1060 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



at conspicuous flowers. A geranium witli scarlet flowers, and set in tlie open yard, 

 attracted most that flew near it. Papers in soutliern Georfria noticed tlie great num- 

 bers passing at diflerent points ; and a friend in souttiern Alabama sent me specimens 

 of tlie same, saying that they were subjects of speculation there. About March, 1879, 

 there was a similar migration from southeast to northwest, but in diminished num- 

 bers. I saw the fall migrations again October and November, 1879, but in smaller 

 numbers than in 1878. A lady of southern Georgia told me that her husband called her 

 attention to the fall migration twenty-six years ago, and that she had observed it every 

 year since. C. eubule is found here in small uumbers at other seasons of the year. 



The same phenomenon has been witnessed further north ; thus Hamil- 

 ton, writing of the New Jersey coast (Ibid, xvii : 204), says : — 



Specimens were observed on the wing nearly every day along the margin of the 

 ocean, flying apparently at the height of fifteen or twenty feet, and about the same 

 distance from the shore, so that their capture could not be eflected, though I took a 

 crippled one and thus ascertained the species. All appeared to be southward bound, 

 flying steadily but slowly. 



So, too, at the northernmost point at which they have been found, at 

 Narragansett Pier, R. I., Howard L. Clark says that in 1869 or 1870 

 (Rand. Notes nat. hist., i; No. 5, p. 8) : — 



They led me along the shore road toward the north pier, and thence to a rough, 

 marshy meadow, back of the beach, and here I truly had glorious sport. The eubule 

 were swarming about the brilliant cardinal flowers, which grew in abundance, and 

 their uumbers were constantly augmented by new arrivals, which all appeared to come 

 from the south. Most of the specimens were considerably mutilated, and appeared to 

 have been on the wing for a considerable time. I obtained, however, some two dozen 

 fair specimens and some nearly perfect. They were common about the place for 

 several days and then gradually disappeared. 



Desiderata. The duration of the egg of this butterfly is imknown, the 

 structure of the young larva undescribed, and the history of the chrysalis 

 rests upon few observations. All points in the life of the insect, and 

 especially the condition in which it survives the winter, need investigation ; 

 the duration of the autumn brood in the north has not been studied, no 

 earlier generation has been observed, and the postures of the butterfly and 

 habits of the caterpillar remain undescribed. Most doubtful in the account 

 above, and needing verification, is the number of broods in the south. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.— VALLWRYAS EUBULE. 



General. Imago. 



PI. 25, fig. 6. Distribution in North America. PI. 16, lig. 14. Male, both surfaces. 



Egg. 16. Female, both surfaces. 



PI. 65, fig. 30. Plain. 35:1,2. Male abdominal appendages. 



Caterpillar. 40:2. Neuration. 



PI. 70, tigs. 2, 4. Full grown caterpillars. 44:6,6. Patch of nii-sed scales. 



79:67. Head, fifth stage. 46:32,33. Androcouia. 



Vhrysdlis. 56: 1. .Side view with head and appen- 



Pl. 84, fig. 60. Side view. dages enlarged, and details of the structure 



61, 62. Outline views. of the legs. 



