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  Thii-itieth 
  Report 
  ok 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  ~J£" 
  

  

  Our 
  observations 
  and 
  records 
  do 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Edwards, 
  giving 
  June 
  as 
  the 
  earliest 
  appearance 
  of 
  neg- 
  

   Froin 
  notes 
  made 
  by 
  me. 
  and 
  from 
  dates 
  of 
  capture 
  

   appended 
  to 
  examples 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  I 
  cite 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  year 
  1869. 
  on 
  May 
  21st. 
  n 
  occurred 
  in 
  great 
  

  

  abundance, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  noticed, 
  with 
  three 
  exceptions, 
  were 
  

   males. 
  The 
  worn 
  condition 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  captures 
  indicated 
  

   that 
  they 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  abroad 
  for 
  several 
  days. 
  The 
  

   locality 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  explored 
  since 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  May, 
  when 
  

   the 
  3S 
  was 
  not 
  found. 
  About 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  June 
  it 
  was 
  ob- 
  

  

  served 
  at 
  its 
  gr^:--: 
  at 
  ondance 
  : 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  time 
  

   during 
  this 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  July. 
  In 
  IS 
  70. 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  ob- 
  

   d 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  May 
  'none 
  in 
  a 
  collecting 
  trip 
  on 
  the 
  

   6th). 
  The 
  last 
  recorded 
  appearance 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  16th 
  of 
  June. 
  

   L. 
  com 
  was 
  seen 
  from 
  May 
  6th 
  to 
  September 
  14th. 
  contin- 
  

  

  uouslv. 
  In 
  1871, 
  negleda 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  Mav 
  16th 
  to 
  June 
  

   1 
  3 
  :"_i. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  its 
  first 
  record 
  is 
  on 
  May 
  '21 
  st. 
  

  

  The 
  latest 
  date 
  of 
  my 
  capture 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  August 
  20th, 
  

   at 
  Schoharie. 
  X. 
  Y. 
  : 
  the 
  earliest 
  is 
  at 
  Bath-on-the-Hudson 
  

   near 
  Albany, 
  on 
  May 
  14th 
  'the 
  year 
  not 
  - 
  

  

  The 
  observations 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  above, 
  when 
  coupled 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Saunders 
  appended 
  to 
  the 
  paper 
  above 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to. 
  of 
  the 
  frequent 
  occurrence 
  of 
  i 
  °£a 
  in 
  his 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood 
  London. 
  Ont..' 
  and 
  non-occurrence 
  of 
  Lucia, 
  would 
  

   seem- 
  almost 
  to 
  establish 
  beyond 
  question 
  their 
  non-ident- 
  

   That 
  thesr 
  nents 
  mav 
  receive 
  all 
  the 
  considera- 
  

  

  ml 
  %. 
  

  

  tion 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  entitled, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  proper 
  to 
  accompany 
  

   them 
  with 
  the 
  mention 
  made 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Scudder. 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   construed 
  to 
  the 
  disparagement 
  of 
  the 
  valued 
  labors 
  of 
  others, 
  

   that, 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  an 
  elaborate 
  tabulation 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  

   returns 
  made 
  to 
  him 
  or 
  collated 
  by 
  him. 
  of 
  the 
  Rhopalocerons 
  

   fanna 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada 
  

   the 
  two 
  most 
  thoroughly 
  worked 
  up 
  fields 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   those 
  of 
  London. 
  Ont.. 
  and 
  Albany. 
  X. 
  Y. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  it 
  may 
  deserve 
  mention 
  

  

  that 
  Mr. 
  von 
  Meske 
  reports 
  the 
  s] 
  ]uite 
  rare 
  this 
  y-ar 
  

  

  at 
  C 
  here 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  preceding 
  years 
  it 
  has 
  abounded. 
  

  

  ablieation 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  L. 
  Lucia 
  has 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   at 
  Center. 
  Examples 
  re 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W 
  Hill. 
  ::. 
  the 
  Iflfcfa 
  f 
  May, 
  1 
  ; 
  ~ 
  

  

  this 
  locality, 
  whe: 
  ^red 
  on 
  the 
  13th, 
  30th 
  and 
  26th 
  of 
  May^oapecim^ 
  

  

  Y 
  .. 
  it 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  abundance 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  April, 
  when 
  8 
  males 
  

   and 
  -t 
  females 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  collector, 
  and 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  many 
  in 
  addition, 
  it 
  

  

  