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for the males are rarely found and are listed high in 

 all price-lists. The females can be found resting on 

 the trees in day time during May and June in this 

 vicinity. 



The following data on when and where to collect 

 certain of our moths and butterflies is given for the 

 lattitude of Boston, Mass., collectors to the north or 

 south having to make allowances for distance from this 

 lattitude. Washington, D. C. about one month to 

 six weeks earlier, Carolinas about two months and 

 Florida up to three months earlier. As soon as the 

 frost leaves the ground we look on the hemlock trees 

 for Feralia jucosa, a beautiful yellowish green moth 

 with black and white markings, a week or two later 

 another member of same family, Feralia major. This 

 is found on the pine trees, is emerald-green with 

 black markings and considered quite a capture. About 

 this time the early Geometridae begin to appear, in- 

 cluding the Phigalias and the Nyctobias, some of 

 which are not common. The early and quite rare 

 Noctuids including the Psaphidias, Eutolype, Copipa- 

 nolis, are also found in early April on the tree trunks 

 and at night under the lights. 



{To he continued) 



A Light For Collectors 



Who has not wished for a suitable light for collect- 

 ing? And generally wished in vain. There is one, 

 however, and it is easily obtainable. It bums gasolene, 

 weighs less than three pounds, has a new style mantle 

 which does not break with ordinary usage, is nickel- 

 plated, stands about twelve inches high, and is four 

 hundred (400) candle power. 



The retail price is about $10.00, but the editor of 

 The Lepidopterist has arranged to supply subscribers 

 at a wholesale rate (about 5.25 delivered). If in- 

 terested write The Lepidopterist. 



