IQO 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[June, 



small streams or " branches," pines and oaks are almost exclu- 

 sively the trees of the higher ground. Along the "branches" 

 the collecting is excellent, especially at the flowers of Clethra 

 alnifolia, at which nearly all of the diurnals were captured, and 

 in the clearings, though often a tangle of high grass and rank- 

 growing plants, Pamphilae especially abounded. 



Fifty-seven species of butterflies were met with, including one 

 new species, since described by Dr. Skinner as Pamphila Carolina, 

 The three species marked with a * occurred at Wilmington, N. 

 C. , and not in Richmond County. 



LIST OF BUTTERFLIES. 



Danais archippiis, 

 Euptoieta claudia, 

 Phyciodes tharos, 

 Grapta interrogatiotiis, 

 Pyratneis hunter a, 

 Junonia ccenia, 

 Lhnenitis ursiita, 

 Limenitis disippus, 

 Debis portlandia, 

 Neonytnpha areo/afus, 

 Neonympha sosybius, 

 Satyrus alope, 

 Libythea bachmani, 

 Calcphelis borealis* 

 Thecla halesiis, 



' ' m-album, 



' ' nielinus, 



' ' poeas, 

 Chrysophanus hypophlczas, 

 Lycana pseudargiolus. 

 Lyccena comyntas, 

 Pieris rapes, 

 Catopsilia eubiile, 

 j\feganostoma ccesonia, 

 Terias nicippe, 



" lisa, 



' ' j'ucunda, 

 Papilio ajax* 



" turnus, 



Debis portlayidia, Neonympha areolaius and sosybius, and Saty- 

 rus alope, were all quite common, as were also Thecla halcsus 

 and T. melinus. Terias jucunda was extremely common among 



Papilio turnus glaticus, 

 ' ' asterias, 

 " troilus, 

 " palatnedes, 



" philenor, 

 Ancyloxypha numitor, 

 Pamphila catnpestris, 



" phylcsus, 



" brettus, 



" otho, 



" c ernes, 



" verna, 



' ' accius, 



" tnaculaia,* 



' ' vitellius, 



" fusca, 



" arogos Bd.-Lec. 



" Carolina, 



Antblyscirtes vialis, 

 Amblyscirtes textor, 

 Pyrgtis tessellata, 

 Nisoniades martialis, 



" jiivenalis, 



" petronius, 



Pholisora catullus, 

 Eudamus bathyllus, 



' ' lycidas, 



" tityrus. 



