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thankfully received and acknowledged. I may also say that a copy 
of the ‘t Monograph of the Etheostomoids,” when published, will 
be furnished to all persons who kindly assist in the work by send- 
ing specimens ; and that all notes on the habits, time of spawning, 
natural colors, etc., will be duly acknowledged in the work, which 
will form one of the series of illustrated monographs published by 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology. It is proposed to describe 
and figure every known species of the group.—F. W. PUTNAM, 
Director Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass. 
Burrerrty Nores, 1871. — As bearing on the winter history of 
the species, an interesting capture of a much worn and faded 
female Archippus was made by me, May 12th, in this place—Am- . 
herst, Mass. The only Niphon taken during the season was found 
on May 18th. The 23rd, Vialis appeared and soon was very com- 
mon. Phaeton was first seen June 5th, and, contrary to the usual 
reports, was not confined to a small locality, but became rather 
common in several directions from the village. June 9th, a single 
dimorphic female Hobomok was captured ; suspecting it to be such 
and to have been described as Pochahontas and Quadaquina, I 
wrote to a distinguished lepidopterologist, who informed me that, — 
on his pointing out the fact, Pochahontas was acknowledged by its 
author to be a dimorphic Hobomok ; my specimen also agrees with 
a named Quadaquina received from a writer who has publicly 
stated his belief that it is the same as Pochahontas. July 8th, 
found Metacomet and Egeremet, males, abundant on Indian Hemp - 
flowers and took Mopsus on an umbelliferous plant. Calanus 
(Westw.) — the C. inorata of Grote—was met with July 17th and 
Aug. 2nd. A single Delaware was taken by a neighbor in July. 
A harvest of butterflies was reaped, Aug. 2nd, on flowers of the 
mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum), at the foot of the Hol- 
yoke range; among them were Melinus, Mopsus, Smilacis and 
Edwardsii— the latter two very abundant, and the Edwardsii show- 
ing either a seasonal or regional variation from New York spec- 
imens, being smaller and the markings tending more to lines. On 
the top of the Holyoke range, Lucilius was frequent, and near the 
top a Portlandia confidently observed and the beautiful moth, 
Callimorpha interrupto-marginata taken. A visit in August to the 
Green Mountains in the region of Conway, Ashfield and Goshen, 
revealed nothing different from Amherst—none of the species that 
