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numbers: Danais plexippus, Argynnis cybele, Phyciodes 

 tharos v. niarcia, all the Pyrmaeis, Pholisora hayhursti, E. lyci- 

 das and T. marfialis. Junonia coenia was scarce but the first 

 specimen appeared during the first days of August, which is 

 unusually early; the same remark applies to Meganostoma 

 caesonia. The Papilios were far from plentiful, excepting 

 cresphontes in one single locality a few miles north of the city. 



On the other hand, Thecla irus and Lycaena isola were very 

 common ; the latter has always ranked amongst one of our 

 scarcest insects here. Nathalis iole made a proverbial appear- 

 ance every seven years or so. but it has been taken regularly 

 for the last three years in fairly good numbers, always favor- 

 ing the railroad tracks. Amh. vialis, Eii. verna and Anea an- 

 drea were also common, but of the last named the specimens 

 observed were mostly females. 



Dione vaniUae, Calpodes ethlins did not reappear after their 

 visit of 191 1 ; these species cannot hibernate in this climate in 

 any stage. The same seems to apply to Thecla m-album, Te- 

 rias mexkana and others which have been seen or captured 

 accidentally around St. Louis but never regularly enough to 

 be included amongst our natives. 



Still no sign of Euchloe genufia and olympia v. rosa. This 

 is the ninth year that these pretty little insects have failed to 

 show ; they were quite common on the hills at Meramec High- 

 lands, St. Louis County, during April. Some entomologists 

 attribute their disappearance to the extensive forest fires which 

 occurred in that vicinity in 1903. Others suspect the work of 

 a parasite. 



The Heterocera suflFered a great deal from the low tempera- 

 ture of the nights and while all the usual species were pres- 

 ent, most of them were very poorly represented. This was 

 particularly true for the Sphingidae, Hemaris diffinis and 

 thyshe excepted, the Saturnidae and Arctiidae with again the 

 day fliers excepted, namely, U. bcUa, which occurred in 

 swarms with Scepsis fidvicolUs. The Ceratocampidae were 

 all well in evidence, the writer caught many E. imperialis, C. 

 regalis, Anisota stigma and Dryocampa rubicwida, Adelo- 



