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W. H. Edwards in 1878 published a detailed account of the life 

 history of Anthocharis genutia, which was based upon specimens 

 and notes sent to Mr. Edwards and to Mrs. Peart by Henry F. 

 Schonborn, of Washington. 



The first account of a carnivorous butterfly ever published was 

 the partial life history of Feniseca tarquinius, by Prof. C. V. Riley 

 in 1886. This was based upon notes and observations made by Th. 

 Pergande in Washington. 



In his classic work on the butterflies of the Eastern United States 

 published in 1889, Samuel H. Scudder mentioned a number of spe- 

 cies as having been obtained in Washington or in the District. 

 These were the following : 



Incisalia augustus =Inclsalia augustinus. 

 Hesperia ccntaureae=Pyrgus centaureae xcyandot. 

 Pcmtia rapae =Pieris rapae. 



Thanaos horatius —Thanaos horatius. 

 Euphyes verna =Polites verna. 



In 1900 Mr. Strecker redescribed Peak's specimen, together with 

 a similar one from Allegheny County, Pa., under the name of 

 Papilio troilus var. radiatus, and gave the locality as Washington, 

 D. C. 



In 1926 I published an article on the odors of some New England 

 butterflies, in which I included observations made at Washington 

 on the following species : 



Junonia coenia =Junonia lavinia coenia. 

 Laertias philenor —Papilio philenor philenor. 

 Papilio glaucus ^Papilio glaucus glaucus. 

 Papilio polyxenes =Papilio polyxenes asterias. 



In this paper I also discussed the local varieties of Junonia lavinia. 



In a general account of carnivorous butterflies published in 1926, 

 I gave a history of the discovery of the early stages of Feniseca 

 tarquinius. My observations on this species were all made about 

 Boston, but I mentioned the effect on the emerging adults of bring- 

 ing pupae from Boston to Washington. 



In 1927 I published a detailed account of the life history and 

 variations of Euphydryas phaeton^ which was based chiefly on a 

 large colony at Cabin John, Md., that has been since destroyed. In 

 this paper I described as schausi the local form, which is readily 

 distinguishable from the brownish form with which I was familiar 

 in New England. I also described as magnifica the variant of the 

 local form corresponding to the northern superha. But unfortu- 

 nately the type of Drury's phaeton and the type of Strecker's superha 

 both belong to the southern and not to the Canadian variety, so that 

 it was the northern form that I should have named. 



