Notes on the Macrolepidoptera of Staten Island^ 



William T. Davis 



The spring and early summer of 191 1 being warm and dry was 

 particularly favorable for the development of caterpillars, for the 

 reason that they were tolerably free from fungus diseases. As a 

 result, by mid-summer there were a great many butterflies on the 

 island and the number of Papilio philenor, turnus, etc., was re- 

 marked by even the casual observer. 



The following additions have been made to the local list, re- 

 cently published by the Association, Proc. Staten I. Assoc. 3 : 

 1-30, 1909. 



Additions to List 



Pamphila phylaeus Drury. Three specimens taken at Fort 

 Wadsworth, August 20, 191 1 (O. Fulda). Mr. George P. Engel- 

 hardt also found it in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Long Island, and 

 Mr. Charles L. Pollard in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey, 

 .both during the summer of 191 1. 



Magusa dissidens Felder. September 20 (O. Fulda). 



Brotolomia iris Guenee. June 25 (O. Fulda). 



Catocala badia G. & R. Clove Valley, July 23, 191 1 (Wm. T. 

 Davis) . 



Catocala palaeogama phalanga Grote. Clove Valley, July 23, 

 191 1 (Wm. T. Davis). 



Catocala relicta Walker. West New Brighton, September 7, 

 191 1 (Louis Achilles). One was found by Mr. Oscar Fulda on 

 a tree trunk near Silver Lake in 1906, but the insect escaped. 

 This moth was not uncommon in the vicinity of New York City 

 in the summer of the above mentioned year. 



* Presented October 21, 1911. 



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