THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 3l3 



June ist — V. atalanta and Eudatmis pylades occurred. 

 " 7th — Phyciodes tharos and Pamphila zabulon taken. 

 " 9th — Carterocephalus mandan taken, and Ccenonympha mornata 



generally during this month and July. 

 " loth — Limenitis arthemis first appeared. 

 " 1 2th — A single specimen of Lyccena aquilo taken flying on the 



banks of the river with "■ Amyntula'' etc. 



Phyciodes nycteis abundant, and also " Pratensis." 



" \T,'C(\—Argyn7iis lais and Lyccena melissa taken in July. 



" 15th — Chysophanus epixanthe flying over patches of knot-grass 



(Polygonum aviculare) and Lyccena soepiolus. 

 " 2ist — I saw a butterfly which I watched for some time, but was 



unfortunately unable to capture, which 1 have very little 



doubt was Pyrgus centaicrece. I have never before seen 



anything like it. 



July 3rd — Thecla titus abundant, and one or two Limenitis disippus. 



" 6th — Thecla strigosa, Pamphila metacomet and A. cybele noticed. 



" 7th — Satyrus nephele, Euptoieta c I audi a and Neonympha 

 carithus. Early for E. claudia. 



" \A,'CPi—Papilio aster ias and Vanessa antiopa. After this date I 

 was too much engaged in farm work to do much collecting, 

 but I noticed far fewer insects than usual, attributable 

 to the extremely hot, dry weather we had during the 

 latter half of July and August. P. protodice much less 

 abundant than usual, and also the later forms of C. 

 eurytheme. A very {Q.\i V. atalanta were seen, and I do 

 not think I saw a single V. cardui, and certainly none of V. 

 huntera. The genus Grapta was conspicuous by its 

 absence, and V. milberti much less numerous than usual. 

 Several times during August, while on either the mowing 

 machine or the binder, I noticed a Pamphila rise suddenly 

 in couples, some six or eight feet into the air from the grass, 

 and fight for a few seconds, and then drop as rapidly, like 

 stones, back into the grass. Needless to say I was unable to 

 identify them, but I have taken '^mystic" about that time, 

 and also " nevada" I did not notice a single specimen of 

 P. tessellata in 1894. 



