THE LEPIDOPTERIST 



Philodice aberation will be given in a later number of 

 this paper. There was also caught a remarkable 

 specimen of Pap. glaucus f . turnus : secondaries same 

 as turnus but with the primaries like glaucus with an 

 irregular yellow band similar to the cresphontes band, 

 extending from the base of the wing to the apex. 



Massachusetts seems to be a great field for aberrant 

 specimens of Pap. turnus. The writer caught this 

 year a peroneurous aberration of this species. This 

 specimen shows the veins developed in a wavy or 

 zigzag manner- The deep ochroceous form of turnus 

 with all the black markings extended was taken. It 

 may be mentioned at this time, that in 1915 the rare 

 turnus f. fletcheri was caught in Massachusetts. 



The Sphingidae, Saturniidse and allied families were 

 found in usual numbers. The abundance of our clear 

 winged Hemaris in both generations was noticeable. 

 The tomato sphinx^ Protoparce quinque-maculata, 

 could be found in its caterpillar stage where ever there 

 were any tomato plants. The large silk moths are 

 getting scarcer every year in the eastern part of 

 Massachusetts, due to the very extensive spraying for 

 the Gipsy moth with Arsenate of Lead. Already many 

 of our native species of moths are thus exterminated in 

 various parts of eastern Massachusetts. 



The known hunting grounds for Hemileuca maia 

 did not yield as good results as in other years, while 

 on the other hand new localities were discovered where 

 the male moths appeared in large numbers with a few 

 females occasionally. 



Noctuidae were represented in good numbers in the 

 spring and again in the fall. The summer months 

 were decidedly poor for Noctuidge. The pretty green 

 Hemlock moth, Feralia jocosa, was in its localities 

 early in spring as numerous as usual but the Pine 

 moth, Feralia major, unually found in fair numbers, 

 proved to be rare. Sugaring for early Noctuidse gave 

 good results. 



The surprise of the season were the Catocalae. 

 Species which were usually abundant, were either 



