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The Valley Naturalist. 
Established January, 1878. 
. (NATURE DISCERE MORES ) 
Henry SKaer, PnMisHer- 
Volume I. 
SAINT LOUIS, MO., MAY, 1878. 
Number 5. 
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Address, 
HENRY SKAER, Publisher, 
1213 South Sixth Street, SAINT LO UIS 
Amateur Scientific Association of 
Lebanon, Pa. 
We are in receipt of the Daily News of 
Lebanon, Pa., containing a marked article 
of an association organized March 8th, called 
the "Amateur Scientific Association." Mr. 
J. A. Seltzer of said city informs us that at 
the first regular meeting the following 
officers were elected: President, Frank Low- 
ry; vice-president, John Loehle; secretary 
and treasurer, John A. Seltzer; who with 
the addition of J. Shindel Krause, constitute 
the board of managers. 
Since then we have received the following 
from the secretary: 
Editor Valley Naturalist : 
A regular meeting of the Association was 
he'd Thursday evening, April 4th. Presi- 
dent Low T ry in the chair. Two propositions 
for membership were handed in, and candi- 
dates unanimously elected. 
Secretary reported copies of Daily News — 
containing notice of the forming of the As- 
sociation, March 8th— sent out, and copies of 
Valley Naturalist of St. Louis, Mo., re- 
ceived. Motion passed that the Association 
subscribe for the Valley Naturalist. 
President deposited in the Association a 
large number of Pyritic nodules, found in a 
limestone quarry near Lebanon. A number 
of queries were handed in and answered, 
after which meeting adjourned. 
John A. Seltzer, Sec. and Treas. 
At present the members of this association 
are mostly interested in Geology and Miner- 
alogy. We shall be pleased to receive small 
articles on mineralogy for publication from 
some of our readers. 
We are sorry to inform the many persons 
who have send their name and address to be 
inserted in the Naturalists' Directory, that 
for want of space it was crowded out of this 
issue, but will positively be inserted in the 
June issue. Rates are 10 cents per line, see 
style on last page. 
Personal Notes. 
Prof. Henry A. Ward of Rochester, N. Y. 
called at our office on the 22d of April last, 
he is a gentleman in every respect, and w< 11 
fitted for the work he has undertaken. On 
another page we give an engraving of himself 
and the museum he recently completed. 
The students of the Central Wesleyan Col- 
lege at Warrenton, Mo., are making Geologi- 
cal excursions every Friday, ever since 
warm weather has set in, under the super- 
vision of Prof. Jno. H. Frisk, a gentleman 
well versed in the several branches of natur- 
al history, and worthy of the position he 
holds. 
J. M. Williamson of Carroll County, 111., is 
going on a scientific hunt in Missouri, Ken- 
tucky, etc., this month, we shall be glad to 
welcome him to St. Louis, should he pass 
through our city. 
Mr. W. W. Calkins of Chicago, 111., intends 
to take another trip to Florida next winter 
for the purpose of collecting specimens of 
natural history. We hope he will furnish 
the Valley Naturalist with full details 
of the trip and specimens collected. 
Mr. Burchard, the well-known taxider- 
mist and naturalist of this city intends to 
leave this month for Colorado in search of 
rare birds and natural history specimens 
generally. 
Mr. J. Monell of the Missouri Botanical 
Gardens, located at this city ; a student of 
Washington University, intends to take a 
trip to Colorado this summer in company 
with some of his brother-students. He is 
well versed in the many branches of Entom- 
ology and Botany, making Aphidce his spe- 
cialty, we hope he will improve his time in 
securing many rare specimens. 
Contributions Received, Etc. 
The following is a list of articles, reports, 
etc. received, which we w r ere unable to pub- 
lish in this issue, but will publish them in 
our June issue. 
Birds of Milwaukee County, Wis., by Fred 
C. Grein, Milwaukee, Wis. (Continued.) 
A Naturalist in Florida, by W. W. Cal- 
kins, Chicago, 111. (Paper No. 3 continued.) 
Birds of Michigan, by W. H. Hughes, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Continued.) 
Birds of St. Clair County, 111., by Wm. L. 
Jone«, Lebanon, 111. (Continued.) 
Meteorological Report of Oakland, Cal., by 
Dr. J. B. Trembly. For January, February 
and March. 
Meteorological Report of Missouri, by Prof. 
F. E. Nipher. For March. 
Notes on the lower Helderberg Rocks of 
Port Jervis, N. Y., with description of a new 
Pteropod, by Dr. S, T. Barrett, Port Jervis, 
N. Y. 
Meteorological Report of Monticello, Jones 
County, Iowa, by M. M. Moulton, Vol. Sig. 
Service U. S. A. 
Photographs of local birds and animals of 
Oregon, from C. Roop, Oregon Museum, 
Portland, Gregon. 
Portrait of W. W. Calkins of Chicago, 111., 
an engraving of which will appear in our 
next issue. 
The Ligneous Flora of South Western 
Iowa, by Professor J. E. Todd, Tabor Col- 
lege, Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa. 
We are also unable to publish our Queries 
and Answers this month, which are very 
large. 
The Lepidoptera of Bastrop Coun- 
ty, Texas, as Observed During the 
Years 1867-77. 
\_Noctuidce.~] 
BY L. HEILIGBRODT, BASTROP, TEXAS. 
(Paper No. 3.) 
Abbreviations: v. c. very common; c. com- 
mon; n. c. not common; r. rare; v. r. very 
rare. Those species which are marked very 
common and part ©f those marked common 
constitute an essential feature of the insect 
fauna of this part of Texas. 
Acontia abdominalis, Gr. r. 
" aprica, Huebn. v. c. 
" binocula, Gr. v. r. 
" candefacta, Huebn. c. 
" cretata, G. & R. v. r. 
" erastrioid.es, Guen. c. 
" lactipeiinis, Harv. n. c. 
" patrudis, Gr. c. 
Acronycta clarescens, Guen. r. 
Adipsophanes miscellus, Gr. v. r. 
Agnomonia anilis, Drury. r. 
Agrophila dama, Guen. c. 
" tortridna, Zell. r. 
Agrotis annexa, Treits. c. 
" herilis, Gr. n. c. 
" incivis, Guen. n. c. 
Bileyana, Morr. n. c. 
" saucia, Huebn. c. 
" tricosa, Lintn. r. 
Alaria gaurac, Westw. r. 
Alctia argillacea, Huebn. v. c. 
Anomis e'rosa, Huebn. r. 
Anthoecia jaguarina, Guen. r. 
" Meskeana, Gr. v. r. 
" Thorcaui, G. & R. r. 
Anticarsia gemmatalis, Huebn. v. r. 
Blepiina cdradrinalis, Guen. n. c. 
Bolina jucunde, Huebn. n. c. 
" nigrescens, F. & R. c. 
Caradrina conoiva, Harv. c. 
" grata, Huebn. r. 
Catocala a'doptiva, Gr. r. 
" agrippina, Streck. r. 
" a'masia, Westw. v. r. 
" androphila, Guen. v. c. 
" Belfragiana, Harv. r. 
" coccindta, Gr. v. r. 
" consors, Guen. r. 
" epione, Westw. n. c. 
" f rater cula, G. & R. . n. c. 
" ilia, Guen. v. c. 
" lineella, Gr. v. c. 
" piatrix, Gr. n. c. 
" ultronia, Guen. n. e. 
" ~Walshii, Edw. n. c. 
Chloridea rhexice, Westw. v. r. 
Chytoryza tecta, Gr. n. c. 
Cirrhobolina deducta, Morr. c. 
" incandescetis, Gr. n. c. 
Cloantha cridania, Cram. v. r. 
Crambodes talidifovmis, Guen. n. c. 
Cucullia lactifica, Lintn. v. r. 
Drasteria erechtea, Cram. v. c. 
Epizeuxis americalis, Guen. c. 
Erastria nigritula, Guen. c. 
" quadrifera, Zell. c. 
Erebus oaora, Linn. r. 
