156 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 



Scepsis fulvicollis 



Two males and two females of this usually rare species were col- 

 lected at Bethlehem, Albany county, on September 14th, 1870, rest- 

 ing on or flying about the blossoms of Solidago at mid-day. 



This accords with an observation of Doubleday : * " I took it in 

 September, in Illinois, on flowers, especially on the different species 

 of Solidago, flying by day." He also adds, " I took it in Florida by 

 night ; for they used to fly to my lamp. I do not remember to have 

 taken one by day there." 



I have only taken the species (and its allies) by day, and I know of 

 no other instance of its capture at lights. 



A perfectly fresh specimen was taken at Schoharie (the only 

 instance, during several years, that it came under my notice there), 

 resting on a window pane within a room which it had entered 

 through an open door. 



I have previously noticed the attractiveness of the Solidago to 

 Lycomorpha pholus (Drnry),f six individuals having been observed 

 by me regaling themselves on the blossoms of a single plant, while a 

 hundred or more could have been collected at the time from the same 

 locality (a hill-side at Schoharie, August 16, 1859). Melsheimer states 

 that the larva of this species is found on the lichens growing on the 

 trunks of hickory trees. ^*\ 



* Entomological Correspondence of T. W. Harris, 1869, p. 122. 



f Twenty-third Ann. Rep. on the N. T. St. Cab. N. H., 1873, p. 193. 



