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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[March, 



and comparatively small number of species, both of Lepidoptera 

 and Coleoptera, as vegetable life of all kinds is here in great 

 profusion. On the slopes of the high mountains of Carolina 

 and Tennessee the principal trees of Appalachian forests attain 

 their greatest size and perfection, and in a ride of a few hours, 

 covering a rise in elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet, one may see 

 growing in their supreme perfection the trees of the South, like 

 the magnolias; the trees of the Middle States, like the ashes, the 

 oaks, the maples, and the lindens; then the birches, the pines, 

 the mountain ashes, and the spruces of the extreme North. We 

 ascended Grandfather Mountain and then went as far as Blowing 

 Rock, which is thirty-two miles from Cranberry. We did not 

 fare as well as we expected entomologically, but had a very 

 pleasant time in every other respect. The absence of Hesperidae, 

 with the exceptions mentioned, seems remarkable. 

 SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN. 



BUTTERFLIES. 



Danais archippus, 

 Etiptoieta claudia (Mead), 

 Argynnis diana (Mead), 

 ' ' cybele, 

 ' ' aphrodite, 



Phyciodes tharos, 

 Grapta /annus, 

 Pyrameis atalanta, 

 " huntera, 

 Lintenitis ursula, 



" disippus, 



Neonympha canthus, 

 Thecla huniuli, 

 Chrysophanus hypophlcsas, 

 Lyccena pseudargiohis, 



' ' corny ntas, 

 Pieris rapce (rare), 

 Colias philodice (large & beautiful), 



" keewaydin (Mead), 



" eury theme (Mead), 

 Terias nicippe (seen at Bio wing R. ) , 



" lisa (Mead), 

 Papilio turuus, 



" " glaucus, 



" troilus, 



" asterias, 



Papilio philenor (Mead), 

 Ancyloxypha numitor, 

 Pamphila otho, 



" tnanataaqua, 

 Eudamus tityrus. 



MOTHS. 



Sphinx eretnitus, 

 Thyris macu/ata, 

 Etiphanessa mendica, 

 Crocota sp. 

 Callhnorpha lecontei, 

 Phyrrharctia isabella, 

 Spilosoma virginica, 

 Adoneta spinuloides, 

 Heterocampa trouvelotii, 



" inanteo, 



Anisota stigma, 

 Clisiocampa americana. 



NOGTUINA. 



Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, 



" var. expultrix, 



Acronycta hamatnelis, 

 Eueretagrotis perattenta, 

 Carneades tessellata, 

 Mamestra renigera, 

 " olivacea. 



