Oct., '03] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



265 



PAPILIONID^. 

 Papilio turnus Lin. 



HESPERID.E. 



Pamphila peckius Kirby. 

 " sassacus Harr. 

 mystic Scud. 

 hobomok Harr. 



" pocohontas Scud. 

 cernes Scud. 



Amblyscirtes samoset Scud. 

 Nisoniades icelius Lint. 



SPHINGID^E. 







* Hemaris diffinis Bdv. 

 thysbe Fab. 

 Paonias excsecatus S.-A. 



ARCTIID.E. 

 Spilosoma virginica Fab. 



SATURNIID^. 

 Actias luna Lin 



LIPARID^E. 



CHsiocatnpa disstria Hbn. 



NOCTUID.I:. 



Acroncyta americana Harr. 

 Parallelia bistriaris Hbn. 



PYRAUSTID.K. 



Evergestis straminalis Hbn. 

 Hydrocampa australis Hulst. 



PTEROPHORID/E. 

 Platyptilia carduidactyla Riley. 



TORTRICID^:. 

 Ptycoloma persicana Fitch. 



CONCHYLID^E. 

 Conchylis argentilimitana Rob. 

 sp. 



'GRAPHOLITHIDvE. 



Exartema fasciatana Clem. 

 Pasdisca sp. 



Phoxopteris nubeculana Clem. 

 burgessiana Zell. 



GELECHID^. 



Stenoma schlaegeri Zell. 

 Gelechia absconditella Walk. 



vagella Walk. 

 Dasycera nonstrigella Chain. 



Hunting Empids. 



BY ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. 



It is chiefly the recent renaissance in this family of flies 

 which leads me to think that a few field notes concerning them 

 may be of some interest. Messrs. Coquillett and Melander 

 have each monographed the North American Empids within 

 the last few years, and both have described many new species 

 in the group, and not a few genera. Dr. Wheeler has also 

 done much work in this family, both by himself alone, and 

 also in collaboration with Mr. Melander. 



* Both species of Hemaris occured commonly, resting on the upper 

 surface of the leaves of the bracken fern, Pteris aqitilina. They rested 

 so quietly that they could be picked up with the fingers. 



