BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. IT. 1S70. 



The Butterfly and the Humming Bird. 



Some ten years ago, while staying with my friend W. H. Edwards 

 in Coalburgh, W. Va., and enjoying his hospitality in that charm- 

 ing region, I was standing outside the garden-gate, wondering 

 at the strange behaviour of a Danais Archippus female, which 

 walked quietly around on a full blown flower of Milkweed, upon 

 which it had been feeding, then descending, it walked over some 

 leaves, now nestled for a moment right under the flower, then flew 

 off, returning again, and repeating the same movement for some 

 time ; as night drew on, it nestled beneath the flower as if intent 

 on there remaining, to be on hand for its sweets on the morrow. 



Curious to know whether it would really prefer that resting-place 

 to its accustomed dry twigs on trees, I drew nearer and was 

 startled at the sudden apperance of a Humming bird on the same 

 flower. Scarcely had I observed it, than out rushed the butterfly 

 and furiously attacked the bird, which in an instant sought safety 

 in precipitate flight, followed closely by the insect till lost to view 

 in the distance. Amazed at so strange a spectacle, I stood upon 

 the spot, gazing in the direction where they had disappeared for 

 some five minutes or more, when to my surprise and pleasure 1 

 saw the Butterfly coming back, which, when near the flower flew 

 in a wide circuit around it, as if to ascertain whether another 

 enemy had taken possession of it. or not. Then lessening its flight 

 it finally ventured upon the flower again ; but being much agitated 

 walked nearly all over the plant repeatedly until it finally settled 

 upon its chosen place for its nightly rest. 



It now rests in my cabinet. 



Julids L. Meyer. 



Collecting Cerambycidae. 



If the piles of hard wood, which have been cut during the 

 winter, be examined through the spring, many species of Ceram- 

 bycidae will be found, either sunning themselves on the outside 

 of the sticks, or concealed beneath them, which would probably 

 have been seldom met with otherwise. 



Other wood borers, Buprestidae, Rhyncophora, etc., are occasion- 



aly captured in these situations. 



Chas. A. Crampton. 



