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J 882. So that certainly some Violacea come from the chrysahds of 

 the late Pseiidargioliis of preceding year. But, as before said, all 

 cannot so originate. A. squarrosa has furnished very few larvae, 

 two and three in a season, in one case ten ; but if all, or any large 

 part, of the spring butterflies came from September larvae, the 

 plants would swarm with the latter. 



This is the history of the species in W. Va. At the north, 

 very little seems to have become known respecting any of the 

 preparatory stages. But 8th June, 1878, I received from Prof. J. 

 H. Comstock several larvae, on Viburnum acerifolium, supposed 

 to be from eggs laid by Neglecta. None of the chrysalids there- 

 from gave butterfly the same seaso.n, and all were dead by I2th 

 December. I conclude that these chrysalids would, under natural 

 conditions, have hybernated. 



On the other hand, Mr. William Saunders, in Can. Ent., Vol. 

 I., p. 100, relates that he found larvae nearly full grown 12 July, 

 on Cornus; and m Vol. VII., page 83, he further says, that of that 

 lot of larvae, 5 soon after pupation produced Neglecta butterflies. 

 It is to be inferred that no chrysalids lingered, as no mention is 

 made of such. Mr. Saunders says, that in his locality, 

 London, Ont., there are two broods of Neglecta, one in May and 

 June, the other in July and later. And the date of his captures, 

 in several years, run from 14th May to 4th June ; a much beaten 

 specimen on 25th June. And fresh individuals had been taken 

 2d and 5th July, indicating a second brood. Mr. Saunders is 

 confident that the winter forms of the species are not to be found 

 in that region, not having been taken or seen, though there are 

 many collectors at hand. At various points from W. Va. to Maine 

 the winter forms and the flowering of Cornus come together, so 

 that except for Mr. Saunders' confidence in the absence of these 

 forms, I should infer that the eggs which produced these larvae 

 were laid by one of the winter forms. If that had been so, the 

 second generation, Neglecta^ would have followed the first in 

 direct succession, with many of the complications seen in W. Va. 



In Can. Ent., X., p. 129, Dr. E. C. Howe states, that at 

 Yonkers, N. Y., (which is about two degrees to the south of 

 London, Ont., and being on the seaboard, has a very much milder 

 climate), he saw several pairs oi Lticla in copulation April 19, 

 and females Lucia were ovipositing on Cornus April 30 and May 4, 

 1878, and he saw Neglecta males flying on April 19 and 22 

 that year. That single mention raises a curious point. It is 

 plain that these Neglecta, flying with Lucia, must have come from 

 hybernating chrysalids, as truly as did the Lucia. The history 

 of these Neglecta would appear to be identical with the history of 

 Pseudargiolus in W. Va., and they represent the southern form, 

 and are interpolated in the series just as Pseudargiolus'\s. In fact, 

 these early Neglecta would be very small Pseudargiolus, though 

 perhaps undistinguishable from the examples of Neglecta which 



