42 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



of May " (Fernald). Fresh si)ecimens from Nova Scotia are labelled from 

 May 15th to 22nd. The few available records from Massachusetts 

 indicate that the species appears there as early as April 25th, and does 

 not fly into June ; specimens dated later than May 12th are pretty well 

 worn. 



Records from the west show that between the 37th and 56th 

 l)arallels the imagoes are on the wing during May, twenty degrees of 

 latitude affecting the season of emergence but little, if any. Colorado 

 specimens are labeled as early as April lylh, and faded individuals from 

 Graham's Park and Golden, Colo., were taken May iith, 12th and 13th. 

 Wright's specimen, taken May ist at Puget Sound, seems to be somewhat 

 the worse for wear. A (^ and a 9 i'"' the U. S. National Museum, collected 

 by Wolley Dod at Calgary, are dated June 29th, and are in very good 

 condition, though not perfectly fresh. However, another 9 from the 

 same locality was captured May 29th, the individual taken by McCary 

 some 200 miles further north is labeled May 14th, and the specimens 

 received from Waghorn, Alberta, w^ere captured May 3rd and 5th. Mr. 

 Hill secured his butterflies not far from Chicago, on the 19th of May, 

 and all but one bear evidence of having been on the wing for some time. 



HaiDiis and Hahiis. — In New Jersey the butterflies inhabit the low 

 sandy coastal plain in restricted districts where the larval food-plant 

 occurs, and are to be hooked for in sunny spots along the roads and in 

 sheltered glades among the scattered pine growth. They ordinarily fly 

 low, rapidly and for short distances, and delight to feed on the nectar of 

 the early spring flowers, especially the pyxie and (later) the strawberry 

 flowers. They are quite local, ranging over a very restricted field between 

 emergence and death ; one may observe them in numbers at one point 

 throughout the day, and yet a few rods away might wait in vain to see one 

 pass. 



Mr. Hill took his flitting about in the open over the hot, barren 

 sands, and Dr. Dyar found them in Colorado along a railroad track in the 

 jaws of the gulch, at an elevation of about 7000 feet. 



Oviposition. — The females apparently do not oviposit much before 

 the middle of May, but during the latter half of the month eggs may be 

 found without difficulty. These are laid singly at the base of the elongate 

 leaf-buds (rarely on flower pedicels), as shown on fig. 7 on the plate. 



The illustration is from a photograph ( x 2) of the spray upon which 

 a confined female placed four eggs on May i8th, 1907. Three of these 



