May 1S90. 



PSYCHE. 



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The fly oviposits, in my ex- 

 ptiiience, largely at night, 

 though the observations made 

 under Prof. Riley's direction 

 prove that many are also laid 

 during the day. Flies in cap- 

 tivitv always oviposited for me 

 at night only. I never was 

 able to see in the field a single 

 fly on fresh droppings din'ing 

 the dav, while eggs were easily 

 found on these one day old. No 

 amount of negative result can counterbal- 

 ance positive observation, but I still be- 

 lieve that eggs are largely laid at night, 

 in New Jersey at least. Observations 

 made bv Mr. Bodee of Freehold are 

 confirmatory of this view. The fly 

 hibernates in the imago state, and in 

 a winter like the one just past, breeds 

 nearlv all the time, remaining quiet in 

 stables and wherever it finds shelter only 

 in really cold weather. Dr. Lockwood 

 bred the flies in Feliruary from droppings 

 brought in from the fields. 



It is a rather curious phase in the his- 

 tory of this fly that up to the beginning 

 of August it seems to increase enor- 

 mously, fairly swarming about the 

 cattle, — worst perhaps in Jime and 

 early July, — while they are scarcely 



Fig. 6. 

 annoying after the middle of August 

 and hardly as abundant as Stotnoxys. 

 It seems also that early in the year they 

 congregate about the base of ihe horns 

 of cattle much more than they do later 

 in the season. 



Fig. 1. a, Tip of opercular sheatli ; /', a single 

 sucker disc; c, tip of cainila: d, tip <if hypopharynx : 

 all enlarged. 



Fig. 2. «, Palpus — The corresponding organ of 

 the opposite side is omitted ; /), the "great tendons" ; f, 

 throat; i^, muscular bands to direct the proboscis; e, 

 base of canula;y", base of opercular sheath showing 

 ringed structure and tactile hairs; ^, the fulcrum: en- 

 larged. 



Fig. Jl. (7, Alar appendix; h, piece of wing; c, 

 piece of trunk vein ; d, piece of transverse or auxilliary 

 vein : enlarged. . 



Fig. 4. Oviduct of female : enlarged. 



Fig. J>. Genitalia of male : enlarged. 



Fig. ♦>. /, Head and anterior segment of larva 

 showing structure of pumping stomach; 2, mouth, 

 farther enlarged ; ^, tubes of lip still further enlarged. 



NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN DISTRI- 

 BUTION OF SOME COMMON 

 BUTTERFLIES 

 There seems to be a little uncertainty as to 

 the proper Southern range of some of our 

 otherwise well-known butterflies, and so pos- 

 sibly the following notes, though coming 



from only a limited locality, may help to add 

 a link in the chain of life history' of oiu" lepi- 

 doptera. 



Chrysophanus hypophlaeas : In the 

 month of August 1889, I found this fairly 

 abundant in the neighborhood of Caesar's 

 Head, S. C- These agree with New [erscv 



