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CoLiAS PHiLODiCE, var. alba. — I notice that the foot-note on p. 93, vol. 

 I, states that if the genitaHa of my white philodice were e.xamined it would 

 probably be found to be a female. This I will venture to say was done 

 the day it was captured, and it is a male without a doubt. I have forty 

 specimens of C. philodice in my collection, including some very rare forms, 

 but this white male seems the oddest of all. One pair (females) are of a 

 pale lemon-yellow, and in some respects resemble the Swedish males of 

 C. pala;no ; also yellow females without the submarginal rows of yellow 

 spots on the upper side. Some females that are suffused with black and 

 on the under side have a smoky-orange cast. Among the males I have a 

 specimen that has the black border very narrow on the primaries and 

 almost obsolete on the secondaries; this I think is var. anthyale of Hiib. 

 This latter form I generally take among the Spring brood when I also find 

 the very small specimens which seldom appear later in the season. 



Geo. a. Ehrman. 



While walking along the edge of a mountain stream I was surprised 

 to see one of these butterflies {Papilio ntacleyanus) alight close to the 

 water, into which it backed till the whole of the body and the lower part 

 of the hind wings were submerged, the two forelegs alone retaining their 

 hold of the dry land. After remaining in this position for something like 

 half a minute it flew away, apparently refreshed. During the morning I 

 noticed quite a number doing the same thing. In one instance no less 

 than four were to be seen within a space of not more three yards, and to 

 make sure that I was not deceived I captured several as they rose from 

 the water, and found in each case the body and lower edge of the hind 

 wings quite wet. While in the water the fluttering of the wings, so notice- 

 able at other times, was suspended, and so intent were the butterflies in 

 the enjoyment of their cold bath that they would hardly move, even when 

 actually touched by the net. Apparently the heat of the weather drove 

 them down to the water, as immediately they emerged they flew up again 

 to the hillsides (Geo. Lyell, in the "Victorian Naturalist" for June, '90). 



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Eugene R. Fischer. — i, Catocala arnatrix; 2, Cybister finibi-iolatus; 

 3, Ligyrtis relictus; 4, Argiope cophinaria; 5, Spilosotna virginica; 6, 

 Lygus pratensis; 7, Lopidea medea? ; 8, Scarites substriatus. 



W. M. Hill.— I, Tetraopes tetraophthalmus; 2, Silpha incequalis; 3, 

 Attelabus analis; 4, Geotrupes Balyi; 5, Trichiiis piger; 6, Canthon 

 Icevis; 7, Calopteron reticulatiitn; 8, Lachiiosterna gibbosa; 9, Epicauta 

 cinerea; 10, Epicauta strigosa; 11, Dineutes sp.f 



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