228 Journal New York Entomological Society. t^'°'- x>^vi. 



Anacampsis innocuella.— In connection with this species and Mr. 

 Davis' note in the June, 1918, number it may be well to record the 

 following observation. In June, 1912, I found large numbers of 

 rolled leaves of Populus grandidentata, and a good many of P. tremii- 

 loides, lying on the ground as described by Mr. Davis, and bred this 

 species from them. In this case they were evidently cut off long 

 before maturity, often very soon after the last molt, and the cater- 

 pillar fed for several days on the withered and partially decayed 

 leaves. The localities were Mt. Toby, Sunderland, and the Notch, 

 Mt. Holyoke Range, Mass. I have found it many times since, here 

 at Ithaca and elsewhere. — Wm. T. M. Forres. 



Butterfly Collecting for the Season of 1918. — Spring collecting was 

 very poor and the season apparently backward. The poor collecting 

 at Greenwood Lake on May 5 has already been reported. 



Early summer, i. e., June collecting, was very good and the season 

 was ahead of normal. At Fort Montgomery, N. Y., on June i, the 

 collecting was excellent, 30 species and 2 varieties being positively 

 identified; there were 2 or 3 additional forms which escaped. In- 

 sects of other orders were apparently plentiful. 



Summer cottages are being erected and encroach on the collecting 

 territory. Military guards are all through the region : they examine 

 the autos but do not molest the pedestrians. 



Several trips to Van Courtlandt Park, New York City, through 

 this month showed good collecting, but there was a decided falling 

 off during the last few days. 



From the last days of June to the present time, the collecting has 

 been poor and the season backward, at least during July. On the 

 other hand the vegetation was ahead, golden rod and iron-weed being 

 in bloom two to three weeks earlier than during normal seasons. 

 Perhaps the extremely dry weather during July and August is re- 

 sponsible. 



Eurymns pliiludice (Godart), which was quite scarce last season, 

 is with us this year in its normal abundance. 



The remarks on the poor collecting seem also to apply to the 

 Heterocera. 



Lepidopterous larvae, so abundant last fall, are relatively scarce 

 now. — Frank E. Watson. 



