March, igiS.] WaTSON : BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED IN OnE DaY. 7 



I believe that there were fifty, possiljly one or two more, species flying 

 on this day and that, with a little more luck, the list would have 

 reached the half-hundred mark. The following notes will, I think, 

 bear out my contention. 



On July 4. of the preceding year, the writer took lb flown spec- 

 imens of Mitoura damoii damon (Cramer) at the same locality. As 

 we did not have time to visit that section of the territory where the 

 dainoii were previously taken and where there is a station of red- 

 cedar trees, we may have missed this species. It is possible, of course, 

 that 1906 was not a damon year. 



On July 4, 1906, or three days later than the date of the above list, 

 I again visited the same region. It was expected that even a larger 

 number of forms would be recorded but in this I was disappointed. 

 The day was clear and fine but for some reason butterflies were not 

 so numerous as they were on July i and only thirty-nine species and 

 one variety w^ere noted. The varietal form being a single worn 

 specimen of Poanes lioboiiiok form pocahontas (Scudder). This 

 species, as is well known, is most common during early June. Two 

 old specimens of this dimorphic form were also observed by me 

 at this locality on June 24 of the same year, so that it was certainly 

 flying on July i although not observed by us. Three additional species 

 which were captured on the July 4 trip were : Fcniseca tarquinius 

 (Fabricius), two specimens, somewhat flown, one of which alighted 

 on my hand and fed on the perspiration; Strymon acadica (Edwards), 

 several individuals, somewhat worn; and Enphyes conspicua (Ed- 

 wards) = pontiac (Edwards), two specimens, condition not noted. 

 Of these three species, tarquinius and acadica were surely flying on 

 July I and more than likely conspicua was as well. 



It was with considerable reluctance that we quit such good col- 

 lecting, about 4 P. M., in order to catch our train. The forty-four 

 species were, therefore, collected in about six and one half hours 

 (allowing half an hour for lunch) and probably over less than five 

 miles of territorv. 



