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torum, Chironomidae) regarding the wing venation agree with my own 

 observations. R, and the basal part of the costa are much thickened, 

 but the costal cell is not quite obliterated. It is only when the wing is 

 held slightly oblique that it appears as shown in Winnertz's figure {Stei- 

 titicr Entomologische Zeitung, 1846). 



There are several North American species of Orthocladius which pos- 

 sess hairy eyes, but the males have normal antennae and therefore differ 

 in this respect from Kieffer's subgenus Trichocladius.—O. A. Johannsen. 



Although the collecting season in the vicinity of St. Louis, Mo., 

 gave poor promise this year, owing to heavy frosts and icy nights suc- 

 ceeding an extraordinary warm spell in March, late summer and fall 

 proved a collector's bonanza. Quite a number of Terias mexicana were 

 taken in this locality for the first time since 1904, when they were quite 

 common. T. nicippe, usually abundant, was very scarce. Papilio phile- 

 nor was hardly in evidence until September, when exceptionally fine 

 specimens were to be had in plenty. Chlorippe celtis and C. clyton were 

 never before, in the writer's experience, so abundant. At the present time 

 ("October) the woods about here fairly swarm with Paphia andria, sev- 

 eral freaks of this species having been taken recently. Thymelicus brel- 

 tus and T. aetna were taken here this season and should be added to the 

 " list of butterflies taken in the vicinity of St. Louis," as published in the 

 July number of the Entomological News.— Aug. Knetzger. 



Notes on Polygonia Chrysoptera Wright. — Mr. Victor L. Clemence 

 and the writer discovered this species in the West Fork of the Big 

 Santa Anita Canon, along the Sturdevant Trail, in the San Gabriel 

 '.mains, near Pasadena, California, on June 10 of the pas: summer, 

 at an elevation of 2500 feet. Only three specimens were taken on this 

 occasion, the interesting character of the species not being particularly 

 noticed. Another trip by the writer on the twenty-ninth of June was 

 productive of eight more specimens. 



This is the first time that this species has been collected in this part 

 of the State, and it has only been seen in this restricted locality. This 

 canon is large and overgrown with rank vegetation, with plenty of 

 nettles (Urtica), and a stream, making an ideal place for such a group 

 of butterflies. It is confidently expected that later in the season larvae 

 will be found. 



Polygonia chrysoptera was described by Wright in his "Butterflies 

 of the West Coast," p. 174-175, PI. XXII, Fig. 222, b, c. My series of 

 eleven specimens agree very well with those described by Wright. 

 The black markings on the upper side are rather more intensified; but 

 the underside is remarkably constant, and the most characteristic di- 

 agnostic character for the species. The character of the silver C, long, 

 slender and barbed at both ends and the generally light color mark this 

 species sharply front any other Californian species of Polygonia, and as 

 remarked by W. G. Wright, this is the largest of our West Coast Poly- 

 gonias — Fordyce Grinnell, Jr. 



