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Botis badipennis Grote July 30. 



B. generosa Gr.-Rob " 5. 



B. hircinalis Grote. : " 4. 



B. subolivalis Pack " 5. 



Scoparia centurialis TF".- V. " 28. 



MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Galleria cereana (Fabr.) Aug. 1875. 



Crambus girardellus Clem July 10. . 



Crambus prsefectellus Zell " 3, 17, Aug. 6. 



Tortrix cerasivorana (Fitcli) " 17. 



Ditula blandana deity " 7. 



Sericoris csesialbana Zeller " 4. 



In the above list two hundred and fifty-four species are 

 recorded, and represented, as in the detailed memoranda pre- 

 served by Mr. Hill, but not convenient to reproduce in these 

 pages, in 796 examples, viz. : of the Khopalocera, 152 $ ' s 

 and 69 ? 's ; of the Heterocera, 306 <$ 's and 269 ? ? s. 



The preponderance of the captures of male Rhopalocera is 

 very marked, being 120 per cent in excess of the females : of 

 the Heterocera, the males exceed the females by only 12 per 

 cent. 



The paucity of the Sphingidse and Bombycidse reported, is 

 to be explained by the late date at which the collections com- 

 menced. Numerous sphinges had been observed, attracted 

 to light, during the month of June. The period of greatest 

 abundance of most of the Diurnals both in species and in in- 

 dividuals had also passed. On the 5th of July, Limenitis 

 Arthemis was still abundant, but in worn condition. At this 

 date, Mr. Hill captured of this upland species, as noted above, 

 eighteen examples, upon a moist spot near a stream, three 

 miles distant from Fenton's on the wagon-road to Lowville. 

 Two visits to this locality were afterward made, without ob- 

 taining additional examples. 



Among the Phalsenidse, are a larger number of northern 

 forms than might have been expected from the comparatively 

 moderate elevation at which the collections were made. The 

 following of the species are recorded by Dr. Packard in the 

 paper before referred to, as circum polar or subarctic species, 

 " ranging between the isotherm of 32 and 44, and also fol- 



