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PSYCHE. 



[August 1897. 



Baird's house in Washington, D. C, 

 on the night of July 19, 1S6S. 



Dictyophorus reticulatus Thunb. 

 A specimen kept in captivity was ex- 

 cessively deliberate in its movements ; 

 to clean its antennae it treads upon one 

 at a time and draws it from under its 

 feet ; it was very tame and would leajD 

 but a few inches at a time. Two speci- 

 mens from Lookout Mt., Tenn., were 

 sent me by Mr. B. P. Mann, both 

 females, and when received (by mail) 

 one had eaten the entire abdomen of the 

 other excepting the sternal portions and 

 the ovipositor ; yet the injured specimen 

 did not seem to mind it greatly ! 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum (De 

 Geer). At Sudbury, Vt., specimens 

 taken in low meadows differed from 

 those captured in hollows of dry upland 

 hilly pastures in being darker colored 

 and having more contrasted coloration. 

 Three quarters of an hour after sunset 

 on a cloudy evening in August a speci- 

 men was unable to see my hand, as 



A RARE TRACT. 



There has lately been presented to the 

 library of the American Entomological Soci- 

 ety by Mr. Wm. J. Fox, a small pamphlet 

 (34 X 5i) from the library of the late T. R. 

 Peale, which bears the title: "'Catalogue of 

 the Lepidoptera of New Orleans and its 

 vicinity, prepared by L. von Reizenstein. 

 Printed for R. C. Kerr, librarian of the New 

 Orleans Academy of Sciences, New Orleans 

 1S63." There are some items of interest in 

 the catalogue to which attention may be 

 called. The following species are credited to 

 tlie district mentioned. 



'' Pttpilio protesilaus Dru. Greenville, 

 rare." This is given by Kirby as a synonym 

 of Sinon Fabr. 



it several times did not move until 

 touched ; then, however, it jumped to 

 another blade of grass. The experi- 

 ment was tried several times with the 

 same individual and with the same 

 result. 



Melanoplus coUinus Scudd. This 

 species was found abundantly at Sud- 

 bury, Vt., where, on Aug. 15, no eggs 

 could be found in the ovaries of the 

 females examined ; the ovaries were 

 spread as a mere film on the intestines 

 and no eggs could be detected with a 

 strong pocket lens. 



Melanoplus femoratus (Burm.). 

 The ovaries in this species occupy the 

 dorsum of the body from the meta- 

 thorax to the fifth abdominal segment 

 inclusive ; at the latter point the oviducts 

 turn ventrad, clasping the alimentary 

 canal, meeting beneath and turning 

 backward together to the ovipositor; 

 the tracheae pass between the ovaries 

 and the intestine and branch upon the 

 former. 



" Gotiiofteryx eclipsis" = Gonefteryx mae- 

 ritla Fabr. 



" Xanthidia {Terias) sylvatica Mss. rare, 

 Western Lake Shore." 



'' Heliconia diafliona" ■= Itkomia dia- 

 phanus Dru. Dr. Scudder says of this species 

 (Syn. List; Buff. Bull. 2, 246, 1S75) : "I 

 cannot find any authority for the occurrence 

 of this butterfly within our limits,] excepting 

 Edwards, Synopsis, and Mr. Edwards does 

 not recollect upon what grounds lie placed it 

 there." 



" Argynnis briarea GoA\. rare." " Lemin- 

 itis ? cadniHS Cram. ? pherecides Cram." 

 These last two are synonyms of Aganisthos 

 achero'iia Fabr. 



" Apatura myops Mss. on elm trees." 



