Erycides Okeechobee, Worthington. Careful comparison of this large 

 Hesperid, a typical specimen of which has been kindly loaned me by Mr. W. 

 H. Edwards, with specimens of Ejy rides Batabano, Lucas, in my own and the 

 American Entomological Society collections, shows them to be the same species. 

 Lucas' description in La Sagra's History of Cuba, is brief, but as full as most of 

 his descriptions, and answers to the type of Okeechobee in every particular. 

 Two specimens of Batabano from Seiior Gundlach, in the collection of the So- 

 ciety, with one from Hayti, and another with no locality label, show considerable 

 difference in the amount of shining blue atoms on the secondaries. The speci- 

 mens from Marco Island, which Mr. Worthington used in describing his Okee- 

 chobee, are evidently less sprinkled with these scales than the more southern 

 specimens of the species usually are. I have, however, a specimen from Samana 

 Bay, Hayti, which in every way agrees with the description of Okeechobee. Mr. 

 Strecker gives Batabano a place in our fauna in his Catalogue, page 163. 



E. M. Aaron. 



Pamphila Panoquin, Scud, in New Jersey.— Various collecting trips to 

 the sand hills below Atlantic City, N. J., have convinced me that this is one of 

 the most interesting collecting fields in the Middle States. The locality consists 

 of a series of sand ridges thrown up by the action of the wind, none of which 

 are over twenty-five or thirty feet high. These are generally bare on top, with 

 tlie sides thickly clothed to leeward with Everlasting, Mouse-ear, and various 

 small shrubs. In the narrow valleys, between these ridges, trees (mostly Cedar 

 and Holly) grow but little above the highest ridges, above which point they are 

 stunted by the constant winds from the ocean. A few rivulets spread out occa- 

 sionally, making stagnant pools and marshes, which are surrounded by flags, 

 rushes, etc. ; most excellent localities for Hesperidce and Odonata. This locality 

 extends for about one mile in length, and varies from one-quarter mile to one 

 hundred yards in width. Though so small in extent, this is the only locality on 

 the island that is attractive to butterflies, and therefore many species may be 

 found in a very small compass. Here, on blackberry flowers, I took, on the 

 25th of June and ist of July, 257 specimens of Pamphila Patioquifi, Scud., a 

 species heretofore catalogued from the Gulf States only. In his description of 

 Panoquin (Proc Essex Inst., Vol. Ill, p. 178), Mr. Scudder gives Connecticut 

 as a locality, but in his "Systematic Revision" he states that this reference '■ was 

 erroneous." In the light of the fact that Panoquin is one of the commone.st but- 

 terflies at Atlantic City, it seems probable that Mr. Scudder was right in giving 

 Connecticut as a locality. 



Here I also had the pleasure of seeing a fine specimen of Thecla M- Album 

 on the nth of June, and, stranger yet on the ist of July, a fair specimen of T. 

 Lcrta was taken. This adds another locality to this rare but wide-spread species, 

 which, though never taken in any considerable quantity, has been captured in 

 Canada, Maine, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Arizona. 



Among other captures in this locality may be mentioned the following : C. 

 Eub7ile, M. Phcrton, P. Batesii, J. Coenia, N. Areolatus, T. Smitacis, P. A/assa- 

 soit, P. Phy/(^us, P. Accius, P. Ocola, P. Viator; P. Delaiuare, T. Persius, E. 

 Lycidas, all of which, with the exception of P. Batesii, N. Areolatus, and P. 

 Viator, have been taken in sufficient numbers to indicate that they are not 

 merely occasional visitors. E. M. Aaron. 



