[183] CALENDAR OF BUTTERFLIES FOR 1869. 51 



July 12th, they were abundant ; on the 20th several were seen, and on 

 the 30th a few, they having continued without intermission for two 

 months. On the 20th of August and 1st of September, the larvae 

 well advanced toward maturity, were found abundantly at Center on 

 Lespedeza capitata. September 14th, twenty larvae, nearly full grown 

 were taken in a few minutes' search concealed between leaves of locust 

 (Robinia pseudacacia) at Bethlehem. 



Eudamus Pylades Scudd. June 1st, three taken of an unusually 

 small size ; on the Tth, a few seen, but too wild to capture ; on the 9th, 

 some were observed resting on excrement in the road ; on the 25th 

 they were quite abundant at Bethlehem. July Tth, diminishing in 

 numbers ; on the 12th, few were seen, and they were observed the 

 latest on the 20th. 



Pyrameis Atalanta (Linn.). June 1st, both sexes on lilacs at Cen- 

 ter ; 3d and 9th at Bethlehem. August 23d, the larvae were found 

 abundantly on nettle ( Urtica, gracilis) at Schoharie, varying from their 

 first molt to full size ; thirty individuals were taken.* On the 30th of 

 August others were collected at the same locality, from half-grown to 

 mature size. 



Nisoniades Martialis Scudd. June 1st, <$ ; on the 7th, seven of 

 the $ , but no ? ; on the 9th, the <3 abundant and a few of the $ ; on 

 the 15th, good specimens of each sex, but the $ rare. July Tth, a few 

 old ones were seen, and, on the 15th, a worn ? was taken. On the 23d 

 of July a fresh <$ was captured, indicating a second brood. Another $ , 

 seemingly fresh from chrysalis, was taken August 20th. September 8th, 

 a worn $ occurred. 



Hesperia Zalbulon Boisd.-Lec. June 1st, five males were collected 

 at Center, and several others were seen, which darted quickly from the 

 damp earth, on which they were resting, into the neighboring bushes ; on 

 the 3d several males were taken; on the Tth observed, flitting about 

 flowers in a wood with K Tityrus ; on the 15th a ? of the "Pocahontas " 

 type was obtained ; observed for the last time on the 17th. An abun- 

 dant species at Center, Bethlehem and Schoharie. 



* All the larvse which had not attained their last molt were found concealed, singly, 

 within a leaf spun together at its edges, of which the tip had, in most instances, been 

 eaten away. The greater number of the nearly mature larvae were hidden in a shel- 

 ter made by spinning together several of the leaves at the tip of the plant, after the 

 stalk had been partially eaten through at a suitable height so as to permit it to be 

 readily bent downward among the leaves beneath, where a thicker shelter could be 

 constructed. Notwithstanding these careful provisions for concealment, each one of 

 the larvae collected at this time proved to have been ichne unionized. 



