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butterfly ; and as I learned that this plant is plentiful in that part of New 

 Jersey, a scarcity of food will not account for this migratory habit. 

 Neither will a scarcity of timber in which to hibernate, for this is super- 

 abundant. For a good account of this butterfly see Riley's 3rd Missouri 

 Report, p. 143; American Entomologist, vol. 3, p. loi; Can ad. Ent., 

 vol. 12, p. 37, 38. 



Pyrameis Jmntera Fab. is quite common, its food plant (Gnaphalitan 

 polycephalum) growing there abundantly. 



Deiopeia bella Lin. This pretty little moth flies in the hottest sunshine 

 and is excessively abundant. The food plant of the larvae is unknown to 

 me, but the imago frequents the flowers of a maritime species of Solidago. 



Spilosoma acraea and virginica. The larvae of these two species 

 were seen, but not in great numbers. 



Anthera polyphenms. The larvae occur in abundance, and might be 

 collected by the peck from the Bayberry bushes, on the leaves of which 

 they feed. There is a marked difference between the imagos produced 

 from the coast larvae and those raised here, the former having the colors 

 brighter and the red on the wings deeper and more extensive. 



Hyperchiria to. The larvae are likewise found on the Bayberry 

 bushes, but being a general feeder, it abounds on many plants, especially 

 such as are cultivated. It is in bad repute with the natives, one of whom 

 informed me that its " sting " was certain death in about fifteen minutes, the 

 only remedy being several liberal " whiskies " taken immediately. 



I noticed the larvae of three or four other species of Bombycidae, and 

 a few Noctuidae ; but the place does not seem to be congenial to many 

 species of the latter family. 



The hymenopterist would find several interesting things in his line 

 there. I observed two species of small Mutilla living in colonies in the 

 sand hills. There are at least a dozen speciesof sand wasps, all seemingly 

 solitary and in constant search for prey. There is a black species about 

 one inch in length that I have frequently seen pounce on an unsuspecting 

 Crustacean (sand crab) of at least twice its weight, give it a quick stab, 

 and then haul it rapidly off to its burrow in some convenient sand hill. 



I close this paper with a brief notice of a young but very enthusiastic 

 entomologist, whose acquaintance I formed there, Master Lewis Barber, 

 two and one half years old, a grandson of the proprietor of the hotel. 

 This young gentleman spends all his leisure time — all that is not occupied 

 in eating and sleeping — in collecting insects in all orders except Hymen- 



