1892.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 87 



Lepidoptera of the Adirondack Region of the State of New Yori(. 



By Chas. S. McKnight, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



The late W. W. Hill, of Albany. N. Y., made extensive col- 

 lections of Lepidoptera in Lewis County in this State, and lists 

 of his captures are to be found in several publications.* 



In addition to those therein enumerated I would add the fol- 

 lowing species taken by myself at Saranac Lake, Franklin Co. , 

 N. Y. ; elevation, 1500-1600 feet. Light and sugar were both 

 employed. In the early Spring, while the ground was still cov- 

 ered with snow, many of the hibernating forms were taken in 

 sugar camps at rest on the trees or from the sap pails. 



Thyreus Abbolii Swains., light, July. Sphinx kalmiae 5. &.A., 

 light, July. S. drupiferarum .S. & A., light, June. S. gordius 

 Cram., light, July. S. luscitiosa Crajti., rare, July. EUema 

 coniferarum S. & A., larvae, September. Alypia octomaculata 

 I/dn., bred, June. A. Langtonii Coiip., rare, June. Eudryas 

 grata Fab., light, July. Clemensia albata Pack., light, June. 

 Lithosia Candida Hy. Edw., light, July. Crocata brevicornis 

 Walk., light, July. C. rubicundaria Hbn., light, July. Arctia 

 virguncula Kby., light, July. Adoneta spinuloides H. S., light, 

 June. Ichthyura inclusa Hbn., light, June. Gluphisia trilineata 

 Pack., rare, hght, July. Notodonta stragula Grt., light, June. 

 Phoesia rimosa Pack., rare, light, July. Coelodarys biguttata 

 Pack., light, July. Lophopteryx elegans Sirk..\ % , light, June. 

 Heterocampa manteo Doub., rare, light, June. H. biundata 

 Walk., light. June. H. cxn^x^z. Pack., light, June. Samia ce- 

 cropia Linn., bred, June. Telea polyphemus Cram., bred, 

 June. 



* Thirteenth Annual Report of the N. Y. State Museum of Natural Histprj', 1879. 

 Seventh Annual Report on the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of the 



State of New York, Colvin — Albany, 1S80. 

 " Papilio," iii, p. 27. 

 t Determined by H. Strecker. In Prof. J. B. Smith's "Check List," 1891, Notodonta 

 notaria Hy. Edw. (described in " Entomologica Americana," i, p. 17) taken in Colorado 

 by David Bruce, is given as a synonym of the above. In the Colorado specimens the pri- 

 maries are described as being of an "even mouse color." In the Adirondack example 

 they are suffused from base to subterminal space and below apex, with brownish fawn, 

 darkest along the costa and gradually fading toward the outer margin into the color of 

 the western form. 1 am unaware of any previous report of the capture of this species in 

 the east. 



