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total number of species of the butterflies was raised to one 

 hundred and three, (this does not include, of course, the 

 night-flying moths), the most interesting additions being 

 Mclitea -phaeton, Drury, bred from larvae taken at Tryon, 

 Polk county, by Mr. W. F. Fiske; Pamphila Carolina, 

 Skinner, taken commonly at Raleigh from March 24th to 

 April 18th by Brimley and Sherman; Calephelis caenins, Linn, 

 taken at Fayetteville, July 10th, by Mr. S. W, Foster; 

 Apalura celtis, Boisduval and Leconte, taken at Smithfield by 

 Mr. Foster; and three not yet identified Hesperids taken by 

 Mr. Sherman at Washington, Beaufort county, and Beaufort, 

 in Carteret county. 



Some work was also done on the first three families of 

 moths, the Sphingidae, Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae, the 

 last two families, which include nearly all of our largest 

 species of moths, being now represented on our records by 

 nearly all the species likely to occur in the State, A list of 

 all the species of these three families now known to occur in 

 North Carolina was published in Entomological News for 

 April, 1904, by Mr. Brimley. 



- In the order Diptera the most exhaustive work was done on 

 the Tabanidae (Horse-flies), forty identified species and one 

 not yet located having been so far secured. The species of 

 this family were identified by Prof. J. S. Hine, of Columbus, 

 Ohio, who has described as new two of the species collected 

 by Mr. Brimley, one of which he has named Chrysops 

 Brimley i in honor of the discoverer. The family Asilidae 

 (Robber-flies) has been explored to some extent, thirty-two 

 species being now known to occur in the State. One of these, 

 Dasyllus cincrca, Back, was described as new from specimens 

 taken at Southern Pines in late March, 1903. 



In the Coleoptera (Beetles) the list of Cicindelidae (Tiger- 

 beetles) seems about complete. A list of these, comprising 

 nineteen species, was published in Entomological News for 

 January, 1904. The Meloidae (Blister-beetles) are now repre- 

 sented in our collections and records by eleven identified and 



