "VTmilberti, Godt, ; rather common last of May and during June. 

 /fi^' ^atalanta, Linn. ; " 



'.Z' 'VCjialbuni : rare, but one specimen takeri. 

 lY- L-'imsippus ; common, July. ' '^ 



1^' arthemis, Drury ; very scarce middle of June. 

 Z 0, S. nephele, Kirby ; common last of July, Aug. and first of Sept. 

 II, G. c-argenteum, Kirby; " '•' " " 



i'2. . L. violacea ; early in May. cU-^u^^-^tn/trCt/vC^. 



