PiUIPIIIUDl: LIMOCHORES TAUMAS. 1731 



August 5 from an egg laid about July 7 and was determined by Mr. 

 Howard as Telenomus graptae. A single specimen only emerges from an 



egg- 

 Desiderata. The complete life history of this butterfly needs careful 

 working out. The story as given here is dependent almost wholly upon 

 observing the times of appearance and condition of butterflies throughout 

 the season in many difl'creut places. Its apparition in fresh condition at 

 two different periods of the year, at least in southern New England, is un- 

 questionable, but the behavior of caterpillars obtained from the earliest and 

 latest eggs of the first brood under perfectly natural conditions should be 

 carefully observed and the dates of eclosion of the resulting butterflies 

 compared with the occurrence of the butterfly out of doors, in order to 

 determine to how great an extent the insect is single or double bi-ooded in 

 different places. So, too, the caterpillar hatched from eggs laid by butter- 

 flies of the second brood should be followed to see in what condition the 

 progeny of this brood passes the winter. Much more might be written of 

 the habits of both caterpillar and butterfly, and careful observation of the 

 comparative histories of the butterflies of the far north, peculiar for their 

 small size and dark appearance, with those further south should be made, 

 in order to determine whether or not two species are here confounded. Is 

 there any seasonal dimorphism in this insect ? 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.— LIMOOHOBES TAUMAS. 



