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4144. Melanotus Leonardi Lee. 4187. Limonius confusus Lec.(a>nes- 

 This is thought to be the- cens Lee.) 



first instance of the cap- 4193. Limonius quercinus Say. 



ture of this species in Mas- 4197. " basil/aris Say. 



sachusetts. Leconte records Of the last two species 



it (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, the former has generally 



Vol. X, new series, p. 475) been found to be very abun- 



frora New Hampshire, Geor- dant and the other quite 



gia, and Pennsylvania. A rare, but this year (1873) 



closely allied species was basillaris has been the more 



collected by Mr. Austin up- abundant of the two. 



on alders in the vicinity of 4253. Sericosomus silaceus Say. 



Mt. Tom (M. tcenicottis Lee.) 4308. Corymbites medianus Germ, 



described from Philadelphia, 4313. " hieroglyphicns.Sa,y. 



which is thought to be new 4325. " metallicus Payk. 



to the fauna of New Eng- (nitidulus Lee) 



land. 4326. Corymbites inflatus Say. 



4163. Melanotus americanus Hbst. 



Samuel Henshaiv. 



Early Spring Butterflies at the White Mountains. 



(Continued from page 14.) 



Limncecia Harriett. Last autumn I found the young caterpil- 

 lars swarming upon Diplopappus umbellatus, at several points on 

 the Glen road ; in other places on the same road where Diplo- 

 pappus grew, none could be found. This spring they were 

 found in precisely the same localities as last autumn, and were 

 absent from the others, proving that they must hibernate in 

 close proximity to their birth place. They hibernate in their 

 penultimate stage, probably in curled up dead leaves, and 

 though several may be found on one plant in the spring, they 

 do not then associate nor spin a web ; when about to moult, the 

 caterpillars leave the plant and retire to a dead stick or leaf for 

 the change, and then return to their pasture ground. They 

 were also found in great numbers on Diplopappus growing on 

 the hill side beyond the foot bridge over the Androscoggin at 

 Gorham. The first to change to chrysalis did so June 6th and 

 emerged June 19th. 



Euphydryas Phaeton. The caterpillars were found in con- 

 siderable numbers in just as advanced a stage as those of the 

 previous species, upon Lonicera ciliata ; as they were found only 

 upon this plant, and in many different places, this is doubtless 

 its proper spring food ; they fed in confinement on other species 

 of Lonicera. The first butterfly emerged June 25th, after 17^ 

 days in chrysalis. Not a single caterpillar of this or the pre- 

 ceding species or of Arthemis was found to be parasitized. 



