178 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



butterflies on marthas vineyard. 

 Dear Sir, — • 



I have spent the last ten days on this island, at Oak Bluffs, and made 

 several excursions into the back country for a distance of about three 

 miles. I find C. phleas the commonest butterfly, seen everywhere, in the 

 town, fields and on the beach. Next to that Argynnis idalia, which 

 abounds in old fields, and is just now fresh from chrysalis. Of/", tharos 

 I have taken two fresh males, var. marcia. Satyrus alope male is making 

 its appearance and the species may become quite common. I am not 

 sure thit some examples of nephele have not been seen also. Another 

 Satyrus I saw in the oak woods, but could not determine whether it was 

 eurytris or canthtts. Philodice seems rare, and I have seen one example 

 of antiopa and one of atalatiia. No Hesperians at all have been seen, 

 and no other butterfly than I have above mentioned. On a ride to 

 Boston I saw a Terias nicippe flying near Brockton Station. 



W. H. Edwards. 



July 29th, 1877. 



Dear Sir, — 



Perhaps some of.the readers of your valuable paper might be interested 

 in knowing of the capture at this place of another superb Catocala jnar- 

 morata Ed., which I took July 2nd. It was sitting on the trunk of a 

 Silver Poplar tree, within a few yards of where I captured one on July 

 loth, last season. Prof Wetherby and myself have each taken a single 

 specimen of Catocala agrippi/m Strecker, whose types were from Texas, I 

 believe. Charles Dury. 



Avondale, Ham. Co., Ohio, Aug. 15th, 1S77. 



Dear Sir, — 



On p. 120, vol. ix.. Can. Ent., is published a no'te by Mr. Robert 

 Bunker, referring to the " effect of hot weather upon certain Sphinges," 

 particularly P. satellitia. 



I have regularly for severxl years past taken mature larvte of P. achcmon 

 previous to July loth, the transformation of which, so far as I know, was 



