BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



be of no use, guess the cause of their development, and the former condition 

 of these little insects. 



Already the faunistie character of the Island is changed to some extent. 

 Common Carabidse, which with the exception of Anisodacfylus rusticus, were 

 always rather scarce there are getting abundant. Last season I found large 

 numbers of Harpalus pennsylvanicus, Pterostichini and Anisodartyli, species 

 that likewise in the streets of the cities have always been abundant under 

 the feet of the pedestrians; but better species were more rare. 



The coleoptera are not only driven away from the neighborhood of 

 the buildings, but the immense wind beaten flags hoisted on their tops, 

 throw in the mornings and evenings their gigantic moving shadows over a 

 large part of the Island, giving them no rest even in the remote spots. 



Even if the insects were not driven away, collecting would be unplea- 

 sant, through the curiosity of the stupid crowd, that surrounds a collector. 

 What are you looking for? For beetles. What is that? Bugs or insects. 

 "Can you sell them? No. What are you getting them for? We make a col- 

 lection." What are they good for? and so on, and scarcely has one left be- 

 fore another approaches, and the very same interrogator}' is repeated in- 

 definitly. 



As soon as it is stated that they cannot be sold they seem to be more 

 inquisitive then ever, and I usually cut them short; I answer the question, 

 what are you getting them for? We make soup of them. Then with looks 

 of intense disgust, the interrogator turns on his heel and leaves us alone. 



Captures of rare Butterflies. 



On June 4th. 1879. vve to °k m me net a perfect specimen of Melitaea 

 superba, Streck, the suffused form of M. Phaeton. It was captured just 

 outside of the city limits of Brooklyn, and about two miles from the place 

 where the species described by Mr. Strecker was taken. It is very- nearly 

 the counterpart of the type. 



In January this year we received about 25 buterflies from a friend in 

 Arcato, N. Cal. She wrote that she "did not suppose they were of any 

 value, and would likely be consigned to the waste basket. " Among them 

 was a specimen of Pyrameis Cardui, Aberration Elymi. That specimen 

 did n o t go in the waste basket by any means, as lepidopterists need not 

 be assured. 



GEO. D. HULST. 



