BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT SOC. 63 



" On my journey to the Salvadorian coast, having my net and 

 cyanide bottle with me, I was disappointed as I descended into the 

 hot region, not to discover a single butterfly. 



" The heat was intense, and vegetation seemed consumed, only 

 occasionally anything green was seen, but now and then large trees 

 were in full bloom, but entirely without foliage. It was so nearly all 

 the way down. 



" The journey was made mostly in the night, sleeping during the 

 day in the coolest places which could be found. 



" You may imagine my pleasure and surprise in exploring an old 

 deserted mine, in March, 1879, at a depth of eighty feet, to find 

 swarms of this butterfly in the impenetrable darkness of the under- 

 ground passage. 



" In the mine there were also numbers of bats and rattlesnakes, 

 also a species of serpent known in this country as Tamakas. 



" The butterflies were undoubtedly attracted to this depth by the 

 moisture and coolness of the atmosphere, although I did not find 

 this species on the surface. 



" The mine was situated near the Volcano de San Miguel, in the 

 vicinity of Lama Larga in the Republic of Salvadore, C. A., the ele- 

 vation of which is six hundred feet above the sea level. The month 

 of March constitutes the better part of the dry season, which in Sal- 

 vadore is so extremely hot that vegetation seems to die out. It is a 

 tropical winter in which the cold is replaced by heat." 



INTERESTING- CAPTURES. 



On September 5th I took 4 9 and 1 tf of Theela 31. A/bum, 

 feeding on the flowers of golden-rod and other plants. They were 

 perfectly fresh, and evidently just hatched. On the evening of the 

 3d of October, a magnificent and perfectly fresh specimen of Sphinx 

 Ello, $, flew into my room. 



Junonia Coenia has been quite common here in one locality. 

 Only one specimen was ever taken here before the present season. 



Dayton, O. G. R. Pilate. 



Notice. — While collecting the publications on N. A. Coleoptera, 

 I have often been embarrassed to make correct choices from the dif- 

 ferent lists of books for sale. I shall therefore bring to the aid of my 

 fellow students lists of the papers printed in different journals on 

 Coleoptera, as on the following page : F. Gr. Schaupp. 



