ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 



ACADEMY NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. I. FEBRUARY, 1890. No. 2. 



CONTENTS; 



Slosson — May Moths 17 Aaron — N. American Hesperidae 23 



Skinner — Random Notes 19 Notes and News 26 



Weed — Siphonophora or Nectarophora? 20 Entomological Literature 29 



Jones — Notes on Smerinthus Astyius... 21 Doings of Societies 31 



Calvert — Virginian Dragonflies 22 ; 



May Moths in Northern New Hampshire. 



BY ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. 



Few entomologists seem to know much of the early spring in 

 Northern New England and its opportunities for collecting. For 

 the last two or three years I have gone to Franconia, N. H. , on 

 or before the middle of May. In an ordinary season the snow at 

 that date .still lies in the woods, and the mountains often look 

 quite white. But there are plenty of moths. 



I have found, on May 15th, Corycia vestaliata Guen. and C. 

 semidarata Walk, flying in such numbers over the fields and on 

 the edges of woods that they looked like white flower petals flut- 

 tering in the breeze. With these, and as early, fly the pretty 

 species of Lobophora, L. vernata Pack, and L. geminata Pack. 

 About the same date Lozogramma defluata Walk, and L. deter- 

 sata Guen. start up before you as you walk in meadow or open 



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