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of our " brethren of the net," and trust we shall not be disappointed, but 

 that all who can come will come, and thus aid in sustaining the interest 

 of the meetings. The Club is well officered ; President, Dr. J. L. Le 

 Conte ; Vice-President, Samuel H. Scudder; Secretary, C. V. Riley. Mr. 

 Riley, who is now in Europe, writes that he hopes to return in time to be 

 present at the meetings. 



In accordance with a resolution adopted at the time of the organiza- 

 tion of the Club, the first meeting will be held at 2 : 30 p. m. on the day 

 named. 



ON LYC^NA NEGLECTA, Edw. 



BY J. A. LINTNER, ALBANY, N. Y. 



In the very interesting paper of Mr. W. H. Edwards, published in 

 the May number of this journal, in which another valuable addition is 

 made to the knowledge of our Lepidoptera, by the identity therein shown 

 of the Lycaenas pseudargiolus and violacea — autumnal and vernal forms of 

 the same species — it is suggested that ne^lecta and lucia may prove to bear 

 the same relationship to one another. The possibility of this is inferred 

 by Mr. Edwards from observations made by him, that lucia is an early 

 spring form (April and May in New York), and neglecta a later one, 

 M occurring at intervals from June till September." 



I cannot believe that neglecta and lucia will ever be united as seasonal 

 varieties of the same species. Several years of diligent collecting by 

 Mr. Meske and myself in this portion of the State, embracing a range of 

 ten miles of territory, have failed to reveal a single example of lucia, nor 

 has it come under our observation in any of the collections made by 

 others in this part of the State. We might, therefore, be almost justified 

 in asserting that it does not occur here. We have it from Long Island 

 collected by Mr. Graef and Mr. Tepper. 



On the other hand, in that famous collecting ground, Center, on the 

 ' ; pine-barrens," midway betweeen Albany and Schenectady, upon the line 

 of the N. Y. Central and Hudson River R. R., than which, we believe, 

 the Northern United States can produce no superior locality for the 

 Lepidoptera, neglecta usually, at its proper season, swarms. There have 

 been times and seasons when, as we have traversed the roadways leading 



