30 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



"Oct. 12, 1883. A/etia xy/ina'&di.y taken at decaying apples. Not 

 very common this year." 



The decaying apples mentioned were windfalls that had been partly 

 eaten by other insects before they were gathered, and put into heaps or 

 old barrels to be fed to cattle. When these apples had stood in the sun 

 a few days, the smell of ripe fruit from them became quite strong, and 

 many moths, flies, etc., were attracted. It was here I found Aletia xylina 

 most common, resting quietly on the bitten apples, and easily taken with 

 the hand. They are nearly always in good condition, and although they 

 are not easily " rubbed " and have the power of long sustained flight, I 

 find it hard to agree with Professor Riley's opinion that they fly here every 

 autumn from the Southern cotton fields. I think we will yet find there is 

 a Northern food plant. 



Dec. 30th, 1 88 1. Found more than one hundred pupse of Drasteria 

 erechtea Hub. in a hollow piece of wood. They must have been collected 

 and placed here by some small animal, possibly a wood-mouse. 



Jan. 9, 1882. Found several examples of hybernating V. ttiilberti 

 under stones in a stone fence. I thought it worth noting that two or more 

 were almost always found under the same stone or near together, and a 

 considerable distance might intervene between each lot of specimens. 



July 25, 1882. Several specimens of V. antiopa taken hovering over 

 bushes of choke cherry (P. virgi?iiana), the leaves of which were much 

 infested with aphides. The butterfly would alight on the curled leaves 

 containing the aphides, and extending its tongue, insert it among them, 

 and when engaged drinking the sweets furnished by the aphides, it could 

 readily be taken with the hand. Limenitis arthemis and L. disippus were 

 observed and taken similarly occupied. At a meeting of the Cambridge 

 Ent. Club (Jan. 12th, 1883) I asked the members present if they had 

 observed or known of such habits in these butterflies before, and received 

 a negative reply. Also notice that Fhyciodes tharos and other small red 

 butterflies sometimes persistently follow D. archipptis and other large 

 butterflies of the same color. They alight when the large butterfly does, 

 rising only when the larger insect takes to flight again. Is this for the 

 sake of protection from some enemy ? 



The following note was made at the Experiment Grounds of the 

 " Rural New-Yorker," River Edge, Bergen Co., N. J. : 



" J^ly 7) 1883. Found Promiba yuccasella Riley in flowers of Yucca 

 filamentosa. They are quiet during the day time, but become active in 



