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New Localities for Butterflies. July 22d I saw a specimen of 

 Liinenitis arthemts Drury on the side of a mountain ravine, and on Septem- 

 ber 5th, one of Papilio crespho7itcs. Cram, in an open field. I did not succeed 

 in capturing either, but had good views of both and have no doubt of their be- 

 ing these species. Both were fresh specimens, crcsphontes especially, seeming 

 to be just from the chrysalis. L. Arihemis vcwist be exceedingly rare in this 

 section, and I believe this is the first specimen of cresphontes reported in this 

 state. L. W. Goodell, Amherst, Mass. 



Stretch's BombycidjE of North America. Under date of June 20th 

 Dr. H. a. Hagen, writes from Portland, Oregon, " In San Francisco I saw 

 the plates for Stretch's new work on the Bombycidae. They are really splendid, 

 and the photoliphography admirably executed. I was so much interested in 

 Stretch's work, and in the author himself, that I urged him to join our party, 

 and was very glad when he decided to do so. I really believe that his work will 

 be a great step to a better understanding of the Bombycidae, the more so as 

 Stretch lias an excellent knowledge of the larvse of many species. I think also 

 that many spurious species will be eliminated and brought together." 



Ceratocampa Regalis at Sugar. I had a remarkable experience last 

 evening. I v^as sugaring a small wood close to my garden with poor success, 

 when, lo ! upon the trunk of a small ash tree vvas a splendid C. regalis, sipping 

 the sugar with all the enjoyment of a Catocala. I had no net and only a small 

 cyanide bottle, so I gazed in astonishment and despair for a few seconds, when 

 it leisurely fluttered away. It is known that this species is attracted by sweets ? 

 David Bruce, Brockport, New York, August 4, 1882. 



Moths and Butterflies of Monroe County, New York. Butter- 

 flies have been very late and scarce this season, D. Archippiis not having as 

 yet appeared (August 4th) and only a few P. Rapa and C. Philodice having 

 been seen. One very light Pierzs Protodice was taken last week. This spe- 

 cies was very common here in September of last year. I took forty larvse of 

 M. PJiceton on June 1st. They fed on almost any low plant or shrub, many of 

 them on Tyf)ha Latifolia, but they appeared to prefer Lonicera, and in con- 

 finement Plantago. I raised thirty-one examples. The remainder were stung 

 by parasites, but kept on feeding two weeks longer than the healthy subjects. 

 Pap. Cresphontes has occurred this season in abundance, though previous to 

 1880 it was almost unknown in this neighborhood. In that year a lady bred a 

 fine ? from a larva found in the garden on Dicianimis fraxinella, and last 

 year I discovered larvae feeding on garden rue, Ruta graveolens. This year 

 it has been seen in great numbers. I have taken seventy larvae feeding on 

 Prickly Ash, have reared ail to the chrysalis, v/hence they are now emerging in 

 beautiful condition. Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing on the windows of 

 my " Vivarium" living bred specimens of all the species of Papilio found in 

 this district, viz.: Ajax, Turnus, Troilus, Asterias and Cresphontes. The last 

 named species appears to be entirely free from parasites, not a single example 

 that I have found being stung. DAVID Bruce, Brockport, New York, 



Anisota Senatoria, Smith-Abbott. During the past summer this moth 

 was very prevalent in Columbia County, New York. It made its appearance 

 at Oak Hill, the residence of Mr. Hermon T. Livingston, in the township of 

 Livingston in the latter part of June, and before the middle of August the 

 larvee had consumed the leaves of all the young oaks, the older trees not escap- 

 ing severe spoHation. I observed that the oaks in the woods adjoining the 

 place were not attacked, but that the trees skirting the forest suffered as badly 

 as those upon the lawn, and were nearly stripped of their leaves. In the early 

 season I destroyed myriads of the insects in the grasses under the oaks, just 

 after pupation, and also some five thousand eggs soon after depositure ; but 

 notwithstanding these precautions against a damaging visitation, severe disfig- 

 urement, if not injury, to the oaks resulted from the insatiable larvae. A very 



