[February 1883. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. V. 81 
Mordellistena splendens nobis. 
Of this species I received a specimen with some material sent me 
for determination: it agrees in all respects with the type, and was collec— 
ted in Pennsylvania: the type is from Illinois, and the only other specimen 
known to me is from Florida: the species has thus a very wide range. 
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Fertile eggs from a dead Arctia virgo. 
About the middle of July I captured a © specimen of Arctia 
virgo and obtained about a dozen eggs. As the specimen was useless 
for the cabinet, having lost halfa wing, I dissected the abdomen and 
found about fifty eggs therein, sticking together. Having washed them 
with tepid water, I put them in a hatching—box and about twenty young 
larvae made their appearance in due time. Could the same thing not be 
done, when capturing a poor 9 ofa rare species? 
F. G. Schaupp. 
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Habitat of Melitaea Colon and M. Perdiccas, W. H. Edw. 
In reference to the locality where the two above species were taken 
by Mr. H. K. Morrison in 1880, I beg to correct an error made by the 
author. Mr, Edwards states that both species were taken at Mount 
Hood, Oregon, see Papilio Vol. I, No. 4, p, 45 and 46, Mr. Morrison 
sent them to me as found in Washington Territory, and on my writing 
him on the subject he replied that they were not taken in Oregon, but as 
follows: ‘‘Melitama colon is found on the bluffs of the Columbia river, at 
“Kalama, and other points in Western Washington Territory. Melitaea 
“Perdiccas is found on the little prairies, of which there are a good many 
“in Western Washington Territory, near the coast; I got it at Tenino near 
“prairies.” “To collectors who make a record of localities of species this 
may be of interest. 
February 1880. Fred. ‘Tepper. 
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A lost locality. 
In the suburbs of Brooklyn there was a small pond about 300 feet 
long and one hundred broad, the only locality, where we used to find 
Lophoglossus strenuus Lec. under stones at the edge of the water: this pond 
has been laid dry and although several other small ponds are very close, 
yet not a single specimen of Lophog/ossus has been found during the last 
two years, in spite of careful researches. Chas. Fuchs. 
