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Danais archippus Fabr. — May to November inclusive. I 

 have never found an}- hibernating. The first specimens of the 

 year are females and the species does not become numerous before 

 August. On the 29th of September 1889, I counted about a single 

 plant of the New England aster fourteen of these butterflies whose 

 terra cotta colors contrasted well with the purple flowers. Often 

 they are quite common on the sea-shore and light on the sea-weed 

 and other objects cast up by the waves, ^^'hat may possibly be 

 called a migration of this species was observed on the 27th of 

 August 1885, when many Monarch butterflies were seen flying 

 slowly westward along a road. The day before had been cold for 

 an August one. Probably none of our butterflies fly higher than 

 this, often almost among the swallows. It does not beat its wings 

 always, but sails with them spread in somewhat the same way as a 

 hawk. 



Libythea bachmanni Kirtl. — Two seen on August nth, 

 1888, about the Ccltis trees at the old fort near Richmond village. 



I.YC/KNID.'E. 

 Thecia humuli Hair. — May to September inclusive. 

 Thecia calanus Hub. June and July. 



Thecia smilacis Bd-Lcc. — Taken by Chas. W. Leng at W'atch- 

 ogue, .May 8th, 1881. 



Thecia augustus Kirby. — AjM-il and May common at W'atch- 

 ogue ; also occurs on other portions of the Island, particularly the 

 sandy ones. 



Thecia irus Codt — -May i6th, 1886 at Watchogue. 



Thecia niphon Hub. — C'ommon on May 8th, 1881, along a 

 sandy road at Watchogue. None have been since taken. 



Lycaena pseudargiolus Bd-Lcc. — Inchuling the seasonal 

 forms, from .\pril to Sejitember. 



Lycaena comyntas Godt. — May to September inclusive. 



Chrysophanus hypophlasas />',/;■. {anicricana) — May to Octo- 

 ber inclusive. 



Feniseca tarquinius I-\ibi-. — Taken by A. (". Weeks, June 

 2 I St, 1885. 



