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Mr. Klages, in reply, stated that he should have done this, 

 but unfortunately he had left his record concerning these at home; 

 he, however, could obtain it when required. 



Prof. Smith also referred to Mr. Wenzel's remarks concerning 

 the finding of Criocerus 12 piinctahis, mentioning the fact that 

 he had himself frequently failed to find these in the asparagus 

 fields, but had always succeeded in finding them on the voluntary 

 plants outside of the fields, finding quantities of them on these 

 plants all along the railroad. He also mentioned that he had found 

 specimens from the first brood of Crioceris hibernating in June. 

 Dr. Skinner said he was surprised to note the amount of va- 

 riation in individuals of Argynnis diana, having recently caught 

 a number, and also studied a goodly series. The female varies 

 much in the amount of silver beneath, and also in the band ©f 

 large bluish and greenish spots on the inferiors above. In some 

 specimens these spots are large, and in others is confined to a 

 small amount around the black spots (ground color of wing). 

 The number and size of the cream colored spots on superiors 

 above is also quite variable. The males diflfer materially in the 

 number and size of the black spots on upper side of inferiors. 

 Judging from the specimens examined the females found in 

 eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and southern Illinois 

 are larger than those found in the mountains of Virginia. Some 

 of the females are blue and others green. This is also true of 

 butterflies of like color such as Papilio phileyior and Limenitis 

 Ursula. This fact seems to have been lost sight of by Godman 

 and Salvin in the " Biologia Centrali- Americana" as they have 

 probably described two species from individuals of one species. 

 Papilio corbis and P. or sua differing only in color, the former 

 being green and the latter blue. The probable synonymy of 

 these being as follows: Papilio phileyior var. acauda Oberthur 

 (Etud. d'Ent. iv, 98, 1880) = nezahualcoyotl Strecker = corbis 

 -== orsua Godman and Salvin. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited some specimens of Lepidoptera which 

 showed some noticeable variations in markings and coloring, 

 also calling special attention to a specimen of Catocala censors 

 captured by Mr. H. W. Wenzel at Dacosta, N. J., on July 19: 

 also a specimen of Melipotis limbolaris captured by himself at 

 Hemlock Falls, in the Orange Mountains, near Newark, N. J., 

 •on July 4. 



