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and while often the nights and mornings were quite cool, the days 

 were warm. Many flowers were in bloom during the whole period of 

 their stay and most of the butterflies collected were taken on the 

 flowers, Hesperiidse especially frequenting the flowers of a species of 

 mint which grew along the banks of the Hillsborough River on the 

 outskirts of Tampa. Another favorite place in this locality was along 

 a road cut through the jungle of saw palmetto, a road not much used 

 and an ideal place for collecting, although it was more difficult, for 

 once the butterfly darted into the jungle it was lost. Many thistles 

 were in bloom and these were also very attractive to the butterflies. 



The specimens were sent to me by parcel post as fast as the boxes 

 were filled and some times reached me only three days after their 

 capture. It was quite novel, indeed, to me, to have butterflies cap- 

 tured on the flowers out of doors, that — in case of the large Papilios 

 — hardly needed relaxing, while here everything was snow and ice- 

 bound, and outdoor collecting a long way off. 



The collectors returned much improved in health from their out- 

 door activities and very enthusiastic over their experiences in col- 

 lecting. 



The species collected are listed below and furnish rather interest- 

 ing early records for a locality as far north as Tampa, where the 

 temperature at times was low enough to produce quite heavy frosts, 

 and even ice on two occasions, during the time these records were 

 made. The earliest record only in each month is given, and in some 

 cases many of each species were collected on other days of the same 

 month. A total of thirty-seven species were collected. 



Papilio philenor Linn. 



Papilio cresphontes Cramer 



Papilio glaucus Linn. 

 Papilio troilus texanus Ehr. 

 Papilio palamedes Drury. 



Tampa 



Tampa 



Tampa 

 Tampa 

 Tampa 



Papilio marcellus form floridensis Holland Tampa 



Pieris monuste Linn. 

 Catopsilia eubule Linn. 



Zerene caesonia Stoll. 



Tampa 

 Dade City 



Tampa 

 Tampa. 



