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Psyche 5:347-348, 1888.

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found on these one clay old. No
amount of negative result can counterbal- ance positive observation, but I still be- lieve that eggs are largely laid at night, in New Jersey at least. Observations
made by Mr. Bodee of Freehold are
confirmatory of this view. The fly
hibernates in the imago state, and in
a winter like the one just past, breeds
nearly all the time, remaining quiet in
stables and wherever it finds shelter only in really cold weather. Dr. Lockwood
bred the flies in February from droppings brought in from the fields.
It is a rather curious phase in the his- tory of this fly that up to the beginning of August it seems to increase enor-
mo~~sly, fairly swarming about the
cattle, - worst perhaps in June and
early July, - while they are scarcely
The fly oviposits, in my ex-
perience, largely at niglit,
though the observations made
under Prof. Riley's direction
prove that many are also laid
during the day. Flies in cap-
tivity always ovipositecl for me
at night only. I never was
able to see in the field a single
fly on fresh droppings during
the day, while eggs were easily
FIG. 6.
annoying after the middle of August
and hardly as abundant as Stomoxys:
It seems also that early in the year they congregate about the base of the horns
of cattle much more than they do later
in the season.
Fig. 1. a, Tip of opercular sheath; b, a single sucker disc; c, tip of canula; d, tip of hypopharynx : all enlarged.
Fig. 2.
a, Palpus -The corresponding organ of
the opposite side is omitted; 6, the "great temions"; c, throat; d, muscular bands to direct the proboscis; c, base of canula; f, base of opercular sheath showing ringed structure and tactile hairs; y, the fulcrum : en larged.
F'ifft 3. a, Alar appendix; b, piece of wing:; L~ piece of trunk vein; d, piece of transverse or anxilli;iry vein: enlarged.
Fig. 4. Oviduct of female: enLirgcd.
Fig. 5. Genitalia of male : enlarged.
Fig. 6. 7, Head and anterior segment of larva showing structure of pumping stomach: 2, month, further enlarged; 3, tubes of lip still further enlarged. NOTES ON THE SOUTHERN DISTRI-
BUTION OF SOME COMMON
BUTTERFLIES
There seems to be a little uncertainty as to the proper Southern range of some of our otherwise well-known butterflies, and so pos- sibly the following notes. though coining ,- - a , - from only a limited locality, may help to add a link in the chain of life history of our lepi- doptera.
CEIRYSOPHANUS HYPOPHLAEAS : In the
month of August 1889, I found this fairly abundant in the neighborhood of Caesar's Head. S. C. These agree with New Terse\




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examples in my collection. I found them
along roadsides bordering' fields, and some- times in the wet sandy roads where moun- tain streams crossed. In Columbia, S. C., this past autumn, I found C. JiypopJilaeas quite common, frequenting the open meadows and weedy fields, and appearing frequently on the college campus. They presented the same quick nervous flight that I have ob- served in the species elsewhere and which is characteristic of the Theclas rather than our forms of Lycaena. My first acquaintance
with them here was in October, and they
continued abundant until late in December. They were on the wing late in February,
apparently a fresh brood, and during March were quite plentiful. As yet, however (8 April) there seems to be but the one brood, the unseasonably cold weather in March hav- ing doubtless affected them. I am unable to give any information about the number of broods. I have never seen it near Charles- ton.
NEOXYMPHA CANTHUS : This species is
given by all authors as northe: n and wes- tern.
While collecting Catocalas in September, 1889, in a thick swamp in Clarendon coun- ty, S. C., near the Santee River, I came to a spot where a ray of sunlight, penetrated the thick foliage far overhead; and there, in the glow, were a great number of the Wood
Ringlet. Debis foi*/Zat~d/a, having a game of "Toucher," or "Hide-and-seek" with one
another. I stood watching their gambols
for some time, until I thought that one of their number seemed smaller and otherwise different from the rest; in a moment he lit close to me, and I saw to my surprise, that it was something entirely different, and at the moment I could not place it. That was enough however, and T started to capture it; but the game was not in my own hands; at the first movement, off he went jerking in and out among the cypress knees and live oak buttres- ses for some distance, and becoming invisible when he lit. Capture on the wing seemed the onlypossible means ofsecuring him, and so off I dashed, into tree-trunks, splashing through water and occasionally falling flat in the mud, over a concealed root, but the last time I fell, my net was over my prize, which proved to be Neonyl~i~Jia canthus; after considerable beating about, I started another, whose final capture was effected after a repetition of my firht chase.
These were the only two seen, though I
hunted the same swamp for the next day.
An early departure prevented further search. This capture seemed strange, for that especial swamp has been a favorite hunting ground of mine for over eight years, and has been searched thoroughly 'by me.
These two are much darker, and of a gray rather than a brown tint, when compared
with Maine examples in my collection, and also with Mr. Scudder's admirable figure. This is the only instance to my knowledge, of the occurrence of the species anywhere in the southeastern states.
Ellison A. Smyt4, Jr., Columbia, S. C.
THE GENUS ARGYNXIS. The reprint
(PSYCHE v. 5, p. 308-317) of Mr. H. J.
Elwes's observation's on the North American Argynnides did not include the table of
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synonyms, list of localities and other inter- esting matter. Mr. Elwes will be glad to send a separate of his paper to anyone desir- ing to study his views more fully than can be done from the reprint in PSYCHE. His
address is Preston House, Cirencester, Eng- land.
HABIT OF VESPA.
In PSYCHE v. 5, p. -54,
Mr. J. H. Emerton figures a wasp, appar- ently Ves* maculafa, hanging by one leg
devouring a fly. When I read his account, I could hardly believe that so singular a posi- tion could be usual, and was therefore much interested in observing the same thing here in Colorado last year.
On 24 August. near
Willow Creek, Ciihter Co., Col., I found a Vespa metadata devouring a fly in exactly the same attitude as figured by Mr. Emerton. It was hanginflfrom the edge of the roof of a house.
T. D. A. Cockerell, West Cliff, Col.




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