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  Locality 
  for 
  Beephos 
  Infans. 
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  XXIV. 
  A 
  NEW 
  LOCALITY 
  FOR 
  BREPHOS 
  INFANS 
  MOESCH. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  moth, 
  possessing 
  peculiar 
  interest 
  from 
  its 
  

   abnormal 
  characters, 
  its 
  northern 
  habitat, 
  and 
  from 
  its 
  close 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  B. 
  Farthenias 
  of 
  Europe, 
  is 
  rarely 
  cap- 
  

   tured 
  by 
  the 
  collector, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  observed, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  

   know, 
  in 
  only 
  few 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Mr. 
  Grote, 
  

   in 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  I, 
  p. 
  189, 
  gives 
  as 
  its 
  range, 
  

   Labrador, 
  southward 
  through 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  Entomologist 
  for 
  1875, 
  VII, 
  p. 
  40, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  

   statement 
  that 
  "Mr. 
  Kuetzing, 
  of 
  Montreal, 
  has 
  discovered 
  

   a 
  locality 
  for 
  B. 
  infans, 
  in 
  a 
  clump 
  of 
  white 
  birch, 
  north 
  of 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Hocheloga 
  — 
  the 
  first 
  record, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  of 
  

   its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  this 
  province 
  [Quebec]." 
  It 
  was 
  subse- 
  

   quently 
  taken, 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  examples, 
  at 
  Hyde 
  Park, 
  

   Mass., 
  among 
  white 
  birch. 
  

  

  Its 
  association 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  instances 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  birch, 
  

   coupled 
  with 
  the 
  knowledge 
  that 
  the 
  European 
  species 
  Par- 
  

   tJienias, 
  vidua 
  (notha), 
  and 
  puella 
  (that 
  of 
  the 
  Siberian 
  Mid- 
  

   dendorfli 
  not 
  stated), 
  also 
  feed 
  on 
  birch, 
  rendered 
  it 
  almost 
  

   certain 
  that 
  our 
  species 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  food- 
  

   plant. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Center 
  locality, 
  and 
  extending 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  

   either 
  direction, 
  the 
  ~N. 
  Y. 
  Central 
  Railroad 
  is 
  bordered 
  or 
  

   has 
  recently 
  been, 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  growth 
  of 
  white 
  birch. 
  It 
  

   occurred 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  this 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  very 
  fitting 
  home 
  for 
  

   B. 
  infans 
  if 
  its 
  range 
  extended 
  to 
  Kew 
  York, 
  and 
  I 
  accord- 
  

   ingly 
  suggested 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  its 
  presence 
  there, 
  to 
  one 
  

   of 
  my 
  entomological 
  associates, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Hill, 
  who, 
  I 
  had 
  

   reason 
  to 
  believe, 
  would 
  discover 
  and 
  capture 
  it, 
  if 
  my 
  sur- 
  

   mises 
  were 
  correct. 
  At 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  

   expected 
  to 
  appear, 
  Mr. 
  Hill 
  visited 
  the 
  locality, 
  found 
  the 
  

   moth, 
  and 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  secure 
  examples 
  for 
  his 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  At 
  my 
  request, 
  he 
  has 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  me 
  with 
  a 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  its 
  discovery 
  and 
  capture, 
  which 
  I 
  find 
  to 
  contain 
  

   so 
  many 
  interesting 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  moth, 
  as 
  

  

  