The Canadian Entomologist Vol 11

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— Butterflies Instructions and Moths of North America for collecting, breeding, preparing, classifying, for shipment, etc A Complete Synonymical Catalogue added the a pull Bibliography, i receipt of intsof the larva; $2.00 by of Macrolepidoptera, to packing which is a glossary of terms, a descriptive list of localities, and Sent by mail prepaid on Diumes 8vo, pp vi, 283 IIKRMAN STRECKKK, P.ox in Reading P.O., Pennsylvania • I 238 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST Prothymia Hiibn coccineifascia Grote, Trans Am Ent Soc, 294 rosalba Grote, Trans Am Ent Soc, 295 orgiae Groie, Trans Am Ent Soc, 116 subolivacea Harv., Bull B DESCRIPTION OF A BY W H NEW S N Penn , N Y., Texas, Mass Texas S., 3, 11 SPECIES OF PAMPHILA HOWARDS, COALBUROH, W VA Dion P Male — Expands 1.2 inch Upper side has the disk, cell and basal areas pale fulvous, the latter much obscured costal margin also fulvous, but obscured, and inclining ; the apex and hind margin broadly stigma long, narrow, formed by two velvety-black little back of the line of the other; the black arc to red in the sub-costal interspaces bordered with fuscous spots, the lower ; ; one -a of cell forms a continuation of stigma and joins a dark stripe which runs along upper side of subcostal to base, the whole forming a sub-triangular Secondaries have the disk to base inscription such as is seen in Arpa obscure fulvous, but there Under is a clear fulvous ray on the outer part of this area side of primaries ferruginous, deepest over costal margin ; area inner margin black, and over median interspaces pale black ; on the disk an oblique band of four yellow or fulvous spots, besides a below cell to and opposite end of cell Secondexcept that there are two pale rays from base, one of which passes through cell, the other occupies submedian fifth spot, obsolescent, out of the line aries ferruginous, of uniform tint, interspace, to margin Female — Expands 1.5 inch side fuscous with a slight tint of fulvous primaries have two of row yellow spots across the yellow sub-apical spots, and an oblique as in disk secondaries have the disk nearly male, more obscured, but Upper ; ; Under with the bright ray This species tinguished from one shade of is it side as in the male Arpa Bd and Lee, but may be disdisk of secondaries, Arpa being Dion from Mr G M Dodge, received formerly closely allied to by the pale rays on color I 239 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST be Arpa, and so gave Nebraska as one of This season I have received the species my Catalogue from the southern shore of Lake Michigan, in Indiana, from Mr Chas Nebraska, and supposed it to the localities in E YVorthington says it ; from Mr also inhabits one locality there A J It Moffat, of Hamilton, would appear then to Ont, who occupy a belt extending from Canada to Nebraska Dear Sir, CORRESPONDENCE — Mr A H Mundt, of Fairburg, Ills., writes while walking through a grove near this place, I) me I thus " : On 7th Sept., saw a large number of Archippus hovering about and settling upon some limbs of a hickory curiosity than anything else, I went again the next day before More from sunset, and found the of the tree slight frost at alarmed and would to make butterflies in still larger numbers on two branches (The weather had been pretty cold Those sitting within reach of night.) a further fly for several days, with my net seemed to be upon approach, but would alight again and after dark I started for the grove with a long and box, and took 125 specimens, 51 ^,74 $, all I resolved test, step-ladder, a lantern If such assemblages of these- butterflies are usual, they of them perfect." have so far escaped notice, and the object of them is matter for con- W H Edwards jecture Coalburgh, W Va., Oct 20, 1879 Dear Sir,— In the June number of the Can Ent., W E Saunders remarks that he saw a specimen of Papilio thoas on the nth May, and that "the appearance of this butterfly at so early a date would seem to indicate that they are double-brooded here, unless it can be shown that the escape of the imago from I some of have obtained two the chrysalids fine is much earlier than from others.'' specimens of this butterfly from mature larvae The ; example went into chrysalis about the middle of September, and the imago appeared on the 9th cf May following The second was in chrysalis only from the 7th September to the 23rd of March I think the temperature at which the chrysalids one in 1878, the other this year first THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 240 On first day of July this year I took two N B., and I have seen them on the King's Co., specimens of thoas a few miles from the city, at the same date in other wing in St John Co., here a few days later I one have example captured years were kept was about equal the in Caroline Dear Sir, E John, N St Heustis, B — I have got caterpillars of P thoas or cresphontes taken in the garden of A Reid, in the west end of the city, feeding on a bush called the " burning bush," from its going off with a blaze when light is held to it ; I not know its Two Botanical name salis J [The plant referred to of them have gone into chryOnt Alston Moffat, Hamilton, Dictamnus fraxinella is — Ed C E.] — Dear Sir, On p 195 of the present volume, the Can Entom makes me say that " " of Basilarchid I I regard Disippus as probably the original type have never held such an opinion, but the very opposite Saml H Scudder Cambridge, Mass., Dec Papilio cresphontes " We have a new follows : 1, 1879 — Mr Wm butterfly in Murray, of Hamilton, writes as Hamilton and vicinity, and several I got two of of them have been captured it is P cresphontes (thoas) the larvae this fall feeding on Dictamnus fraxinella rubra ; one has gone into chrysalis, and the other died after it had up to undergo its ; change." On the 6th of October, Mr Watson, of Thedford, Ont., brought us a specimen of this larva, which had been found feeding on Prickly Ash, It was nearly full grown, and we fed it on Xanthoxylum fraxineum In the endeavor to shed Prickly Ash and Orange leaves until it spun up the its larva skin it died when the chrysalis was more than half developed ; same fatality attended a specimen which we tried to rear Errata, Vol 11, for p 206, •' ii." read 20, 22 XL— P i and ; p 26, 13, 214, one s 1 16, 9, for for "2 $ " "oscillated last read " year.-Eo C.E a, $ ; p 15, read ocellated should be deled from Aforrissonia ; on INDEX TO VOLUME Acarus? Bailey, Dr James Bark Louse on Pine, Gloveri, n sp., 159 Acidalia enucleata, 194 Actinotia derupta, 205 Adela " Bee Enemy, 17 Bethune, Rev C Adita chionanthi, 2c6 ,Eaea ostryreella, Blepharipus n sp., 56 Allantus basilaris, 13 " dubius, 13 muscorum, 136 Alypia Mac Cullochii, 151 Anisota bisecta, n sp., 10 Annual Address of President, 181 Anthocaris stclla, n sp 87 pensylvanicus, 135 separatus, 135 ternarius, 135 terrestris, 136 , thoosa, 87 Anthrax, sp nov., 216 Anticarsia gemmatalis, vagans, 135 Bombylid, an Anomalous, 215 Bowles, G H., Article by, 229 Bowles, G J., Articles by, 134, 230 79 Bucculatrix luteella, 93 Burgess, Edward, Article by, 80 Butterflies Collected in Dayton, Ohio, 139 New Species of, 49, 81 Preparatory Stages of, 127, 141, distorts, n sp., 58 parallela, n sp., 58 Ashtoni, 137 Apathus " elatus, 137 Aphelinus aspidioticola, n Apis mellifica, 135,204 sp , 159 189 Arctia rectilinea, n sp., 45 Argynnis aphrodite, 147 ." " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 135 virginicus, Antispila ampelopsiella, 126 " hydrangereella, 126 Apatela " J S., Article by, 146 tinicus, n sp., 214 Blister Beetles, Life History of, 30 Bombus fervidus, 135 lapidarius, 136 Agrotis vernilis, n sp., 57 " Callimorpha interrupto-marginata, 47 parthenice, 153 virguncula, 153 arge, 53 astarte, 52 ehitone, n sp., 82 Carpocapsa pomonella, 187 Catocala simiosa, n sp., cybele, 147 egleis, 52, 177 freya, 147 Cecidomyia leguminicola, " hesperis, Chalcophora tritici, hydaspe, 55, 56, 80 idalia, preparatory stages 121 187 liberta, 182 Chambers, V of, 217 T., Articles by, 5, 72, 89, 118, 125, 143 Chapman, Dr A W., Article by, 189 irene, 53," la lira, n sp., 49 Chauliodes, Larvae monticola, 54, 56 Cliionobas iduna, 143 Chelymorpha montivaga, 52 mormonia, 15 121 trifolii, " 54, 56 hippolyta, n sp., 81 of, cribraria, 96 120 invallda, 142 Chlorion aerarium, 133 Chrysis martia, n sp 67 52 myrina, 147 " nevadensis, 51 nitocris, 82 , verticalis, n sp., 67 purpurascens, 55, So Chrysobothris Harrisii, 19 Chrysopeleia purpuriella, zerene, 54, 80 Chrysops cuchix, Argyresthia quercicolella, 144 Ashmead, Wsi 183 Bees, are they injurious to Fruits, 204 biviella, 125 vocalis, S., Article by, Batachedra Clemensella, 144 bella, 125 " XI II., Articles by, 93, 228 Associate Members, to our, 20 Audela acronyctoides, 204 159, n sp., 35 cursim, n sp., 36 nigribimbo, n sp., 36 Cirrospilus esunis, n sp., 162 Claypole, E W., Article by, 61 Cleptes ah'etta, 11 sp , 66 INDEX TO VOLUME XL 242 Eudamus Clisiocampa sylvatica, 187, 204 Clover-seed Fly, 44 Codling Worm, Eustrotia 187 " Coenonympha gemma, Preparatory Stages Fernald, Prof Fletcher, Jas., French, G H., Collectors, to, 99, 100 Colorado Potato Beetle, 187, 196, 202 Conotrachelus nenuphar, 187 Cook, A J., Article by, 17 Fruva " Correspondence, 78, 119, 180, 140, 200, 239 of, lanigera, 21 Cotalpa Cotton Worm, 202, 205 Parasites on, 161 Crabro bigcinineus, n sp., 213 Crabronidce, Descriptions of, 210 Crickets, how Produce their Sound, 98 Ctenucha latreillana, 154 Cucullia, Species of at Sugar, 203 Cynthia cardui, 148 " huntera, 148 Dectes spinosus, 140 Deilephila intermedia, 152 Dermestes lardarius, Larva of, 100 Devereaux, W L., Article by, 105 Dianthoecia meditata, 27 inornatella, 119 Packardella, 119 purpuriella, 74, 119 5-notella, 118 erythrolita, n sp., 208 Graphiphora " fidelis, 27 " " furfurata, 27 Germani, n sp Diptera, Collections of in Cambridge, Mass., 132 Dorcaschema alternatum, 140 Dytiscus Harrisii, 221 Eburia quadrigeminata, 140 Edwards, W H., Articles by, 31, 49, 141, 127, 177, 189, 217, 224, 238, 239 Entomological Club A A A S muricina, 27 normalis, 27 perbrunnea, butions to Collection of, " Illinoiensts, n sp " Entomology for Beginners, 221 Epicauta cinerea, 120 , 157 , 77 Heterocampa Belfragei, n sp 209 Heustis, Caroline E Articles by, , , 39, 100, 239 Hipparchia discoidalis, 149 " 124, 219 Entomological Society of Ontario, Annual Meeting of, 220 Entomological Joke, 180 n sp Heliophila dia, n sp., 29 Heliothis armigera, 202 Hessian Fly, 137, 188 Entomological Society of Ontario, Annual Report of, 25 Entomological Society of Ontario, Contri- 28 by, 16, 140 15, 26, 40, 56, 79, 94, 197, 205, 231 Hadena passer, 179 Hagen, Dr H., Articles by, no, 132 Harrington, W H., Article by, 119 Entomological Club A A A S., Annual Address of President, 163 116, 163, 194, 201 , Grey, Robert M., Articles Grote, A R., Articles by, sulmala, 207 Hesperia Peckius, 150 of, n sp puerilis, 26 rufula, 26 Meetings , 28 , modesta, 27 Grapholitha albimaculana, vitis, n sp., 76 117, " " " " ' ' Dicte corruscifasciella, 125 101, Gracilaria fascicollis, 100 " fasciella, 118 fulgidella, 118 " " " " " 81, 193 of, Goldsmith Beetle, 21 Gonatopus contortulus, n sp 65 Goodei.l, L W., Articles by, 78, 193 , 1, 188 79, Articles by, 45, 76 fasciatella, 234 Geometrids, Early Stages 39, Corydalis cornutus, Larva of, 96 Cossus centerensis, Natural History " C F., Article by, 155 Article by, 220 obsoleta, 234 Fvi.es, Thos W., Article by, 59 Corrections, 79, 80 Dicopis retis, n sp , 198 sccta, n sp., 199 Exyra semicrocea, 236 of, 31 Colias eurytheme, 47, Collecting about Chicago, 68 " proteus, 189, 193 Euleucyptera cumatilis, 207 nephele, 148 Honor, a well-merited, 99 Hoplisus gracilis, n sp., 210 Hornia, Development of, 28 House-fly, Parasite on, 38 Howard, L O., Article by, 200 Eresia texana, 127 Hubner, Jacob, and Erotyla sulphuralis, 231 IIiw.st, Geo D., his works, 79 Articles by, 22, 39, 80 INDEX TO VOLUME Humble Bees, Notes on, 134 triangularis, 223 piceus, 223 Hylurgus terebrans, 182 Incurvaria mediostriatella, 146 Lygranthoecia separata, Lyonetia alniella, 75 Hydrophilus " Ingura declinata, "' Destructive to Forest Trees, 204 Fossil in Gum Copal, 202 Larva* of Dipterous, 204 " gracilella, 75 Experiments with, 185 Mamestra lorea, 28 " mucens, 206 " passer, 179 ventilator, 179 Marasmalus Melitaea baroni, 129 " " " fulvia, n sp minuta, 141 selenis 147 Monohammus " cephalanthiella, J " scutellatus, 120 Montreal Branch, Report Moth-trap, a Successful, 131 Nemeophila phyllococcus, serotinfeella, 93 n sp., 160 Noctuida?, Captures of at Clyde, N Leucanthiza amphicarprefoliella, 93 LeConte, John L Limenitis arthemis, , Article by, 100 16, 47, 195, 224, 226 Remarks on, 16,40, 195 disippus, 16, 195, 224, 226, 240 proserpina, 16, 195 ursula, 16, 195 Lintner, J A., Articles by, 10, 44, 121 Lithocolletis argentinotella, 89 Critical aenigmatella, 145 Bethuneella, 89 Clemensella, 91 coryliella, 90 deceptiisella, n sp., 73 Fitchella, 90 gemmea, 144 Hageni, 144 juglandiella, 91 mariseella, 92 obscuricostella, 92 ornatella, 91 tiitasniieella, 89 virginiella, 92 New Noctuida;, " Species of, 76, 197 North American, 26, 179, 205 North American Entomologist, 180 Notozus marginatus, n sp., 66 Nysson aeqiialis, n sp., 212 " lateralis, 213 Obituary, 78 Obnoxious Insects, Destruction of, no Oiketicus Abboti, 201 Oncocnemis aterrima, n sp., 199 Orange Trees, Insects Found on, 59 Orgyia leucostigma, 39 Oribates aspidioti, n sp 94 Orthosia signata, n sp., 76 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, 99 , Pachypolia atricornis, 94 " diffusilis, 95 accius, 191 Pamphila " arpa, 191 " brettus, 190 (/nenivorella, n sp., 145 Scudderella, 72, 145 trifasciella, 92 V., 105 ostryaefoliella, 91 Lithosia miniata, 154 Lycaina dorcas, 149 114, 183, 195 Nepticula quercicastanella, 93 " obscurusella, Lecanium caespitis, 209 geometrica, 209 Nephopteryx Zimmermani, Murtfeldtella, of, 229 infidelis, n sp., 206 Morrissonia grissella, ignobilisella, 117 A., Article by, 240 confusor, 120, 181 Moffat, Kellicott, D S., Article by, 114 Kirby's Fauna-Boreali Americana, 146 KiRBY, W F., Change of Address, 154 Lachnosterna fusca, 200 Laverna albocapitella, , Micro-Lepidoptera, 5, 72, 89, 118, 125 Mite, on Orange Scale Insect, 93 Junonia coenia, 47 " 198 Macroglossa tantalus, 140 207 flabella, n sp., 208 Insect Powder, 41 " , speculella, 75 n sp., Ithone unomaculella, n sp apicistrigella, 75 " " Insect, a Wood-boring, 196 Insects Captured by Bidens, 196 " Collection of at Washington, 202 " " " 243 XI " " delaware, 192 dion, n sp , 238 maculata, 191 palatka, 192 phyleus, 190 Papilio ajax, 203 " asterias, 201 Retarded Development of, INDEX TO VOLUME 244 Saunders, W Papilio asteroides, 85 Bairdii, 83 cresphontes, 120, 203, 239, 240 philenor, 203 thoas, 120, 203, 239, 240 Papilionidne, Scarcity of in Nova Scotia, " " Articles by, 12, 64, 133, n sp., guttata, 234 156 unomaculella, oricus, n sp leo, 231 " onagrus, 232 plumbifimbriata, 233 tortricina, 233 Personal, 99 Pheosia rimosa, 100 rholisora catullus, 203 New Tabanidae, 51 , Phyciodes nycteis, Preparatory Stages of, Tabanus Dodgci, " spams, 101 Species of, 35 n sp., 37 n sp., 38 n sp., 37 superjiimcntarins, Phymata erosa, 17, 196 Pieris rapae, 187, 196 Tachina alctice, n sp., 162 Tamila vandla, n sp., 197 " n Pilate, G R., Article by, 139 Tarache lanceolata, Pissodes strobi, 77Platarctia Scudderi, 210 Plusia, Species of at Sugar, 203 Plum Curculio, 187 Polia illcpida, n sp., 95 Tetracis crocallata, 193 Thecla augustus, 149 Therina endropiaria, 194 vesta, 129 vdaris, Tinea Polyommatus " " n sp., 64 Prodena phytolacca?, 205 Names of Insects, n sp., antiopa, 148 atalanta, 148 c-argenteum, 147 cardui, 201 furcillata, 148 New Fossorial, 133 Articles by, 131, 140 Whitney, C P., Article by, 35 Williston, S W., lunator, 140 Xanthoptera nigrofimbria, 235 " semiflava, 235 of, Xiphidria attenuata, Food Plants n sp Article by, 215 Wollaston, Mass., Notes from, 46 Worthington, C E., Article by, 68 Riley, C V., Articles by, 30, 96, 161 Samia cecropia, Retarded Development , of, 78 50 Articles by, 20, 21, 41, 78 99, 100, 124, 163, 180, 181, 194, 201, 221, 240 Saunders, W., , 155 155 Westcott, O S., Wheat Midge, 187 57- atrata, 140 Rhyssa " humida, 15 " Satyrus Paulus, , prrtiosa, n sp., 161 oiliioorus, 160 Trichogramma Typhlodromus Wasp, a Injurious to Pine, 176, 183 sylvostrana, 194 201 Saturnia io, jitglajidana, n sp nigridia, 195 Vanessa " " " " orgire, 236 subolivacea, 236 Pseudohazis eglanterina, 175 Psocus citricola, n sp., 228 Pyralid, a Carnivorous, 196 Retinia duplana, 194 " " auristrigella, 146 Tortrix Clemensiana, n sp Pontia casta, 146 Proctotrupes cremdatus, Comxtockiana, , 143 Tortricidae, Work on, 203 lucia, 150 Protest against Certain 80 sp., 197 n sp 198 Tineina, Polistes metrica, 196 " 78 F II., Article by, 46 Sprague, erransella, Prothymia of, of, 59 Spragueia dama, 233 renthina osmundana, " cerisyi, 151 Sphinx eremitus, Larva Spilomena pusilla, 213 210 " Scoliopteryx libatrix, 195 Sesia ruficaudis, 152 Si ewers, C G., Article by, 47 Smith, Frederick, Death smintheus, 141 Patton, W H., " E., Article by, 120 Sawfiies, Predaceous, 12 Scientific Names of Insects, 22, 61 Smerinthus 39- Green, Use of, 184, 195 Parnassius baldur, 142 1'aris Perimede XI Xylocopa " " " " 14 fimbriata, 60 micans, 60 purpurea, 60 varipuncta, n vidua, 60 sp , 60 FOR One and S ^lLE Each 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