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[December 1898 



of a single specimen of Euryiiiiis iiitcrioy at 

 Charlestown, N. H., May i, 1S92. Tliis 

 localitj is noteworthy as the insect has 

 hitherto been recorded from New England 

 only in the northern parts of New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont, and Maine. 



Mr. S. J. Hunter, of Lawrence, Kansas, 

 writes that he has collected Diisosteira loiigi- 

 fieiiiiis in countries west of the 99th meridian. 

 One specimen, however, was seen in Leaven- 

 worth County in the fall of 1S97, two were 

 taken in August and another in September 

 of the present year. (See another page). 



Mr. Scudder further said that by the 

 courtesy of Miss Gibbes he had been per- 

 mitted to see a few notes on butterflies made 

 by the late Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes at Charles- 

 ton, S. C. As an indication of the rarity there 

 of Euz'anessa antiopa, it is noted that he had 

 seen but two specimens, one taken in April, 

 1S79, in Magnolia Cemetery, the other reared 

 May 2, 1S74, after sixteen days in chrysalis. 

 Callidryas. eiihule was reared Oct. 3 after ten 

 days in chrysalis ; and a larva " probably of 

 Pyrameis attilanta " (but which from his 

 brief description may as likely be cardui) 

 was taken June 8, 1S74, on Aescnluspnyviflora, 

 a new food plant (even to the family — Safin- 

 daceae) for either atalanta or cardui. 



Mr. A. N. Caudell said that he had seen a 

 few examples of Eiivanessa aii/iopa in Okla- 

 homa in the fall of 1897. 



Mr. Mayer remarked )ipon an item in a 

 daily paper concerning a migration of butter- 

 flies observed in Wichita, Kansas. The swarm 



consisted principally of A. plesipfiis, and P 

 a/ii^. Some discussion followed upon the 

 subject. 



Mr. J. W. Folsom exhibited drawings of 

 Japanese CoUembola which he had recently 

 studied through the kindness of Prof. Pack- 

 ard. The collection was made by Prof. 

 C. Ishikawa, of Tokyo, and comprises eleven 

 species, of which six species and one variety 

 are new. Comparisons between the CoUem- 

 bola of Japan and those of other countries 

 were given. 



Mr. A. P. Morse reported the serious devas- 

 tations caused by Clisiocampa dhtvia in 

 Woodstock, Vt., during the last summer. 

 Maples, birches and apple-trees, especially, 

 were badly defoliated and were frequently 

 stripped and killed. No trees were e.xempt 

 from attack except the black-walnut and cer- 

 tain conifers. As the attacks are yearly 

 increasing in severity, the outlook for next 

 year is alarming. 



The habits and parasites of the insect 

 were discussed. 



Mr. W. L. Tower gave some results of his 

 studies upon a large series of Pieiis rapae, 

 collected at high altitudes in Colorado. The 

 butterfly is known to breed at an altitude of 

 9,500 feet and occurs as high as 12,000 feet. 

 Mr. Tower's series, collected Mr. E. J. Oslar, 

 shows a gradual diminution in size and a 

 tendency to albinism In proportion to the 

 altitude. 



The subject of albinism and melanism 

 was then considered by the members. 



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