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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



ACADEMY NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. l JUNE, 1890. No. 6. 



CONTENTS 



Slosson — Winter collecting in Florida.. 8i ' Wickham — On the Habits of some Me- 



Fox — Aculeate Hymenoptera new to loini 89 



Pennsylvania and New Jersey 83 \'an Winkle — Collecting by lamplight.. 91 



Skinner — Geographical \'ariation 84 Notes and News 92 



P. P. C. — Elementary Entomology- 86 Entomological Literature 95 



Cordley — "Sports" in Venation 88 



WINTER COLLECTING IN FLORIDA. 



BY ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. 



I reached Florida this year on January 25th. Butterflies were 

 flying at that season in Jacksonville, and I saw from my window 

 Callidryas etibtde, Terias delta, Limenitis disippus, Danais ar- 

 chippus, and some of the Hesperidae. At night, though the 

 weather was cool, Agrotis incivis arid A. malefida came to the 

 piazza lights by the dozen. On the 27th, at Sanford, about one 

 hundred and twenty-five miles farther south, several moths came 

 to the rather dimly-lighted windows, among them the Southern 

 form oi Hyperchiria to, Dr. Strecker's lilith — J^tidioptis hyalinata 

 and Agrotis iiicivis. On the 28th we went to Punta Gorda 

 (Charlotte Harbor) and remained there until March. There had 

 been no rain there for some four or five months, consequently 

 vegetation was backward, and there were very few flowers, but 

 insects were plentiful. During the first few days after my arrival 

 I saw P. cresphontes, P. palajnedes, P. ajax, P. troilus, P. turtius, 

 D. archippus, L. disippics, L. eros, Pieris monuste, Agrmdis 

 va7iillce, Terias delia, T. lisa, Callidryas eiibide and Junonia 

 coenia, besides numerous Hesperidae. A few days later, about 



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