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Our observations and records do not agree with those of 

 Mr. Edwards, giving June as the earliest appearance of neg- 

 lecta. From notes made by me, and from dates of capture 

 appended to examples in my collection, I cite the following : 



In the year 1869, on May 21st, neglecta occurred in great 

 abundance, all of which noticed, with three exceptions, were 

 males. The worn condition of some of the captures indicated 

 that they had already been abroad for several days. The 

 locality had not been explored since the llth of May, when 

 the species was not found. About the 9th of June it was ob- 

 served at its greatest abundance ; it was seen for the last time 

 during this year on the 30th of July. In 1870, it was first ob- 

 served on the 14th of May (none in a collecting trip on the 

 6th). The last recorded appearance was on the 16th of June. 

 L. comyntas was seen from May 6th to September 14th, contin- 

 uously. In 1871, neglecta is recorded from May 16th to June 

 16th. In the following year its first record is on May 21st. 



The latest date of my capture of this species is August 20th, 

 at Schoharie, N. Y. ; the earliest is at Bath-on-the-Hudson 

 near Albany, on May 14th (the year not stated) 



The observations which I have given above, when coupled 

 with those of Mr. Saunders appended to the paper above re- 

 ferred to, of the frequent occurrence of neglecta in his neigh- 

 borhood (London, Ont.,) and non- occurrence of Lucia, would 

 seem almost to establish beyond question their non-ident- 

 ity. That these statements may receive all the considera- 

 tion to which they are entitled, it may be proper to accompany 

 them with the mention made to me by Mr. Scudder, not to be 

 construed to the disparagement of the valued labors of others, 

 that, as the result of an elaborate tabulation of the numerous 

 returns made to him or collated by him, of the Rhopalocerous 

 fauna of the various portions of the United States and Canada 

 the two most thoroughly worked up fields were found to be 

 those of London, Ont., and Albany, N. Y. 



As a part of the history of neglecta, it may deserve mention 

 that Mr. von Meske reports the species as quite rare this year 

 at Center, where in so many preceding years it has abounded. 



[Since the publication of the above L. Lucia has made its appearance for the first time 

 at Center. Examples of it were collected by Mr. W. W. Hill, on the 16th of May, 1876, at 

 this locality, where it was also captured on the 13th, 20th and 26th of May (5 specimens). 

 At West Point, N.Y., it was observed in abundance on the 30th of April, when 8 males 

 and 4 females were taken by a collector, and three or four times as many in addition, it 

 is believed, were seen.] 



