162 TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 



The following are some notes made during the year 1870 on the 

 abundance, condition, time of appearance of sexes, successive broods, 

 larvae, et cet., of some of the species recorded in the preceding list : 



May 3d. Thecla Irus of each sex abundant at Center. Of T. 

 Augustus, eight individuals were collected ; of T. niphon, five, and 

 of T. Melinus, one. Of the Nisoniades, a few of Persius only were 

 observed. Pieris oleracea was taken by me, for the first time in 

 Albany county. 



May 14th. Thecla Irus, with each sex in good condition, still abroad 

 at Center ; the only Thecla"observed. A few females of J5T. Persius 

 were taken for the first time this season, and one of JV. Juvenalis ; of 

 N. Martialis, two males. Of the earliest Hesperian, Metea, two 

 males were obtained. 



May 16th. Five males of Nisoniades Lucilius were captured 

 while hovering over blossoms of Aquilegia Canadensis, and as many 

 more were observed. Argynnis Bellona was abundant in wet mea- 

 dows. Five of Thecla niphon were taken, all of which were females ; 

 the larger number of the captures of this species prove to be of this 

 sex. Bethlehem. 



May 19th. Pieris oleracea about gardens, in woods and its mar- 

 gins in meadows. N. Lucilius taken. Schoharie. 



May 21st. N~. Persius abundant, and many quite fresh, with a few 

 only of N. Juvenalis and Martialis. A female jW. Lucilius which 

 had just emerged from the chrysalis was taken while sitting on a 

 twig. Among numerous Lyccena neglecta no females were seen, arid 

 of L. contyntas but a single female. The abundant brood of T. Irus 

 was represented by only a few worn specimens. Two males of Hes- 

 peria mails were collected and several of H. Metea. A female Chry- 

 sophanus Americana was taken, indicating the species to have been 

 abroad for several days. Center. 



May 25th. Of the JSTisoniades, Juvenalis and Icelus were abun- 

 dant, Martialis and Lucilius quite few in number. Several of each 

 sex of Hesperia Hianna were obtained, and one II. Zabidon. Of 

 Lyccena Scudderii its first observation for the season a single 

 one only was seen. One female of L. neglecta occurred. Center. 



May 28th. At Schoharie, a few P. oleracea were seen, the first- 

 brood having nearly disappeared. Its eggs and some young larvae 

 were found on horse-radish. On June 12th none of the butterflies 

 could be seen. 



May 31st. L. neglecta abounded in flocks ; Z. Scudderii was not 



