Vol. XXviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 327 



Notes eincL Ne'ws. 



BNTOiiOLOOIOAL 0LBANIN08 PBOII ALL QUABTBB8 

 or THS OLOBB. 



ObMTvations on CoUas interior Scudder (Lcpid.). 



For the past two summers I have been on a small island ofF the 

 Maine coast. It is two miles from Mount Desert, which, in turn is 

 half a mile from the mainland at the nearest point It is a most de- 

 Ufibtfol island, and if it were not for the frequent and ■ o mctimca loog- 

 bttinf fogs, woold be an ideal place in every way. 



Daring the snnuner of 191J 1 caught ray first spedawn 00 Jnly i(K 

 and in the past nmnner of 1914, on July ix The first to emerge are 

 in moat caaea onnattally large and deeply-colored naJcs. The first 

 mectmen had cxtrandy dark yellow wings and very deep Mack Ix^rders. 

 The under sides were deep orange, with one very hright pink ocellus 

 on the sccon<laries. 



The first few male* showed signs of great sluggishness in their 

 flight They hardly ever flew more than twenty or thirty yards, and 

 then only when they were disturbed, and in a very leisureqr manner. 

 Al)out two days later I captured the first female of the seasoa They 

 were also ittn slow fliers for the first day. but a day later, both mala 

 and females flew auite swiftly and made their capture quite a diflkult mat- 

 ter, for they would not remain quiet on the approach of the cuUcctor. 

 From about July 18th to the aist I saw and caught only females. The 

 males seemed to have enttrehr disappeared. From then to July a6th I 

 caught about an equal number of cadi sex. Then from the 37th of 

 July they began to diminish in numbers very rapidly, until on the 6th 

 of \"^"" I caught my last spccimca, a very much battered, light- 

 en nale. The prevhws sommer I captured the last specimen I 



saw. : :ie a female. 00 the 4th of August The first females, like 



the first males, were much darker in color than the average of those I 

 caught About the end of July I caught an almost entirely white fe- 

 male. 



I was very much interested to notice that of the four small surround- 

 im two had C. interior (during both summers). And in 



ot tions on Mt Desert Island oouM I find any specimens 



at cnrioos fact I noticed was that at first I captured my 



t\ h4> open meadows, while later on I caught C. interior 



01 or fields su rrounded bv woods. 



: table showing approxunately the relative number 

 of maics aiiu icmaic* of C. interior as ohaerved during the two stun- 

 mers of 1913 and 1914: 



Approximate dates Males Females 



July lo-ia first one none 



" 12-14 few first one 



" 14-18 many few 



" 18-21 none many 



•* 22-16 many many 

 ** 27-Ai«nst 4 decreasiaf 



Angnst 4-6 none last 



Aarmra H Napte«. Hoferford, Pa. 



