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Table of Localities — Winter and Summer Generations. 



Marginata 17th April; on the 19th, i $ same and i ,5 i ¥ 

 V olacea ; on 22d, 3 Lucia, two of which displayed very large 

 patches on hind wings, 7 Marginata, and 4 Violacea ; on 24th, 2 

 Lucia, \\ Marginata, 7 Violacea; on ist May; 6Lncia, 22 Marginata, 

 23 Violacea; on 8th May 11 Lncia, 18 Marginata, 14 Violacea; 

 May 16, A, Lucia, 7 Marginata, 3 Violacea. I would have been glad 

 of many other statements, and should have received them had 

 the season been propitious, but this one, made by an experienced 

 and careful observer, and extending through several weeks, tells 

 the story as completely as if a dozen had been sent me. Mr. 

 Hulst further informs me that he happened to have a lot of 

 these butterflies caught one day in the spring of 1881, 41 speci- 

 mens in all. That of them 8 are Lucia, all but three having the 

 patch of large size, 24 are Marginata, and 9 Violacea; and speaking 

 in general of these forms as they appear at Brooklyn, he says that 

 Lucia is common, Marginata takes in the bulk of the specimens, 

 and Violacea is not unfrequent. 



3. Rev. Thos. W. Fyles, of Cowansville, P. Q., sends a table 

 of his captures : 



On 22nd May, 3 Marginata. 



" 27th " 2 



" 31st " I 



" 2nd June, 4 " and 2 Lucia. 



" I2th " I " 



3. Eggs laid by Violacea, in April or early in May, in W.Va., 

 produce Neglecta, in June, so far as known, but most of the 



