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PSYCHE. 



ORGAN OF THE CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB 



EDITED BY GEORGE DIMMOCK AND B. PICKMAN MAXN. 



Vol. II.] 



Cambridge, Mass., August, 1879. [No. 64. 



Notes on Butterflies of Massachusetts. 



Date of the first appearance of butterflies, beginning with 

 the earliest, as I have noted in 1878. 



Erynnis icelus, 25 My. 



lucilius, 28 My. 

 Everes comyntax, last of My. 

 Lerema Manna, 4 Jun. 

 Ancyloxypha numitor, 5 Jun. 

 Bas'darchia disippe, 8 Jun. 



WoLLAs ION, Mass. 

 PapUio antiopa, first of Ap. 

 Polygonia comma, 6 Ap. 

 " progne, 6 Ap. 

 Nymphalis j-ulbum, 6 Ap. 

 Cyaniris lucia, 1 5 Ap. 

 Polygonia interrogationis, 20 Ap. 

 Cyaniris neglecta, 21 Ap. 

 Colias philodice, last of Ap. 

 Lycaena amcricana, first of My. 

 Ganoris rapae, first of My. 

 Vanessa atalanta (faded), 2 My. 

 Limochores taumas, 2 My. 

 Vanessa huntera (faded), 3 My. 

 Thoryhes pylades, 7 My. 

 Amaryssus polyxenes, 18 My. 

 Phyciodes tharos, 21 My. 

 Erynnis ennius, 21 My. 

 Mitoura srailacin, 22 My. 

 Limochores mystic, 22 My. 

 Pamphila sassacm, 22 My. 

 Erynnis brizo, 22 My. 

 Erynnis persius, 22 My. 

 Ocytes metea, 23 My. 

 Brenthis myrina, 23 My. 

 Megisto eurytus, 24 My. 

 Eupkoeades glaiicus, 24 My. 

 Incisalia augustus, 25 My. 

 Airytone zabulon, 25 My. 

 Plerourus iroilus, 25 My. 



Polites peckius. 

 Anthomaster leonardus. 

 Euphy dry as phaeton, 19 Jun. 

 Limnoecia harrisii, 19 Jun. 

 Basilarckia astyanax, 19 Jun. 

 Epargyreus tityrus, 25 Jun. 

 Basilarchia arthemis, 29 Jun. 

 Argynnis cybele, 1 Jl. 

 Thecla calanus, 1 Jl. 

 Colias eury theme, 8 Oct. 



FoxBORO, Mass. 

 Brenthis bellona, first of Jun. 



Belchkrtown, Mass. 

 Argus eury dice, about 1 Jl. 

 Limochores bimacula, about 1 Jl. 

 Hedone aetna, about 1 Jl. 

 Argynnis cybele, about 1 Jl. 



" aphrodite, 6 Jl. 

 Chrysophanus epixanthe, 6 Jl. 

 Minois alope, 6 Jl. 

 Danaida plexippus , 6 Jl. 

 Strymon titus, 8 Jl, 

 (^Brenthis bellona, 8 Jl.) 

 Euphyes metacomet^ 9 Jl. 



