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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [118] 
  

  

  XXV. 
  NOTES 
  OF 
  CAPTURE 
  OF 
  LEPIDOPTERA 
  IN 
  1876, 
  

  

  Rare 
  to 
  the 
  Vicinity 
  op 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Argynnis 
  Idalia 
  Drury 
  — 
  quite 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  — 
  was 
  

   captured 
  at 
  Center 
  on 
  September 
  16th. 
  

  

  Pkyciodes 
  Batesii 
  Reak., 
  was 
  abundant 
  at 
  Center, 
  on 
  the 
  

   17th 
  of 
  June, 
  when 
  twenty-five 
  examples 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  

   short 
  time 
  — 
  the 
  sexes 
  in 
  about 
  equal 
  number. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  apparantly 
  quite 
  a 
  local 
  species, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  

   occurring 
  in 
  limited 
  localities 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   and 
  Virginia. 
  It 
  may 
  usually 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Center 
  during 
  the 
  

   first 
  half 
  of 
  June 
  — 
  my 
  earliest 
  recorded 
  observation 
  of 
  it 
  

   being 
  May 
  31st, 
  and 
  latest 
  June 
  22d. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  taken 
  

   by 
  me 
  in 
  limited 
  numbers 
  at 
  Schoharie, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  of 
  Pholisora 
  Catullus 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  

   Bethlehem 
  on 
  the 
  12th 
  and 
  13th 
  of 
  July. 
  This 
  species 
  had 
  

   been 
  so 
  diligently 
  sought 
  for 
  in 
  former 
  years 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  see 
  how 
  it 
  could 
  have 
  escaped 
  detection 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  

   habitant 
  of 
  the 
  locality 
  for 
  any 
  considerable 
  length 
  of 
  time. 
  

   Its 
  ascribed 
  food-plant, 
  Monarda 
  punctata, 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  

   the 
  State 
  Botanist 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Mr. 
  

   Scudder 
  records 
  P. 
  Catullus 
  as 
  " 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  

   found 
  in 
  southern 
  portions." 
  {Proc. 
  Ess. 
  Ins., 
  Ill, 
  p. 
  170.) 
  

  

  Eudamus 
  Lycidas 
  (Sm.-Abb.), 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  

   Hill, 
  at 
  Center, 
  on 
  June 
  15th! 
  It 
  had 
  previously 
  been 
  found 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  at 
  Newburgh, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  ninety 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  

   Albany. 
  

  

  Sphinx 
  luscitiosa 
  Clem. 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  rare 
  of 
  our 
  N 
  ew 
  

   York 
  sphinges 
  — 
  was 
  captured 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  at 
  Center, 
  

   on 
  the 
  3d 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  Euchcetes 
  Oregonensis 
  Stretch, 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  rare 
  at 
  Center 
  

   during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May 
  — 
  a 
  single 
  collector 
  taking 
  thirty- 
  

   three 
  examples 
  of 
  it, 
  viz 
  : 
  eight 
  examples 
  on 
  the 
  10th, 
  four 
  on 
  

   the 
  13th, 
  twelve 
  on 
  the 
  16th, 
  four 
  on 
  the 
  19th, 
  three 
  on 
  the 
  

   20th, 
  and 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  24th. 
  Mention 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  two 
  

  

  