56 General Notes, 



this species is of rare occurrence in this state, having been 

 recorded from here but a few times, the above note may be 

 of interest. — C. J. Maynard^ Boston^ Mass. 



Rare Lepidoptera around Boston during the past 

 Summer. — I have to record the unusual abundance during 

 the past summer of two rare Lepidoptera, Papilio cresj^hon- 

 tes and Euptoieta claudia. Several specimens of the form- 

 er were taken at Sharon by Mr. Foster H. Brackett, and 

 Mr. George Dimmock informs me that he took a specimen 

 at Cambridge in August last. I learn also from Mr. Scud- 

 der that a specimen was taken last summer at Worcester, 

 Mass. 



Five specimens of Euptoieta claudia were collected at 

 Newburyport, Mass, during the past summer by Mr. W. H. 

 Swasey, and I have heard of its having been taken by oth- 

 ers. It seems indeed strange that butterflies usually so 

 rare in this state should have appeared last summer in toler- 

 able abundance. A note appeared in this Journal (Vol. I, 

 No. 4, p. 33) not long ago recording .Pa^nlio a^esphontes as 

 abundant at Berlin, Conn., and now we have it by no means 

 rare in the vicinity of Boston. We may indeed ask the ques- 

 tion is the species moving northward? — R. Hay ward ^ Cam- 

 bridge^ Mass. 



A Note on Acm^odera culta. — Last May, while col- 

 lecting at Milton, I found Acmceodera cidta in exeeedingly 

 large numbers upon the flowers of the common yellow star- 

 grass [Hyi^oxys erecta). The locality was a rather higli 

 wood path surrounded on all sides by scrub oak. I have 

 never before taken this species in anything like such num- 

 bers. — B. Hay ward, Cambridge, Mass. 



