Calendar of B utterflies for 1869. 185 



Argyunis Aphrodite Fabr. — June 2oth, the ^ occurred and until 

 July 2Stli, being most abundiiiit July loth. The $ was observed July 

 23d and 30th. Center, Bethlehem and Schoharie. 



Argyuuis Cybele Fabr. — June 25th to August 6th, males; 

 females July 20th. Less numerous than the preceding species ; occurs 

 at the same localities. A. Atlantis was not taken. 



Liineiiitis Astyanax {Fabr.). — June 28th, from pupa, after ten days 

 of pupation ; July 5th, a second from pupa after the same period of 

 pupation ; July 7th, it was observed at Center ; on the 12th, $, and $ 

 were taken in Bethlehem, and, on the 20th, several were seen at the 

 same place ; observed also on the 30th of July. The larvee feeds on 

 apple, and constructs for itself a hybernaculum similar to misipjjus.^ 



Melitaea Nycteis DouM. — July 1st, obtained an imago from a larva 

 which had transformed to a pupa June 21st. July Tth at Center, 

 took twelve males but no female; on the 15th four females were taken 

 and a few fresh males, but most of the latter M'ere worn ; on the 

 23d, $ worn, ? fresh. This species occurs rarely at Schoharie. 



Melitaea Pliaeton (Dmri/). — July Tth, two of $ and one 2 con- 

 siderably worn ; on the 15th, two additional females. Less abundant 

 than reported in former seasons. 



Argyunis Belloiia Fabr. — July 12th a few seen ; August 21th, 

 observed at Castleton ; September 9th, the $ at Center. 



Satyriis Nepliele {Kirby). — July 12th and 20th in Bethlehem on 



the borders of woods. 



Tlieela Calauus [Ilubn.). — July Tth, one ?; on the 12th, eleven 

 males and ten females were collected, and on the 15th, it was abundant 

 at the same place ; on the 20th, some worn specimens were found at 

 Bethlehem ; 23d, a few at Center ; oOt\ worn specimens at Bethlehem. 



Tliecla Edwardsii Saund. — July 1 2th, at Bethlehem, both sexes ; 

 15th, at Center, sixteen males and one female ; 20th, at Bethlehem, 

 only worn specimens ; on the 23d, at Center, eleven males and two 

 females in good condition, and again on the 28th, when a few good 

 males and several females were secured. The above species of Thecla 



* On tlie lOtli of June, a Limenitis larva, nearly mature, was found feeding on 

 Qvercus ilicifolia. It suspended itself for its pupal transformation, but died while in 

 the act of withdrawing itself from its larval skin ; the species, therefore, could not 

 be ascertained. 



