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PSYCHE. 



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Butler, Arthur Gardiner. Notes on some 

 North American lepidoptera. (Papilio, 

 Sept. iSSi, V. I, p. 12S-132.) 



Ci'mpunilivL- iioH:s on xyslus- robiniae, alvpia sacra- 

 menti.a. ridingsii,copidryas elovcri,gnophaela hofffc- 

 ri.g- vermicidata, dahana alnpennis, cU-nnrlmsiihrnsca- 

 pits Uptarctia Ulta^ arctia intermedia, a. achata, a. och- 

 racia, euchach-s collaris, phrvganidea cali/oniira, 

 hem ileura nevadensis, pseudohaxis eglanterina, satiiniia 

 ttiendncino, rlisioraiiiha caiifornica, and eulimacades 

 ^cahlia. Refers ^iiop/iae/a to the arctiidae, section pen- 

 copidae, and states that ctenucha ■malsinghamti Ily. 

 Eclw =.c.nihroscapus Men. Believes that />A»'j^^n;»((<-« 

 californica shovlUl he pl.aced in tlie (axaW^ dioptidae. 

 ■' H: E. (j244) 



Butler, Arthm- (Jardiner. Notes on some 

 North American lepidoptera. (l^ipilio, 

 Oct. 18S1, V. I, p. 16S-171.) 



Calls attention to the affinities of the nocluidac, par" 

 ticulailv with reference to early stages, and tjives cinn" 

 pavative notes of several species. H: E. (,5245) 



Butler, Arthur Gardiner. Notes on some 

 North .American lepidoptera. (Papilio, 

 Dec. 18S1, V. I, p. 220-223.) 



Notes on geomelridar; thinks metrocampa perlata 

 Guen. = w/. margaritata; compares tetrads aegrotata 

 of California witli sabulodes dosilheata Guen. of Ven- 

 ezuela, and thinks them congeneric; refers thamnonoma 

 Iripnnrlaria Pack, to genus lozogramma ; says that 

 glaiifoptcrvx caesiata Hiibn. does not exist in United 

 States, an(i that our species known by that name is 

 undescribed ; tripknsa dubitata Pack, is' not t. diibitata 

 Linn. "■ E. (i^l,f^) 



Comstock : J: H : An aquatic noctuid larva. 



Arzama melutiopyga Grote, new species. 



(Papilio, Oct. 1S81, V. I, p. 147-149.) 



Describes larva and habits of arzama melanopyga, 



feedinu upon the leaf.stalks of tlie pond-lily, {niifdiar 



adveita). In this paper .V.-R. Grote gives description 



(quoted by Cocnstock) of the imago of «. melanopyga a.s 



a new species, and compares it with a. diffusa, a. vit/itt- 



fica, and sphida obliquata. H: E. (3247) 



EdvT-ards, H : Description of some new spe- 

 cies of N. American moths. (Papilio, June 

 1S81, V. I, p. lOO-IOI.) 



Describes as new euleucophaeus sororitts from Lower 

 Calif()rnia, plltsia cetsa from Oregon, and xanthothrix 

 tieiimoe^eni from California; redescribes gloveria aru 



zonensis Pack., from Arizona. 



(,i34S) 



Edwards, 11 : Descriptions of some new 

 species of heteroccra. (Papilio, July i8Si, 

 V. I, p. 115-121.) 



Describes as new sphinx libocedrits, anatolmis /tit- 

 gens and zercne elegantaria from Arizona, sphinx ittah- 

 ettsis from Utah, synedcida valens from Souliiern Utah, 

 Ihyridoptcrvx mcadii from Mohave Desert, gorytodes 

 pcrsonaria'ivom California, aribates vcrsuttts, o.opipa- 

 rus and syneda ocrultii from Te.xas, azelina mnrri^nn- 

 aria from Wasliington Territory, ratocala cmilia from 

 New York, r. miranda from District of Columbia, and 

 svncdttfarela from Florida; finds oribates occupied as a 

 generic name, and substitutes gyros for it. 



//; E. (3249) 



Edwards, H : Joseph Duncan Putnam. (Pa- 

 pilio, Dec. 1S81, V. I, p. 223-224.) [Rec, 

 2666.] 



Biographical sketch of J. D. Putnam, president of 

 the Davenport acadeniv of natural sciences; l>. iS Oct. 

 iS^i;, in lacksonville.'lll.; d. lO Dec. iSSi, in Daven- 

 port, Iowa. M: E. (3250) 



Edwards, H : New genera and species of 

 \\\<i i-,v.W\\\ acgei-idae. (Papilio, Nov. 1881, 

 V. I, p. 179- 20S, pi. 4[i]-) 



Describes etthagena, lariinda, carmenta and albuna 

 as new genera of aegeriidar, and describes as new spe- 

 cies trochilimn paeijicum, eultagena nebraskae, bembecia 

 sequoiae, b. snpcrba, /aritnda soiituda, sciapteron grae- 

 Jii, s. srcpsiformis, s. cupressi, carmenta rllficornis, c. 

 viinilta, c. sanborni, c. fraxini, albuna resplendens. a. 

 rtlti/ans, a. rileyana, a. artemisiac, a. montana, a. tana- 

 ceti, a. 7f^nconrerensis, a. co/oradensis, a. torva, aegeria 

 Jlava, a. aurata, a. corni, a. saxifragae,^ a. z'erecunda, 

 a. brunneipennis, a. rttbrofascia, a. holli, a. tupini, a. 

 perp/exa, a. impropria, a. sex/'asciata, a. corttsca, a. 

 aureola, a. consimiiis, a. hyperiri, a. injiruia, a. eiipa- 

 torii, a imitata, a- morula, a. koebelei, a. -ivashingtonia, 

 a. dccipiens, a neglecta, a. imperfecta, a. hemizoniae, a- 

 senecioidcs, a. refulgens, a. opa'lescens, a. noyarnensis, 

 a giliae, a. mimuti, a. madariae, a. albicornis, a. prox- 

 ima, a. inusitata, a. nicotianae, pyrrhotaenia polygoni, 

 p. t'rti^ariae, p. helianlhi, p- achillae, p. tepperi, p. 

 eremocarpi, p. nteadii, p. nrthocarpi, p. texana, zeno- 

 doxus heueherae, z. potentillac, z. canesceus; describes 

 larva of sciapteron syringae. Qiiotes Walker's descrip- 

 tions of aegeria pleciaeformis, a. fyramidalis, a. ody- 

 neriformis, a. emphytiformis, a. hylotomiformis, a. py- 

 ralldiformis, a.sapygaeformis, a.gcliformis, and gives 

 colored figm-iiS of all these species except a. pyralldi- 

 Jormis. H: •£• (325") 



Edward-, W : H : On certain hahits of lieli- 

 coiila ibarititiia. Linn., a species of htitter- 

 tlv found in Florida. Read before the lint, 

 siib-sect. of Am. Ass. Cinn. j8 Aug. 1S81. 

 (Papilio, Dec. 1881, v. i, p. 209-215.) 

 Paper read in part before Permanent sub-secUon of 

 entomology of A. A. A. S., at Cincinnati, O., iS Aug. 

 iSSi. States that, from observations of Dr. W: Witt- 

 feld, of Florida, the males n^ heliconia charitnnia attach 

 themselves in numbers to the chrysalis of the female 

 before emergence, and place themselves in coitu some- 

 times before" the whole body of the female has freed itself 

 from the shell. //• E. (3252) 



Edwrards, \V: H : Description of a new hcs- 

 perian froiu Florida. (Papilio, 31 May 



issi, v. I. p. 78-79-) 



Describes as new pamphlVa straton; compares it with 

 p. leonardus and p. arpa. H: E. (3253) 



Edwards W : H : Description of the pre- 

 paratory stages of t/iccla hcnrici, Grote. 

 (Papilio, Oct. i8Si, v. i, p. 150-152.) 

 Describes egg, larval st-agcs and chrysalis tt{ thecta 

 henrici. States" that the larva feeds upon the fruit of 

 plum-trees \prunus\. If: E (3254) 



Ed-wards, H : A new and roiuarkable bom- 

 bvcid moth from .\rizona. (Papilio, Oct. 

 18S1. V. I, p. 171-172.) 



Describes .as new euleucophaeus neumoei^eni. 



>/. E. (325s) 



