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  Capture 
  of 
  Rare 
  Lepidoptera. 
  * 
  231 
  

  

  examples 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   26th 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  St. 
  Mus. 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  

  

  Spilosoma 
  latipennis 
  Stretch 
  (see 
  Report 
  ut 
  cit., 
  p. 
  144), 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  at 
  Center, 
  on 
  June 
  10th. 
  

  

  Neplielodes 
  violans 
  Guen., 
  in 
  forty 
  examples 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  

   Bath-on-the-Hudson, 
  between 
  August 
  30th 
  and 
  September 
  

   15th, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hill. 
  It 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  

   for 
  several 
  preceding 
  years. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  above 
  are 
  several 
  examples 
  which 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  

   description 
  given 
  of 
  N. 
  minians, 
  but 
  its 
  separation 
  seems 
  to 
  

   rest 
  on 
  no 
  other 
  ground 
  than 
  depth 
  of 
  color, 
  and 
  in 
  these, 
  all 
  

   the 
  intermediate 
  grades 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  mention, 
  that 
  not 
  a 
  perfect 
  example 
  of 
  N. 
  

   molans 
  has 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  captured, 
  or 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   Albany 
  collections. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  Thaxter, 
  in 
  his 
  list 
  of 
  Noctuidse," 
  taken 
  at 
  Newton, 
  

   Mass. 
  (Psyche, 
  II, 
  p. 
  36), 
  states 
  the 
  fact, 
  that 
  the 
  examples 
  of 
  

   N. 
  minians 
  (probably 
  the 
  same 
  above 
  recorded 
  as 
  N. 
  molans), 
  

   were 
  almost 
  always 
  in 
  poor 
  condition. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  William 
  Grey, 
  a 
  collector 
  of 
  Lepidoptera 
  for 
  many 
  

   years, 
  has 
  been 
  rewarded 
  for 
  the 
  additional 
  attention 
  which 
  he 
  

   has 
  recently 
  given 
  to 
  Entomology, 
  by 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  four 
  

   species 
  of 
  Catooala, 
  never 
  before 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Albany, 
  viz. 
  : 
  C. 
  Epione 
  West., 
  C. 
  fiebilis 
  Grote, 
  O. 
  Robin- 
  

   soni 
  Grote 
  and 
  C. 
  coccinata 
  Grote 
  — 
  a 
  single 
  example 
  of 
  each 
  

   species. 
  

  

  That 
  graceful 
  and 
  beautiful 
  Sphinx, 
  Chasrocampa 
  tersa 
  

   (Linn.), 
  not 
  previously 
  taken 
  so 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  this, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  

   is 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rarities 
  captured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Grey. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  were 
  taken 
  upon 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Erastus 
  

   Corning, 
  at 
  Kenwood, 
  near 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Collections 
  in 
  1877. 
  

  

  In 
  advance 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  extended 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  extensive 
  and 
  

   interesting 
  collections 
  recently 
  made 
  near 
  Albany, 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  from 
  their 
  

   rarity. 
  Not 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  had 
  previously 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  

   the 
  Albany 
  district, 
  and 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  number 
  were 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  Albany 
  collections, 
  from 
  other 
  localities. 
  With 
  

   few 
  exceptions 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Center 
  locality. 
  

  

  