ADDITIONS TO FOODPLANT LIST. 



A. N. Caudell, the distinguished Entomologist of Washington, D. C, 

 has devoted fifteen or twenty years to the preparation of a work covering the 

 life history of Lepidoptera. Associated with the Bureau of Entomology, having 

 access to the exhaustive collection of Entomological works in the Government 

 libraries, and enjoying the intimate friendship and cordial assistance of the 

 learned scientists of America, Mr. Caudell has had unlimited facilities for the 

 preparation of his magnificent work. It will consist of over six hundred pages 

 and embody all scientific data to date. A feature of the work will be the 

 careful preparation of lists of foodplants of the larvae of Lepidoptera. The 

 book will be published in a few months. It will be a most valuable contribution 

 to the entomological literature of America and there is at the present time an 

 urgent demand for just such a publication. With unprecedented generosity, 

 Mr. Caudell cordially helped me in the preparation of the foodplant charts and 

 upon receipt of the May number of The Butterfly Farmer he carefully went 

 over the manuscript of his work and sent me all the foodplants it contains of 

 the missing species on the charts. The gratitude of each pupil and of each 

 reader who is interested in rearing larvae is due to Mr. Caudell for this rare act 

 of kindness. If other Scientists would take the trouble to make such additions 

 to the foodplant list as they have learned from observation and actual experience 

 a revised edition of the charts could be issued which would be up to date. 

 I earnestly request the co-operation of all who are interested. If you find the 

 larvae of any of the missing numbers the plant upon which they are feeding 

 can be named for you and you will have added an atom to scientific knowledge. 

 When Mr. Caudell's book is published it will be a necessity in every working 

 library in the entomological world. His contribution of missing foodplants is as 

 follows : 



43. Synchloe olympia Edw. Arabis lyrata. 



50. Synchloe pima Edw. Turritis (?). 



67. Eurymus hartfordii Hy. Edw. Astragalus crotalaria. 



69. Eurymus christina Edw. White clover. 



71. Eurymus interior Scud. Desmodium, Salix, Vaccmium. 



75. Eurymus nastes, Bd. Salix. 



85. Eurema euterpe Men. Cassia chamaecrista, C. nictitans, C. occidentalis, 

 Glycine. 



1 1 6. Argynnis callippe Bd. Viola. 



1 28. Argynnis eurynome Edw. Viola. 



186. Charidryas ismeria Bd. and LeConte, Helianthus tracheliifolius. Ivy. 



1 90. Phyciodes batesu Reak. Compositae. 



191. Phyciodes pratensis Behr. Carduus. 



2 1 0. Polygonia silvius Edw. Azalea occidentalis. 



240. Basilarchia floridensis Streck. Populus. 



243. Limenitis bredowii Hub. Quercus. 



247. Chlorippe alicia Edw. Celtis occidentalis. 



263. Cercyonis sylvestris form charon Edw. Poa pratensis. 



280. Coenonympha elko Edw. Grass. 



294. CEneis tarpeia form alberta Elwes, Grass. 



295. CEneis noma Thun. Sedges. 

 313. Chrysobia mormo Feld. Eriogonum. 

 340. Thecla californica Edw. Salix. 

 365. Calvcopis cecrops Fab. Cotton. 



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