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  On 
  Lyc^ena 
  neglecta. 
  167 
  

  

  VII. 
  ON 
  LYCMA 
  NEGLECTA 
  EDW. 
  

  

  [From 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  for 
  May 
  1, 
  1875.] 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  very 
  interesting 
  paper 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edwards, 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  May 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  in 
  

   which 
  another 
  valuable 
  addition 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   our 
  Lepidoptera, 
  by 
  the 
  identity 
  therein 
  shown 
  of 
  the 
  Lycsenas 
  

   pseudargiolus 
  and 
  molacea 
  — 
  autumnal 
  and 
  vernal 
  forms 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  species 
  — 
  it 
  is 
  suggested 
  that 
  neglecta 
  and 
  Lucia 
  may 
  

   prove 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  same 
  relationship 
  to 
  one 
  another. 
  The 
  pos- 
  

   sibility 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  inferred 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  from 
  observations 
  

   made 
  by 
  him, 
  that 
  Lucia 
  is 
  an 
  early 
  spring 
  form 
  (April 
  and 
  

   May 
  in 
  New 
  York), 
  and 
  neglecta 
  a 
  later 
  one, 
  " 
  occurring 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  from 
  June 
  till 
  September." 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  believe 
  that 
  neglecta 
  and 
  Lucia 
  will 
  ever 
  be 
  united 
  

   as 
  seasonal 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  Several 
  years 
  of 
  

   diligent 
  collecting 
  by 
  Mr. 
  von 
  Meske 
  and 
  myself 
  in 
  this 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  embracing 
  a 
  range 
  of 
  ten 
  miles 
  of 
  territory, 
  

   have 
  failed 
  to 
  reveal 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  of 
  Lucia, 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  

   come 
  under 
  our 
  observation 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  

   others 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  We 
  might, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  

   almost 
  justified 
  in 
  asserting 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  here. 
  We 
  

   have 
  it 
  from 
  Long 
  Island 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Graef 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   Tepper. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  in 
  that 
  famous 
  collecting 
  ground, 
  Center, 
  

   on 
  the 
  "pine-barrens," 
  midway 
  between 
  Albany 
  and 
  Schenec- 
  

   tady, 
  upon 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Central 
  and 
  Hudson 
  River 
  R. 
  

   R, 
  than 
  which, 
  we 
  believe, 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States 
  can 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  no 
  superior 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  Lepidoptera, 
  neglecta 
  usually 
  

   swarms 
  at 
  its 
  proper 
  season. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  times 
  and 
  sea- 
  

   sons 
  when, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  traversed 
  the 
  roadways 
  leading 
  over 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  sands 
  of 
  Center 
  and 
  among 
  its 
  pines, 
  that 
  the 
  air 
  

   about 
  us 
  has 
  seemed 
  blue 
  from 
  the 
  myriads 
  of 
  neglecta 
  

   driven 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  damp 
  sands 
  by 
  our 
  approach. 
  Here, 
  cer- 
  

   tainly, 
  one 
  might 
  confidently 
  look 
  for 
  Lucia, 
  were 
  it 
  but 
  a 
  

   varietal 
  form. 
  

  

  