[April 1883. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. V. 89 
Collecting on the shores of Long Island Sound. 
I have devoted considerable time to collecting Lepidoptera on the 
shores of the Sound in the neighborhood of Glencove, L. I., and wish 
here to give a short record of my experience. One would imagine that 
the shore, where but few trees and only a scanty growth of vegitation in 
general are found, would be a very barren and unpromising field, ento— 
mologically speaking in our branch. This was my impression when first 
visiting the spot. Nothing but sand, reed grass, and small stunted plants 
are open to view. ‘The place however had a great attraction and charm 
for me, the placid waters of the Sound studded here and there with white 
sails, and the opposite shores of Connecticut standing out in bold relief 
against the summer skies, presenting a picture worthy of an artists’ study. 
A number of years ago I had the opportunity to spend an entire season 
at Glencove, and almost every day would find me taking my accustomed 
walk along the shore. But my ideas that it was a poor collecting place 
were son dispelled, and my interest in the locality naturally only in- 
creased. 
The first insect that attracted my attention was ‘‘Syneda Graphica, 
Huebn.” ; the first brood of this little beauty, which, as far as my obser— 
vations go, is the more numerous, appears from the beginning to middle 
of May, and the second one beginning of August ; they take refuge under 
a little plant which grows close to the ground, but are easily disturbed, 
when off they go in a wild flight, and it requires some experience to 
follow them successfully ; when settling on the ground after flight, they 
run a short distance and seem to take delight in basking in the sun before 
setthng down again. I have taken as many aS 30 to 40 specimens in 
an hour. — 
Towards end of May on the salt meadows adjoining the shore 
-‘Doriodes acutaria H. S.” can be taken, sometimes in numbers; their 
flight is slow and heavy and they are consequently easily captured. 
At about the same time, say on May 20, 1877, I found in this 
locality two specimens of a new Leucania, ‘‘L. Flabilis, Grote’, but have 
not been fortunate enough to find it again. 
Later on again, in the beginning of July, ‘‘Oncocnemis Riparia, 
Morr,” makes its appearance ; this species I have also found in August. 
As mentioned in a previous not2 in the Bulletin, the capture of this insect 
is O interest, because all the other species of this genus seem to inhabit 
mountainous districts ; as I have taken ‘‘Riparia” in the same locality 
for a number of years, it would appear that it is indigenous to the place, 
and was not wafted thither by chance. 
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