18 THE JOURNAL OF THE 



LEFOBIDM, {Hares,) 



17. Lepus sylvaticus Bach. Gray Rabbit. An 

 abundant species in most parts of the state. I have 

 noticed that it is growing less common in the neighbor- 

 hood of Boston ; probably on account of its persecution 

 by sportsmen. During the past five or six years, I have 

 seen about twice that number of specimens in this vicinity, 

 but during the past year I have observed but one. The 

 fur of this species is never white in winter. 



18. Lepus americanus ErxJ. White Rabbit. This 

 species is less abundant than the preceding in most parts 

 of the state. Mr. Allen states that it is "rare in the im- 

 mediate vicinity of Springfield, though numerous at local- 

 ities less than ten miles distant, in several directions." I 

 have never observed it near Boston. The fur is white in 

 winter. 



NEW ENGLAND PHILAMPELL 

 By A, C. Anthony. 



The body of the species of this genus is large and thick. 

 The head and eyes rather large and prominent; the tongue 

 as long as the body. The abdomen is more than twice 

 the leno:th of the thorax which is thick. The legs are long 

 and thick. The chrysalis is brown, has no tongue case, and 

 measures about an inch and a half in length. The pupa 

 which is inclosed is of a creamy color, and all the parts 

 are distinctly visible ; in the latter stages of this state the 

 wings are colored as in the mature insect. 



In P. satellitia Linn, (pandorus Hubn.) the head 

 and middle of the thorax are pale green, the abdomen pale 

 brown tinged with green, and a dark patch on each side. 

 It expands from four to five inches; anterior wings shaded 

 with pale green and deep olive, with a nearly square patch 

 on the inner margin shaded to the base. Posterior wings 

 pale green, with a large, round, black patch near the mid- 



