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PSYCHE. 



[December 1895. 



Agyiades aquilo, Eurvmiis pclidne and 

 nastes., Hesperia centauyeae and Ervnnis 

 comma var. catena. A single orthopteian 

 was also brought home — Melanopliis bore- 

 alis (Fieb). Specimens of the last were 

 shown and it was pointed out that it was dis- 

 tinct from Melanopliis borealis Scudd. (il/. 

 ftisciatiis Walk.), with which he had for- 

 merly supposed it identical. 



Mr. Field exhibited a specimen of Basilar- 

 chia hjbr. artkecJiippus Scudd., he had cap. 

 tared in AUtead, N. H. This is the third 

 recorded capture of a hybrid arthemis-archip- 

 pus, the other two having been taken in 

 Canada. 



Mr. Mayer exhibited a set of drawings 

 illustrating the development of color in the 

 wings of Callosamia promethea and Anosia 

 plextppits and explained them at length. 



Mr. Scudder mentioned the following 

 interesting captures of butterflies the past 

 season : Basilarchia arikemis, taken at 

 Hartford and at Short Beach, Conn., by 

 Mr. Sidney C. Carpenter; and Hypatns 

 bachmanii at the latter place, by the same; 

 also Heodes /lypop/ilacas fulliolaai Franklin, 

 Penn., by Mr. W. T. Bell; and Fenheca tar- 

 qiiini'ns by different persons in various local- 

 ities about Boston, — the first recorded cap- 

 tures in eastern Massachusetts. 



The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada. 



With special reference to New England. By Samuel H. Scudder. 



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 Vol. 3. Appendix, Plates and Index. 



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