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Volume 48, Number 1 Spring 2006 O~rrERI8~ ~-\) (9__ ~ & '--l ~ ,." OF THE ~ tQ ; LEPIDOPTERISTS' \; J SocrtTY ~?w1~p~~~; Inside: Three New Butterflies to the U.S. Recreational Collecting: Another Look John Abbot Revealed! Hawkmoths: Cookies for Monkeys Go to an Annual Meetingl 2006 Meeting Info. and Forms•••• An Interesting Geometrid from Utah Election Results••• Bookmark It: Mariposas Mexicanas Marketplace••• Metamorphosis••• Membership Update••• ••• and more! Contents Volume 48, No.1 Spring 2006

The Lepidopterists' Society is a non-profit Another View on Recreational Collecting . David L. Wagner 7 educational and scientific organization. The An Interesting Geometrid From Eastern Utah. Clifford D. Ferris 9 object of the Society, which was formed in Membership Update. Julian Donahue 10 May 1947 and formally constituted in De Journal of the LepSoc Online. Dale Clark 11 cember 1950, is "to promote internationally Society Business: 2006 Election Results. Ernest Williams 11 the scie nce of lepidopterology in all its Humboldt Field Resea r ch In stitute Announces: 2006 Lepidoptera branches; to further th e scientifically sound and progressive study of Lepidoptera, to is Seminar In Maine 12 sue periodicals and other publ ications on A Victorian "Take" On Lepidoptera; to facilitate the exchange of The Morality of Collecting. Arthur M.Shapiro 13 specimens and ideas by both the professional Announcement: Basic Techniques Manual (Mem oir #5) 13 worker and the amateur in the field; to com Go To An Annual Meeting? Ernest Williams 14 pile and distribute information to other or Special Center Insert: 57 t h Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society, ganizations and individuals for purposes of June 14-18 , 2006, McGuire Center, Gainesville, FL: education and conservation and appreciation Information, Registration and Field Trip Forms, and of Lepidoptera; and to secure cooperation in Call for Contributed Papers 15-19 all measures" directed towards the se aims . The Marketplace 20 (Article II, Constitution of The Lepidopter From the Editor's Desk Dale Clark 22 ists'Society.) Announcement: Gillette Museum Publications: The News ofthe Lepidopterists' Society The Butterflies of Colorado: The Heliconiinae 22 (lSSN 0091-1348) is published quarterly by Two Phyllodonta Species from Southern Arizona (Geom et r id a e). The Lepidopterists' Society,c/o Los Angeles Clifford D. Ferris and Bruce Walsh 23 County Museum of Natural History, 900 Ex Get in the Swing of Things with a Society T-Shirt!. 23 position Blvd., Los Angeles, CA90007-4057, USA., and includes one or two supp lements John Abbot Revealed. John V. Calhoun 24 each year. The Season Summary is pub Metamorphosis 26 lished every year as Supplement Sl and is An no u ncement: 2006 Pacific Slope Section Meeting 26 mailed with issue 1ofthe News. In even num Mailbag 26 bered years a complete Membership Direc How Wild Monkeys Eat Large Hawkmoths. Peter Smetacek 27 tory is published as Supplement S2 and is Bookmark it: Mariposas Mexicanas. Dale Clark 27 maile d with issue 4 of that volume of the Backpages: News. Please see the inside back cover for in Membership Information, Dues Rates, J ournal of t he Lepidopterists' structions regarding subscriptions, submis Society, Change of Ad dress?, Our Mailing List?, Missed or Defective sions to, and deadline dates for, the News. Issue?, Book Reviews, Submission Guidelines for the News 30 Periodicals Postage paid at Los Angeles, CA Executive Council. 31 and at additional mailing office (Lawrence, Season Summary Zone Coordinators 31 KS). POSTMASTER: Please send address Issue Date: March 13, 2006 ISSN 0091-1348 changes to News of the Lepidopterists' Society, c/o Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Blvd.,Los Angeles, CA90007-4057. Copyright © 2006 by The Lepidopterists' So Front Cover: ciety. All rights reserved. The statements of A Lon g-t ailed Metalmark (R hetus arcius thia, Riodinidae) captured by camera contributors do not necessarily represent the in Oca mpo, Mexico on November 20, 2004 by nature pho tographers Kim Davis views of the Society or the editor and the a n d Mike Stangeland. Just one of an ever-growing list of images on t he Mariposas Society does not war ra nt or endorse prod Mexicanas we bsite. See t he ar ti cle a nd many more photos beginning on pp. 27. ucts or services of advertisers. Spring 2006 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Three New USA Butterfly Records (Pieridae, Nymphalldae) from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson Texas Lepidoptera Survey, 8517 Burkhart, Houston, Texas 77055 [email protected] and [email protected]

The purpose of this note is to hosts are Capparis sp. d'Almeida, occurs throughout Central document and illustrate three (Capparidaceae) ( DeVries, 1987), America, and in northeastern Mexico, butterfly (Papilionoidea) species, new which do not occur naturally in and flies in Tamaulipas and San Luis to the United States, which were south Texas. However, some of these Potosi States, within 150 miles of found and photographed in Hidalgo plants, and related genera, are used the US border (pers.obs., also see Co., Texas during December 2005. as ornamentals in the region. Luis et al. 2003 ). These include: Pieriballia viardi Oynamine postverta mexicana The larval hosts in Costa Rica are (Boisduval, 1836 ): Pieridae: Pierinae; d'Almeida Dalechampia sp. (E up horbiaceae) Dynanime postverta mexicana (DeVries, 1987), but like its close d'Almeida, 1952 Nymphalidae: Three individuals of this butterfly relative, Dynamine dyonis Geyer, Biblidinae; and Pteronymia cotytto were found in Hidalgo Co., Texas in 1837, it may also utilize Tragia sp. (Guer in-Menevill e [1844]) December 2005. The first, a male of the same family. Dynamine dyonis Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae. No (Fig. 6), was found by Terry Fuller is a periodic wanderer to southern examples of any of t hese were at NABA International Butterfly Texas, occasionally breeding, and collected in the United States, but Park, Mission, Texas on Dec. 3, 2005. occasionally straying as far north as the photographs shown here (and It was photographed by him, David Collin County, just north of Dallas others, not shown), are sufficient for Hanson, and Phil Schappert. The (pers. obs .) unquestionable identifications. same individual was also sighted the Pteronymia COtyttO (Guerin Pieriballia viardi (Boisduval) following day at the same location by Willie Sekula. The second Meneville) One female individual of this common individual, a female (Figs. 4,5), was One female individual of this butterfly Mexican species was located and found by James Booker at Bentsen was found and photographed (Figs. photographed (Figs. 1-3) at Bentsen State Park/World Birding Center, 7,8 ) by Jan Dauphin at NABA State ParklWorld Birding Center in Mission. TX. , on Dec 7. It was International Butterfly Park, Mission, the butterfly garden on 6 Dec. 2005 documented in photos by Booker, Jan Texas, on Dec. 7, 2005. It was by James Booker, Mary Gustafson, Dauphin, and others. The third subsequently observed and Jan Dauphin, Mike Stangeland, Kim individual, was found by Benton photographed by many others. Davis and others. Basham at Edinburg World Birding This is a strongly sexually dimorphic Center, Hidalgo Co., TX, on Dec 29, Pteronymia cotytto is very similar in species. The female is a fairly good 2005. This species was also included appearance to Greta morgane oto, mimic of Heliconius charithonia as having occurred in the United but readily distinguished by the (Linnaeus, 1767); in flight, at least. States by Pyle,(1986), but this different venation, especially visible The color of the forewing bands in record was undocumented (see Opler on the hindwing. the female varies from greenish & Warren, 2002 ). It occupies a similar range in Mexico yellow to orange-yellow. The male This butterfly has long gone by the to G. morgane oto, as well as several may be difficult to distinguish from name of Dynamine mylitta (Cramer, other species mentioned below, Ascia monuste (Lin naeus, 1764), in 1779), but it has been recently occurring as far north as southern flight, or when resting with wings recognized that postverta (Cramer, Tamaulipas, Mexico ( pers. obs.). closed. In northeastern Mexico, P. 1779) has priority over mylitta Most of these species utilize various viardi is known from Tamaulipas, (Lamas, 2004). It is widely distributed larval hosts in the Sola n aceae, as far north as Galeana Canyon and in the Neotropical region, including especially Cestrum sp. (DeVries; 1987). Canon del Novillo, and also in Nuevo Mexico (most tropical and sub-tropical We have illustrated three similar Leon and San Luis Potosi (pers. obs., habitats), Central and South America, species including: Pteronymia artena also see Luis et al. 1997). The larval and Cuba. The subspecies, mexicana continued on pp. 6 Volume 48, Number 1 3 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 48, Number 1

Three New U.S. Butterfly Species Fig. 1- 3: Pieriballia viardi, Bentsen State Park/World Birding Center, December 6, 2005 . Fig. 4 & 5: a female Dynamine postverta mexicana, Bentsen State Park/World Birding Center, Mission, Texas, December 7, 2005 ; Fig. 6 a male at NABA International Butterfly Park, Mission, Texas, December 3, 2005. Fig. 7 & 8: Pteronymia cotytto, photographed by Jan Dauphin at NABA International Butterfly Park, Mission, TX. on December 7, 2005.

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Fig. 1 & 2: Pieriballia viardi (male); Fig. 3: P. viardi (female); Fig. 4: Dynamine postverta mexicana (male); Fig. 5: D. postverta mexicana (female); Fig. 6: D. postverta mexi cana (ventral); Fig. 7 - 9: Pteronymia cotytto; Fig. 10 &ll: P artena Fig. 12 & 13: Oleria paula.

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Three U.S. Records.. from pp. 3 "accidentals" defined as not arriving Rica and their Natural Hi story. in the United States by natural Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae. (Hewitson, 1855)(Figs. 10,11); Oleria Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ means. The individuals found in the pp. 326 paula (Weymer, 1883)(Figs. 12,13); and United States of both of these species Garwood , K. & Lehman R., 2005. Butterflies Greta annette (Gu er in-Meneville, were very fresh individuals, which of Northea stern Mexico, Eye Scry 1844), (see Dauphin, et . aI, 2005). Any should not be the case, unless they Publishing, Monterrey, Mexico. pp . 192. of t hese probably have a similar Hall, S.K. 1996. Behavior and natural history were breeding locally, or were of Greta oto in captivity (Lepidoptera: chance of occasionally straying to transported. We wish to add, Nymphalid ae: Ithomiinae). Tropical extreme southern Texas, as do G. however, that we have no doubt that Lepidoptera 7 (2): 161-165. morgane oto and P cotytto, but it is the circumstances concerning the Lamas, G. (Ed.) , 2004, Ch ecklist: Part 4A u n likely that any could breed Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner, J.B., discovery and photographic (Ed.), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera., successfully in the lower Rio Grande documentation of these species in the Scientific Publishers, Gainesvill e, Florida. Valley of Texas. These species are United States are valid. We question Xxxvi + 439 pp. also illustrated in Garwood & only the means by which these two Llo ren te, J .B. , O. Onate, A.M. Lu is, & I.F. Lehman;(2005) and at Warren et al. Vargas. 1997. Papilionidae y Pi eridae de butterf1ies arrived at their Mexico: Distribucion Geografica e (2006) . destinations in the United States. If Illustracion. Comisi on Nacional para el Comments additional examples, or evidence of Conocimiento y Uso de las Biodiversidad breeding naturally in the area is (CONABIO) y Facultad de Ciencias, The lower Rio Grande Vall ey of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. found , then the status would change. Mexico D.F. viii + 227 pp. 28 pl. extreme south Texas continues to The records of Pieriballia uiardi and Luis -Martinez, A , J.E. Llorente-Bousqu ets, & produce outstanding records for I. Vargas-Fernandez. 2003. Nymphalidae de Lepidoptera . Over the past half Dynamine postverta m exicana are Mexico I (Danainae, Apaturinae, Biblidinae decade, 12 butterf1ies, new to the accepted as "strays" or "vagrants". y Heliconiinae): IJistribucion Geografia e Illustracion. Faculdad Univ ersidad Nacion al United States, have been discovered The periodic occurrence of both of these was predicted earlier by the Autonoma de Mexico, y Comision Nacional in this region. We believe that the para el Conocimie n t o y Uso de la main reasons for this include the authors (Bordelon & Knudson, 2003 ) Biodiver sidad(CONABIOl , Mexico D.F. tremendous growt h in numbers of and some of the individuals were 249pp. Opler, P. & Warren , A., 2002 . Butterflies of butterf1y enthusiasts, either living in, worn, as befitting strays. There are probably another 20-30 species of North America 2. Scientific Names List for or regularly visiting the area; the Butterfly Species of North America, North Mexican butterf1ies that could turn development of many large and small of Mexico, Contributions of th e C.P.Gillette butterf1y gardens, and the up in extreme south Texas in Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado dissemination of information (not subsequent years, provided that the State University, Ft. Collins, CO. 79 pp. current climatic regime remains Pyle, R.M., 1986. The Audubon Society Field always accurate) over the internet. Guide to North American Butterflies , Other factors may include a stable. Chanticleer Press, New York. 924 pp. succession of mild winters, which Acknowledgements Warren , AD., J.E. Llorente, AM. Luis & I.F. may (or may not), be tied to global Varga s. 2006. Interactive Listing of The authors wish to thank th e Mexican Butterflies. Listado Interaccional warming. following persons for providing de la s Mariposa s Mexicanas. < www.mariposasmexicanas.com > [19-1-2006] However, other factors, which remain information, photographs, and u nknown to us, could also be at com me nts: Jan & Da vid Dauphin, work. Certain neotropical butterf1ies Terry Fuller, Da vid Hanson, James are easily bred in captivity and Booker; Mike Stangeland, Kim Davis, livestock is readily available from Benton Basham, Phil Schappert, Mike various sources. For example, we Quinn, and Andrew Warren (who has have noted an article (A. Warren pers. reviewed this article at the authors co rn .) by Steven Hall, (1996), in request). which the species Greta morgane oto is discussed. According to this paper, Literature Cited this species is frequently bred in Bordelon, C. & E. Knudson. 2003 (2005). Costa Rica and widely exported to Illustrated Checklist of Lepidoptera in th e Lower Rio Grande Valley, Pt. 1: Butterflie s, butterf1y houses, world -wide. With the Houston (private) pp. 60 proper permits, anyone can obtain Dauphin , J., D. Dauphin ,C. Bordelon, & E. such livestock. Knudson . 2005. Three New Butterflies New to th e United Stat es from South Texas , Therefore, we recommend that the News of th e Lepidopterists'Society 47 (2) records for Pteronymia cotytto and 99. 43-46 Greta morgane oto be considered as DeVries , P.J., 1987. Th e Butterflies of Costa

6 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Another View on Recreational Collecting

David L. Wagner 75 North Eagleville Rd., Rm. 312, U-43, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268-1712 [email protected]

Like all Societies, we represent a statement are often recreational and ups, lobbying and other legislative plurality of views and interests-no two activities that fall outside the guidelines efforts, dam removal initiatives, of us will agree on all matters, even are often not recreational. outreach programs, and myriad other those lepidopterological. The strength I and many of my colleagues enjoy projects. In this country and elsewhere, of our Society depends, to a large collecting and find it recreational, it is often the collectors/hunters that measure, on our willingness to embrace especially when we are joined by ends up working the hardest for the a diversity of backgrounds, interests, friends, students, or our families. preservation and long term survival of and opinions. My views on collecting, Sometimes I collect for the sheer the creatures that have, for so long, particularly with regard to its enjoyment of being outdoors and to be been the object of their attentions. acceptability, differ somewhat from "in pursuit" of something that I haven't The metamorphosis from hunter ( those recently expressed in the seen before. A sense of the satisfaction gatherer) to steward is certainly not News...and I offer them in the spirit of that I get from collecting is conveyed in universal, but nearly so. Ehrlich, inclusiveness. First, I wanted to the preface of my recent caterpillar Eisner, Emmel, Gall, Klots, Pyle, address the issue of "recreational guide: "I am not sure what brings me Wilson, and many other stalwarts of collecting," which has been defined as more pleasure: the hunt, rearing, or invertebrate conservation started off as anything outside of the seven purposes photography. I enjoy reading about a collectors. At the time they started listed in the Society's statement on species, researching its foodplants and collecting as children, I suspect their collecting Lepidoptera: habits, planning a trip, and then motivations fell outside of the Society's PURPOSES OF COLLECTING searching for its caterpillar." collecting purposes and burgeoned out (consistent with the above): When mulling over the acceptability of of curiosity, awe, and an appreciation 1.1 To create a reference collection for recreational collecting it is important to for the beauty of moths and butterflies. study and appreciation. consider the parallels with hunting or Or perhaps their collecting was simply fishing. Several of the great tiger a manifestation of our species' long 1.2 To document regional diversity, evolutionary history as hunter-gathers. frequency, and variability ofspecies, and reserves of India were established by tiger hunters. Edward James Corbett, Regardless, taking a longer view, we as voucher material for published should be circumspect about chastising records. India's greatest tiger hunter, gained deep respect for these magnificent others simply because they enjoy insect 1.3 To document faunal representation cats-over the course of his life he hunting and collecting... out of their in environments undergoing or worked to create the Association for the ranks will come many ardent threatened with alteration by humans or Preservation of Game in the United conservationists and their specimens natural forces. Provinces and to establish India's first will join others in our public 1.4 To participate in development of national park in the Kumaon Hills (for institutions. regional checklists and institutional tigers). Other examples of the hunting/ There are other collecting activities reference collections. conservation paradox are US National that fall outside of the Society's Wildlife Refuges, which were established 1.5 To complement a planned research guidelines that I regard as acceptable. endeavor. with revenues provided by Federal Duck My fascination with insects began the Stamps, a program whose legislation day my parents bought me a 1.6 To aid in dissemination of was written and pushed forward by our educational information. microscope-having an opportunity to nation's sportsmen. Since 1934 sales of examine an insect alive or dead under Federal Duck Stamps have generated 1.7 To augment understanding of a microscope IS a wonderful taxonomic and ecologic relationships for more than $700 million for wetland introduction to invertebrate medical and economic purposes. conservation, with most going to the biodiversity. While a watching or catch acquisition of more than 5.2 million There are problems with this and-release approach is certainly to be acres of habitat for NWR system. Trout distinction: collecting activities that encouraged, I question the wisdom of Unlimited spends millions each year to fall within the purview of the Society's admonishing or shaming a child for protect watersheds through their clean- continued on pp.9

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Fig. 1 Typical specimens of D. b. bifilata. Fig. 2 D. b. ruthiaria showing range of variation. Fig. 3 Male genitalia of ruthiaria less aedeagus. Fig. 4 Aedeagus. Fig. 5 Female genitalia of ruthiaria. Fig. 6 San Rafael Reef area on 27 May, 2004 looking east with La Sal Mts. on the horizon, and juniper bushes in the foreground. Fig. 7 Same, view to west of canyon with juniper bus hes in background and Ep hedra in foreground.

8 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of the Lepidopterists' Society An Interesting Geometrid from Eastern Utah Clifford D. Ferris 5405 Bill Ny e Avenue, R.R.#3, Laramie, WY 82070

Despite its arid and inhospitable resemblance to typical D. b. bifilata moths only in UV-light traps placed in appearance for most of the year, the (H ulst) from the Rocky Mountain close proximity to juniper bushes. San Rafael Reef-Goblin Valley area in region [TL "Colorado"]. The genitalia Ron Leuschner (Manhattan Beach, CA) Emery Co., Utah supports some very (Fig. 3-5) of ruthiaria are identical to and Larry F. Gall (New Haven, CT) interesting moths in the spring. those of bifilata. kindly provided bibliographic materials. Recently described noctuids include I have collected D. b. ruthiaria from late Schinia sanrafaeli Opler, April to late May, depending upon References Copablepheron opleri Lafontaine, annual environmental conditions. The Rindge, F.H. (1949) A revision of the geometrid Protogygia pectinata Lafontaine, and P. moth's biology is unknown. The moths formerly assigned to Drepanulatrix (Le pidopt era) . Bulletin of th e American rufescens Fuaske & Lafontaine. reported larval hosts (Scoble, 1999 ) of Museum of Natural History, vol. 95, Art. 5, Several moth species normally D. b. bifilata are Cercocarpus sp. pp. 231-298, figures 1-14, tables 1-3. associated with desert regions of (Rosaceae) and Quercus sp. (Fagaceae). Scobie, M. J. (Ed) (1999 ) Geometrid moths of California and Nevada also occur, one Neither plant occurs where I have the World: a catalogue. CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia. 2 vol. 1,016 pp. + 129 pp. + 129 of whic h is the little known geometrid collected ruthiaria. The only woody pp. Drepan ulatrix bifilata ruthiaria Sperry, plants in the immediate vicinity are Sp erry, J. L . (1948) Three apparently 1948 [TL "Charleston Mts., Nevada"; Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae), Ephedra sp. undescribed geometrid moths from the actually Mt. Charleston, Spring Mts., (Ephedraceae), and Juniperus sp . Southwest. Bulletin of th e Southern California Academy of Sciences, 47, 6-10. Clark Co., NV] . As shown by Figs. 1 (Cupressaceae). I suspect that juniper & 2, this subspecies shows little may be the host since I have taken the

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killing and perhaps dissecting an insect three still save specimens for me. Their then much is gained. because such activities may not fit motive for collecting was monetary As a systematist and curator, I see great comfortably into one of the seven gain, but the end result was that they value in specimens that are carefully purposes outlined in our Society's developed a greater appreciation for prepared and labeled, especially if such collecting policy. Having specimens in invertebrates and their spec imens are collections are imbued with habit at , a shoe box, some wit h antennae, some contributing to scientific knowledge. behavioral, or other life history data. without, wings and legs akimbo, to pore Activities such as butterfly far ming or It matters little whether such over at night, examine under a lens, can professional guiding that promote the specimens are taken by a recreational, and will capture a child's mind. I livelihoods of families and/or result in amateur, professional, or scientific venture that more than a few the preservation of primary or collector. The scientific, educational, systematists in our Society spawned secondary rainforest may also fall well and/or conservation values of the thusly. Tricky business this. outside the Lepidopterists' Society's specimens are equivalent. When I visit Costa Rica , I often hire a stated purposes for collecting. Whether Rather than focus on whether collecting member of the local community to help the butterflies are taken for scientific is recreational or not, I would me collect. The people who have study, for butterfly houses, by and for encourage all to focus on weightier assisted me did so to earn a living, so insect dealers, by recreational or matters such as whether collecting is their motivation for collecting fell scientific collectors, or even for use in done sustainably and ethically, or if a outside the purview of the Society's art or other commodities may be moot. given collecting effort will, in the long "Statement on Collecting Lepidoptera." If such activities are carried out view, contribute to habitat and species But without exception, the individuals sustainably, ethically, and result in the preservation or promote greater that I have employed came away with long term welfare of the supporting appreciation for Lepido ptera and other a deeper respect and understan ding for habitats (e .g., as opposed to being invertebrates. insects and their habitats-two of the cleared for agriculture or industry),

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All articles of the Journal, except those that will help you locate the correct file: The files can be accessed by going to the published in the most recent five years, year-volume(issue)first page- last name Lepidopterists' Society webpage at are now available online as searchable of first author. Alternatively, you may (http://lepsoc.org). A special thanks to pdffiles. These pdffiles are best viewed perform a full-text search on all online David Lohman for undertaking this with Adobe Acrobat Reader 7. If you pdfs (over 3,000 articles spanning 50 + very worthy project. have a reference to a specific article, you years) using the Search feature. This may use the browse feature to navigate interface performs a Google search of to the appropriate pdf. Articles from all the full text and returns a list of the but the first few volumes of the Journal articles most closely fitting your search follow a standard naming convention terms. Lepidopterists' Society Election Results 200$'

A total of 501 vali d ballots, excluding Thomas J. Simonsen (Denmark)435 Secretary those that were completely blank, were received by the stated deadline of write-ins: David D. Lawrie 480 January 15, 2006. The names of the Keith S. Brown, Jr. (Brazil) l write-in: successful candidates are in boldface David L. Wagner (USA) l Julian P. Donahue 1 below. Write-in votes were considered valid only for members in good standing Executive Council, Members at Treasurer in the Society. Large Kelly M. Richers .488 President-Elect Michelle DaCosta 350 Constitutional Amendment William E. Conner .474 John H. Masters 355 Yi 43 1 es . write-in: Michael G. Pogue 345 No 29 Andrew V Z. Brower 1 Michael S. Singer 338 write-ins: Vice Presidents Respectfully submitted, (three; no more than one per country) Harry Pavulaan 1 Ernest H. Williams, Secretary William E. Miller (USA) .469 Kilian Roever 1 Yen Shen-Horn (Taiwan) .429 Michael Sabourin 1

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Th e Humboldt Field Research Institute Announces... 1006 Lepidoptera Seminar in Maine

LEP IDOP TERA FOR NATUR survey of all species in Great Smoky natural history sciences, Eagle Hill ALISTS: BUTTERFLIES AND Mountains National Park, where he is offers specialty seminars and MOTHS one of the coordinators of the workshops at different ecological scales Lepidoptera survey effort. for those who are interested in June 4 - 10, 2006 understanding, addressing, and solving OTHER ENTOMOLOGY SEMI This seminar will present a broad complex ecological questions. Seminars NARS AND ONE SPIDER overview of butterflies and moths and topics range from watershed level SEMINAR AT EAGLE HILL IN their natural history and is of special subjects, and subjects in classical 20 0 6 interest to naturalists, field biologists, ecology, to highly specialized seminars new researchers, and volunteers Aquatic Entomology for Naturalists in advanced biology, taxonomy, and interested in working with natural June 4 - 10, 2006 Fred SaintOurs ecological restoration. Eagle Hill has heritage programs. Topics which will be Coleoptera: Beetles for Naturalists long been recognized as offering hard covered include field and lab June 18 - 24, 2006 Dr. Donald S. to-find seminars and workshops which identification characters for families as Chandler provide important opportunities for well as local species, whole specimen training and meeting others who are Guild of Natural Science Illustrators preparation, micro-dissection essential likewise dedicated to the natural history (GNSI) 2006 Workshop: for identification purposes, rearing SCIences. I. Painting Butterflies and Moths with techniques, and ? The major families of Eagle Hill field seminars are of special Acry lics and Color Pencil, and macrolepidoptera will be introduced interest because they focus on the using specimens. Night field trips are II. Painting Watercolor Botanicals on natural history of one of North planned to observe and collect moths for Vellum America's most spectacular and pristine study and to learn field identification June 25 - July 1, 2006 natural areas, the coast of eastern characters. Maine from Acadia National Park to There will be a comprehensive Dolores R. Santoliquido and Carol Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge discussion of references for studying Woodin and beyond. Most seminars combine butterflies and moths in the Northeast, Arachnids: The Natural History, field studies with follow-up lab studies emphasizing how naturalists can make Ecology, and Behavior of Spiders and a review of the literature. significant contributions to the study June 25 - July 1, 2006 Dr. Linden Additional information is provided in of lepidoptera through observation, Higgins lectures, slide presentations, and photography, and collecting. Chironomids: Classification, Morphol discussions. Seminars are primarily Dr. Brian Scholtens (scholtensb ogy, Identification and Lifecycles taught for people who already have a @cofc.edu ) received his PhD from the August 13 - 19, 2006 Dr. Leonard C. reasonable background in a seminar University of Michigan in 1990. He has Ferrington, Jr. program or in related subjects, or who been on the faculty at the College of Development of Electronic Natural are keenly interested in learning about Charleston in Charleston, SC since History Identification Guides a new subject. Prior discussions of 1992, where he is an associate October 2 - 6, 2006 Fred SaintOurs personal study objectives are welcome. professor. He has also taught "The Biology of Insects" for more than 10 SYLLABI ARE AVAILABLE. years at the University of Michigan For more information, please contact Bio logical Station. His research the Humboldt Institute, PO Box interests are the conservation biology 9,Steuben, ME 04680-0009. 207-546 of threatened and endangered insects 2821. Fax 207-546-3042 and t he systematics and faunistics of E-mail -mailto:[email protected] Lepidoptera. He is currently involved in projects working on a threatened Online registration and information locust species on the dunes of the Great http://www.eaglehill.us Lakes, an endangered water beetle in In support of field biologists, modern the Great Lakes region, and a major field naturalists, and students of the

12 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of the Lepidopterists' Society A VICTORIAN "TAKE" ON THE MORALITY OF COLLECTING Arthur M. Shapiro Center for Population Biology, Univ ersity of California, Davis, California 95616

"British Butterflies" by WS. Coleman admiration-that,too , from intelligent taking of their life, if the so doing is perhaps the first "Field Guide" ever and worthy friends.... ministers to his own well-being or published (1860), appearing in a one "So I will briefly try to act as apologist for pleasure, and practically everyone shilling paperbound edition with black the "brotherhood of the net," myself assumes this right in one way or and-white plates, designed to fit in the included. Inthe firstplace, I will state roundly another.... pocket, as well as a more expensive my sincere belief that insects cannot feel "Then, if all this be right, are we not clothbound edition with the plates in pain. This is no special pleading, or "making justified in appropriating a little color. It is still common in antiquarian the wish father to the thought," but a butterfly life to ourselves, and does not bookstores, and I recently found a copy conviction founded on an ample mass of the mental feast that their after-death for sale in Berkeley. It contains a evidence, on my own observations and beauty affords us at least furnish an experiments, and strengthened by analogical discussion of the morality of collecting. equal excuse for their sacrifice with reasoning.... This is just as much a Victorian issue any that can be urged in favor of any as a contemporary one. The Victorian "Insects, when mutilated in a way that animal slaughter, just to tickle the age was simultaneously the heyday of would cause excessive pain and speedy palate or minister to our grosser sport shooting and big-game hunting death to vertebrate animals, afterwards appetites?" perform all the functions of life - eating, and the apogee of mawkish The argument that man has an drinking, etc., with the same evident sentimentalism about animals (and absolute right to the use of animals is gusto and power of enjoyment as much else). It is evident from not justified by Coleman because it was before.... Coleman's discussion that butterfly indeed nearly a universal tenet at the collecting was considered controversial "After all that can be said on this time. It was grounded in Hebrew in his time. He begins by alluding to subject, there will still probably be scripture and specifically in the the famous case of Lady Glanville, who misgivings in the mind of many, both "nat u ral theology" of William Paley. was charged with mental incompetency as to the question of insect feelings, and There is a good discussion of it in due to her butterfly collecting: also as to our right to shorten their (among other places ) Chapter 5 of "The "Now [the entomologist] may collect existence, even by a painless death. Heyday of Natural History" by Lynn butterflies, or other flies, as he pleases, "As to the first point, we have now the Barber (J onat han Cape, London, without bringing down a commission means [chloroform] of giving any insect 1980). It is much more in contention "de lunatico" on his head, but still the an utterly painless quietus, be it capable today than it was among the Victorians, goodness of his heart is sometimes of feeling pain or no . In regard to the with prominent professional called in question, and he has to second, I think few will deny that man philosophers of our time strongly encounter the equally obnoxious charge enjoys a vested right to make use of any denying that there is any such right. of cruelty to the objects of his of the inferior animals, even to the

Announcement... Basic Techniques for Observing and Studying Moths &Butterflies by William D. Winter. Lep. Soc. Memoir #5 is a 350-page book (with 82 pages of Appendices) packed with information for study of Lepido-ptera. Both beginners and experienced students of Lepidoptera will find this book to be a valuable reference. iVl oths& Butterflies To get your copy, send Check/Money Order for $29 .00 (Members), $44.00 (Non-members), postpaid (Canada and Mexico add $6.00; others add $10.00), made pay-able to "The Lepi dopterists' Society," to: Ken Bliss, Publications Mgr. 28 DuPont Ave. Piscataway, NJ 08854

Volume 48, Number 1 13 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 48, Number 1 Go To An Annual Meetingl Ernest Williams Dept. ofBiology, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, New York 13323-1295 [email protected]

The Society will hold its annual meeting I find that quite astonishing, but Lep CO, in 1993 (151). The trend of high in Gainesville, Florida, during June 14 Soc folks become friends, people you 're numbers all being out west was broken 18 . Should you go? That's easy to glad to see each time. by the Society's 50 t h anniversary answer: if possible, yes ! People with a meeting at Yale in New Haven CT in The meetings have been growing in wide range of interests in leps gather at 1997 (175). Gainesville in Jun~ sho~ld attendance. The attached figure shows these meetings - a comfortable mix of appeal to many people and so should the number of attendees who signed the amateurs and professionals - and those appear on the list of the best attended registration book for each meeting. who go learn a little (or a lot), meet meetings. some very interesting and like -minded The actual number of people in The Society's archives are now housed folks, and have a generally good time. attendance has been higher than these in Florida at the site of this summer's Field trips simply add to the fun counts indicate because some of those whether the trip is with cameras 0; present haven't signed the book. Still, meeting. The original registration book nets. these counts are good representations is there, and it shows 48 attendees at of the number of people present. the very first annual meeting, which The first meeting I went to was in was held in 1950 at the American Some patterns st and out in these Laramie, Wyoming, in 1982. By that Museum of Natural History in New attendance records. Last year's time, I had belonged to the Lep Soc for York. The first two pages have the meeting was the largest ever, bolstered a few years, although I had never given original signatures / autographs of by the joint sponsorship of the much thought to going to a meeting. some pretty well known lepidopterists Southeastern Arizona Chapter of the But I happened to be near Laramie that present for that initial meeting: North American Butterfly Association summer, and, being interested in leps, Charles Remington, Alexander Klots, (SEABA). The 2006 Gainesville meeting I thought I'd see what a Lep Soc Harry Clench, Fred Rindge, Eugene is being cosponsored by the Southern gathering is like. The experience was Munroe, Paul Ehrlich, L.P. Grey, Lepidopterists' Society and the enlightening and enjoyable; I remember Lincoln Brower, Stan Hessel, and Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. especially hearing noted lepidopterists others. speak, seeing Cliff Ferris's extensive Can attendance this summer possibly collection, and watching Lincoln top the 2005 record? Many of us have signed the registration logs for these meetings over the years, Brower dance at the Cowboy Bar! Since The largest meetings have been out adding our names to the records of then, I've gone to as many annual west: Tucson, AZ, in 1991 (162 signed friends made through a mutual interest meetings as possible. The Gainesville the book); Sierra Vista, AZ, in 1999 in butterflies and moths. Many more meeting will be my 20th • Thinking back, (185) and 2005 (237); and Fort Collins, will be added this summer.

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14 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of t he Lepidop t erists' Society 2006 Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society co-hosted with the Southern \epidopterists' Society and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera McGuire Center for Lepidoptera &Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida. June 14-18, 1006

The McGuire Center and the University of Florida invite in conjunction with the Project Wings on Tuesday, June 13th, you to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society preceding the meetings. Information for this workshop will in conjunction with the Southern Lepidopterists' Society and appear the McGuire and Lepidopterists' Society websites. the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. It is now time to So we recommend that you register and sign up for these prepare for these joint meetings of the above societies at the meetings early! Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Registration in for mat ion and further updates will be Gainesville, a city noted for its green canopy of magnolias, available on the Lepidopterists' Society website oaks, and pines in north-central Florida.The meeting will (www.lepsoc.org) and also on the following pages of this be one day longer than the usual to accommodate the many issue of the News , the Southern Lepidopterists' News, special events scheduled during these meetings. Lepidoptera News (ATL), and various list serves. Rooms The tentative schedule will include separate field trips for have been reserved at four hotel/motels within or near to photographers/watchers and collectors on June 13th and 14th, the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. Please th and a potential moth field trip on the evening of June 15 • see the list and associated amenities provided under housing Please note that the number of participants associated with below. Please note that registrants should make room each field trip will be limited. On June 14t h, there will be a reservations as early as possible directly with these firms, late afternoon reception and a visit to Butterfly Rain Forest and all room blocks will be released prior to the dates of the at the McGuire Center, and slide-fest (limit of seven slides/ meetings. person) that evening. The formal presentations and poster Individuals interested in the formal program should contact th th sessions will run June 15 through the morning of June 18 either Drs. Thomas C. Emmel (tcem m el @flm n h .u fl .ed u) th and an author's book signing on the afternoon of June 17 • or Jacqueline Y. Miller (jmiller@ fl m n h.u fl. ed u ). For local t Other special events will include a barbecue on June 16 h, arrangements, please contact Jacqueline Miller. Plans have t th banquet on June 17 h, and the business meeting on June 18 • been made for pre- and post-meeting trips for local collecting. In addition to the above events, 4-H leaders and teachers In addition, post-meeting trips to Madagascar and Costa are invited to participate in a special workshop sponsored Rica are also planned. by the Education Committee of the Lepidopterists' Society We look forward to seeing you in Gainesville in June 2006! Thomas C. Emmel and Jacqueline Y. Miller Local Arrangements: Travel: Gainesville is located approximately 82 mi. southwest of Jacksonville, 110 mi. northwest of Orlando, and 120 mi. northeast of Tampa. Gainesville does have a local airport and if arriving by air, we suggest that you check the options for less expensive flights, especially for international flights. There are Gainesville airport shuttles for two of the host hotels, and please make arrangements directly with the hotel in advance. Airport shuttle service is available from Orlando. Please contact Lake Limo (1 800 448 2808; uiuna.lahelimo.net), Also check the car rental costs for comparative prices. Directions to the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Take Exit 384 (Archer Road ) off 1-75 and go east to 34th street. Turn left off Archer. Go north and turn left at the third stoplight. The Hilton Hotel and Conference Center Complex is on your left. For those coming from the south, take Exit 382 (Williston Road) to the stoplight, turn left to the next stoplight (34th St.). Turn left and go north until 34th crosses Archer Road and follow directions listed above. The Hilton University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center is located at 1714 SW 34th Street. The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity is located to the east (right ) off Hull Road in the Cultural Plaza. There is ample free parking at the Conference Center. All formal sessions will take place at the Hilton Hotel Conference Center. continued on pp. 18

Volume 48, Nu mber 1 15 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 48, Number 1 Registration for 2006 Joint Meetings of the Lepidopterists' Society, Southern Lepidopterists' Society, and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Hilton University of Florida Conference Center and the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida 14-18 June 2006 Last name: , First name and initial _ Other registered family/group members Street address or P. O. Box : City: State/province and postal code: Cou n t ry _ e-mail Phone Institution or affiliation for name tag: _ List housing selection Will require shuttle to meeting events _ Registration fee includes breaks, program, and other registration materials.

1) Number of persons x $95 (before May 15, 2006; after May 15th , $110) $ _

2) Number of students x $70 (before May 15, 2006; after May 15th , $85 ) $ _ 3) Southern Barbecue, Friday evening, includes dinner and non-alcoholic beverage, $25 per person, re servations (Deadline June 1"t) $ _ 3) Annual banquet includes tax and gratuity, buffet with vegetarian options, $25 per person, (Deadline, June 1st ) $ _ Payment for banquet and barbecue due no later than June 1"t Field trips, $6 for lunch and beverage per person. Limited space $ _ Total enclosed $ _ Make check payable to: LepSoc2006 Conference and mail to Dr. Jacqueline Miller, LepSoc2006, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Mu seum ofNatural History, University of Florida, P. O. Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710. Registration cancellations after 1 June will be subject to a $25 cancellation fee; otherwise, refunds will be considered on an indi vidual basis. NOTE: At the time of the conference, registration capability will be limited to the formal sessions only. Event tick ets, if any, may be limited. Field Trip Registration Last name: , First name and initial _ Street address or P. O. Box: City: State/province and postal code: Country _ e-mail Phone Note: A signed liability release form (see pp. 118) is required for all field trip participants (see below) I (we) plan to attend a field trip on June 13th (box lunch $6 per person) $ _ I (we) plan to attend a field trip on June 14th (box lunch $6 per person) $ _

I (we) plan to attend a field trip following the meeting on June 18th _ I am interested in a trip where collecting is a major activity _ I am interesting in a trip where photography/observation is the main activity _ There is no charge for the above field trips. A box or bag lunch and beverage will be available for $6. Mail completed form and check to LepSoc2006, Dr. Jacqueline Miller, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Univ ersity of Florida, P. O. Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611 -2710. Participants will be asked to car-pool in their own vehicles. Current plans for local collection thus far include a trip to the area in Apopka close to the University IFAS Station, the Ordway Research Station northeast of the Uni versity, and the Goethe Forest west of Gainesville. Oth er opportunities for local collecting are under investigation.

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Call for Contributed Papers 2006 Joint Meetings of the Lepidopterists' Society, Southern Lepidopterists' Society, and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera 14·18 June 2006 Hilton University of Florida Conference Center and the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida

Name: Address or P. O. Box: _ Phone: Fax: email: Please check: __Poster __ Student Paper _ _ Powerpoint __ 35 mm Projector Please type both title and abstract, and limit the abstract to 125 words or less Title:

Ab stract:

Due to the anticipated heavy attendance at these meetings, only one Contributed Paper may be submitted per person. Each Contributed Paper is limited to a total of 15 minutes (12 minutes for the formal presentation and three minutes for questions). The deadline is 1 May 2006 for Contributed Papers, and this completed form , including the title and abstract must be received by the deadline for inclusion in the printed program. To expedite this process, please send and email a Word or Text file of your title/abstract to Jacqueline Miller (jmille r @fl m nh .u fl .ed u ) when you send this completed form to: Dr. Jacqueline Miller, LepSoc2006, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity, University of Florida, P. O. Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710.

Contributed Papers are scheduled for 15-18 June 2006 with most of these scheduled 15-17 June. We hope to have a preliminary schedule of the presentations available on the LepSoc website on or before 1 June. All formal presentation sessions will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center with posters set up in a separate room . Other activities will occur at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity across the street. In addition to LCD and 35 mm slide projectors, an overhead transparency projector can be made available. Arrangements for the latter and other special equipment should be made well in advance of the meetings in order to keep equipment costs to a minimum.

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Local Arran gemen t s...continued from pp. 15 Arrangements have been made shuttle transport to the Conference Center for the selected off-site hotels. Buses will run one hour prior to the start of the formal sessions in the morning, and then again one hour following the meetings in the evening. The shuttle will also be available for transport to the evening barbecue. Housing & Food: Approximately 50 + rooms have blocked at the Hilton and three other hotels/motels are located conveniently on SW 40 th Boulevard, north of Archer Road. Since all events will be held at the Hilton Conference Center, we recommend that registrants stay there, where a block of rooms at a special rate has been arranged. Please note the cut-off dates for each, and registrants should make all reservations directly with the selected hotels. Please check below for amenities included. There are a number of hotels/motels in Gainesville, Florida, but rooms blocks have been reserved at four of these, and direct shuttle service for the meeting dates will be provided to these only. Hotel Phon e Rate Airport Shuttle Breakfast Pool Cu t Off Date Hilton (352) 371 3600 $109/dble x x 5/15/06 Country Inn & Suites (352) 375 1550 $99-105 x full x 5/15/06 Comfort Inn West (352) 264 1771 $80-90 CB x 5/17/06 Cabot Lodge (352) 375 2400 $70 CB x 5/31/06 Please fill in the space on the registration form where you plan to stay during the meetings. Since registrants will be staying in several hotels, it will be easier to locate you in case of an emergency or if another registrant wants to contact you. In addition, we were able to obtain financial support through Alachua County and the Visitors and Convention Bu reau, which is based on room occupancy. This will enable us to provide extra amenities during the course of these meetings, but it is important that you let us know where you are staying. Meals are not included in the registration fee. Albert's Restaurant is available in the Hilton, and there is a restaurant on the lower level of the Harn Museum in the Cultural Plaza across the street. There are number of small restaurants within walking distance and off of Archer Road . A list of local restaurants will also be provided. Campgrounds: There are several campgrounds in the area, but none directly in Gainesville. Please check the website tunoio.lep soc.org) for additional information. Field trips

Field trips are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday (J une 13th and 14th) and an evening moth trip on June 15th led by Jeff Slotten. A post meeting local trip is planned if there is sufficient interest. There will be trips for observation and photography as well as collecting, so please check the Lep. Soc. website for additional information. Registration for the trips is listed on a separate form and includes a liability release that must be submitted no later than May 20th• These trips will be on a first-come basis, and we cannot guarantee that there will sufficient space for everyone. Box lunches will be available at the cost of $6 for all field participants, but participants are responsible for their own sunscreen, raingear, an d water. Florida is noted for high humidity and warm temperatures. We suggest that attendees plan accordingly. Two other post-meeting trips are planned to Madagascar and Costa Rica. Please contact Expedition Travel, Inc ., an d call Court Whelan at (352) 871 2710 for further information. Parking Parking at the Convention Center will be free. However, parking on the UF campus is a challenge. If you do plan to visit the McGuire Center prior to or following the meetings, please let us know in advance so that we can make arrangements for free parking passes. Depending on various events at the Cultural Plaza, parking should not be a problem on the weekend.

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Local Attractions: There are many local attractions on campus. The Florida Museum of Natural History at Powell Hall, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Harn Museum of Art, and the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts are located in the UF Cultural Plaza. In addition, there are many natural sites including the Devil's Millhopper, Payne's Prairie, and San Felasco Hammock nearby as well as many historical sites in Gainesville proper. Additional information is available on the Gainesville Visitor Bureau website (www.visitga inesville.net) and will be available in the registration packet. McGuire Collections Those who wish to examine specimens for research projects should make arrangements three weeks in advance of these meetings with Senior Collections Manager, George Austin ([email protected]). Please indicate which groups or surveys you would like to examine so that we can organize the locations of these specimens and optimize your time. Awards and Banquet Door Prizes The ba nquet is one of the highlights of the Annual Meeting. The Harry K. Clench Award for Students and other potential awards are presented that evening. In addition, there are door prizes presented following the Presidential presentation. Donors who would like to donate door prizes are encouraged to contact Dr. Charles Covell directly (ccovell@fl m n h .u fl ·ed u).

Release from liability I release the Lepidopterists' Society, the Southern Lepidopterists' Society, and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, their officers, an d the field trip leaders from any liability that may result from my participation in field trips connected with the 2006 combined meetings of the above societies at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. I understand that I may be driven in a private vehicle and that there are potential hazards on any field trip. I assume all responsibility, personal and financial, for any accidents or other personal injury or loss on any field trip in which I participate. Name (printed) Date _ Signature _

Please check the Society website (www.lepsoc.org) as updates will be posted there on a regular basis.

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Announcement From the Butterflies of Editor's Desk Colorado: The Heliconiinae Dale Clark Mike Fisher's new part to his Colorado Butterflies series. 7.2. on the Heliconiinae [Heliconiini and Argynnini (Speyeria, Boloria, etc.) has One issue: What a Long Trip It's Been! recently been printed and is now available to order (see below). For those If you listen closely, you'll be able to every intention of doing so and returned who did not order Part 7.1 on the hear Phil Schappert chuckling gleefully home with renewed determination. Satyrinae it is also available for $18.00. all the way from the Stengl Lost Pines However, my "real" life got too busy for 7.2 Colorado Butterflies. Part 2. Biological Research Station outside of my "hobby" life and things took a Heliconiinae and Danainae. 2005. Austin, Texas. different path. Michael S. Fisher. 129 color I had no idea of the amount of work that Flash forward fifteen years and I saw photographs. 62 pages, 28 maps, soft went into each issue. Oh, Phil had tried another opportunity. When I read that cover, perfect bound. ($27.00). to warn me, but did I listen? Not at all. Phil was going to be stepping down In this second section, 24 species of How hard could it be , after all? All I from his job as Editor of the NEWS the heliconiines and 3 species of danaines had to do was learn a new computer desire to get involved fired up again. are discussed with at least a page program or two and put everyone else 's But who the heck was I to be thinking dedicated to each species and its work into a readable format. I'll let you of stepping into such a position within described subspecies. Each species' be the judge of how well I've learned the Society? I had no degree in variation within Colorado, and outside, that lesson, with this, my first solo entomology. I'm not a scientist where relevant, is discussed and the issue. No doubt I'll be picking it apart (alt hough I occasionally pretend to be problems of name application, species for some time to come. one). What were my credentials that definition, and type localities is also discussed. Additionally, Boloria Despite the bumps in the road (all of would make Phil even consider me as a likely candidate? I had none -- except a kreimhild, previously reported for which were my own fault), I can't tell Colorado, is discussed and illustrated. you how exciting it is for me to have desire to get more involved. So after this first issue under my belt and in running the idea past some people Prices include postage under normal your mailboxes. It's been a long time whose opinions I respect, I decided to circumstances. Make check or coming, the seed having been planted give it a shot. requisition to the order of Gillette long ago. And here I am... with my first issue Museum Publications and mail to: Dr. Paul A. Opler, Department of I'd been a member of the Lepidopterists' finally finished. I may not be a scientist but I can type! Bioagricultural Sciences, Colorado Society for several years and was State University, Fort Collins, CO looking for a way to become more That's one of the things I like so much 80523 U.S.A. involved way back in 1991 but didn't about this group of people -- it's a quite know how. On a trip to southern society in more than just name. And California I met up with Ron t here is a place in it for everyone: Leuschner, who graciously took me out professional and amateur. to various collecting locales for not one So the first issue of my stretch as but two whole days! Not only was I Editor is history and I'm already thrilled to find butterflies that had never working on the Summer issue. And before graced the inside of my net, but that's where you can come in, I was equally impressed that someone professional and amateur alike. These in the Society (a former President, no pages don't fill themselves. After all, less ) had taken the time to show some it's your Society. no-nothing guy from Texas the sites. Ron had encouraged me then to become Let me hear from you . more involved with LepSoc and I had

22 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of the Lepid opterists' Society Two Phyllodonta Species from Southern Arizona (6eometridae) Clifford D. Ferri s 5405 Bill Nye Auenue, R.R.# 3, Laramie, WY 82070 Bruce Walsh

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Bruce Walsh News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 48, Number 1 JOHN ABBOT REVEALED John V. Calhoun 977 Wicks Drive, Palm Harbor, Florida 34684-4656

During the past two decades we have removable cover page with an oval in April 2005. After several learned much about the life and work window. The caption on the cover page, consultations to ensure a plausible of pioneer naturalist-artist John Abbot written by Francillon, reads, "John depiction, it was completed in January (175 1-ca .1840) , mostly through the Abbot of Savannah./Georgia./America." 2006. A few features in the drawing biographies of art historian Vivian The illustration is undoubtedly a self were adjusted to produce a more Rogers-Price and Pamela Gilbert, portrait, as the style is consistent with realistic and proportionate former librarian at The Natural History Abbot's work. It is unknown if Abbot countenance. The final piece (Figs. 1 Museum, London. Nonetheless, very actually lived in Savannah when he 3) measures roughly 27 em (10.6 in) in little is known about Abbot's completed it. He moved to Savannah height. It is the only such likeness of appearance. What we know is based on from Burke County, Georgia in 1806, Abbot in the world and brings to life a a miniature watercolor silhouette but he traveled there to mail his benevolent Englishman of quiet resolve. completed during Abbot's lifetime. This packages to Francillon. The volume of Like his self-portrait, the many years portrait, measuring approximately 10.0 drawings that contains the portrait is of pioneer living are etched upon his ern x 9.0 em (4.0 in x 3.5 in) is included dated 1804, but evidence suggests that face, as are the lines and childlike smile at the front of a leather-bound volume some of the drawings were completed that suggest an affable demeanor. It of Abbot's drawings once owned by after that date. It was probably portrays an indefatigable naturalist and London jeweler John Francillon. It is rendered between 1804 and 1810. gentle artist in the prime of his creative now deposited in The Natural History The portrait has a cartoonish quality, life. John Abbot was a modest man who Museum, London. American or "peculiar physiognomy" as described would never have imagined the future entomologist Samuel H. Scudder by Scudder (1888), who also wrote, importance of his work. He would most examined this portrait during a visit to "there seems to be not a little humor certainly be honored, though slightly London in 1871. He later asked George in the quaint features and figure, and embarrassed, for his likeness to be so Willis to create a copy, which was the spare form hardly gives the figure openly revealed to the world. reproduced for the frontispiece to the of robust health which the face would Literature Cited first volume of The Butterflies of the indicate...it represents him in the Gilbert, P. 1998. John Abbot: birds, butterflies Eastern United States and Canada, thinnest of southern costume." There with Special Reference to New England and other wonders. Merrell Holberton, are several dark spots on the drawing, London. 128 pp. (Scudder 1888-1889). I also had the which W. F. Kirby suggested was the Rogers -Price, Vivian . 1997. John Abbot 's birds opportunity to personally examine this result of it being "touched up with of Georgia. Selected drawings from the Houghton Library, Harvard University. drawing in 2004. I found that the later white lead, which has lost its color." It reproduction depicts a slightly more Beehive Pr., Savannah, Georgia. I-xlii, 25 portrays a gracefully aging man with pI. angular face than the original and is heavy-lidded blue eyes and short Scudder, S. H. 1888. John Abbot, the aurelian. not a "faithful copy" as Scudder cropped graying hair. He wears a white Can. EntomoJ. 20: 150-154 (repr inted in Nineteenth Ann . Rpt. Entomol. Soc. Ontario claimed. Unfortunately, the copy is linen shirt, light blue waistcoat and usually figured in biographical sketches 1888 :48-50 ). unusually colorful yellow frock coat . 1888-1889. Butterflies of th e eastern about Abbot. The original drawing was with blue and red pinstripes. According United States and Canada. 3 vols. figured by Rogers-Price (1997) and to a representative at the Museum of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1958 pp., 89 pl. Gilbert (1998). Costume (Bath, England), this style of The likeness in London is believed to clothing dates to the 1780s and 1790s, be a self-portrait. In 1888, William F. which is consistent with the presumed Kirby, then assistant curator of date of the portrait. Based on average entomology in the British Museum, told heights at the time, it is reasonable to Scudder, "There is no memorandum on assume that Abbot was about 1.7 m (5.5 the portrait itself that it was painted by ft) tall. Abbot, but I should suppose that there Using Abbot's self-portrait as a model, is no reason to doubt the tradition is I commissioned prominent sculptor correct" (Houghton Library, Harvard Robert S. Brown, Jr. to create a clay University). It is matted behind a bust. This difficult project was begun

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Fig. 1 Typical male specimen of P peccataria, Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Pinery Canyon, 6000', 13 April, 2005. Fig. 2 Typical female specimen of P sarukhani, Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Swan Peak Trail off Onion Saddle, 7600 ', 11 August, 1990. Fig. 3 Male genitalia of P sarukhani. Fig. 4 Female genitalia of P sarukhani.

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Announcement... 1006 Meeting of the Metamorphosis••• Pacific Slope Section of The Lepidopterists' Society The Society has learned of the deaths of the following members. Our condolences The 2006 Pacific Slope Section meeting to their families... of The Lepidopterists' Society will be hosted by the Utah Lepidopterists' Gregory, Gardiner Emerson (Dr.) Society at the Great Basin Environ mental Education Center, GBEEC, near of Hicksville, New York, U.S.A., in who had a significant impact on the top of Ephraim Canyon, Sanpete Wallingford, Connecticut, on 15 regional natural history education. County, Utah. The meeting will be held December 2005. Dr. Gregory, cofounder Family members have requested that from Friday, 21 July 2006 through of the Hicksville Gregory Museum, was gifts in Dr. Gregory's memory be sent Sunday, 23 July 2006. a noted educato~ photographe~ to the Hicksville Gregory Museum, 1 mineralogist, and entomologist; he had Heitz Place, Hicksville, NY 11801 Papers submitted by ULS members will been a member of the Society for 14 3101. [condensed from information address the theme of "Aspects of Lepido years (1986-1999) . A native of Maine supplied by Paul Manton, Hicksville ptera in Utah" where we will introduce (born in 1917), he and his late wife Anne Gregory Museum] the state on historic, physiographic, Church moved to Hicksville in the late climatological, biological, and lepido 1950s. Paul Manton's article,"T he Holzbach, John E. ptera bases. Naturally, submitted papers Gardiner Gregory Lepidoptera of Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.A., in outside of this theme will be highly Collection" in the spring 2004 issue of January 2005. John had been a member appreciated as well. the News, gives more information on of the Society since 1979. A preview of Utah's biogeographical the lepidopterological aspects of a man butterfly habitats is currently available online at www.u t a h lepsociety.o rgj habita t.html Good collecting and observing are anticipated in the area of the camp, located in a forested basin at 8600 feet in elevation. There is also a nice Mailbag••• diversity of butterflies and moths located in the nearby Wasatch Plateau, as well as at other nearby habitats. Members of The Lepidopterists' Society Dear Editor, between the Hackberry Butterflies living in the western U.S. will be The Chinese Hackberry Aphid, (Asterocampa) and the aphid? Are contacted about the meeting. Others Shiuaphis celti, is a recently naturalized infestations a deterrent to oviposition interested may contact Todd L. Stout, pest of hackberry (Celtis) in the United or feeding by the larvae? Do young 1456 North General Drive, Salt Lake States. First detected in Georgia, it is larvae get stuck in caked honeydew? Do City, UT 84116; by phone at 801 -322 now widespread in the southeastern US adults feed on the stuff? People who live 2049; tod d _stout29@hotma il.com in places where the butterflies and the and has turned up elsewhere, e.g. in the Online registration information can be aphid co-occur - let 's hear from you! California Central Valley where it is found at ltttpt/rwww.utuhlepsociety.org/ proving to be a serious nuisance due to paclficslope.IItml its massive honeydew production. In California it attacks Chinese but not Arthur M. Shapiro European Hackberry, but it is Center for Population Biology Clyde F Gillette & Todd L. Stout reportedly infesting native species in University of California - Davis ULS President & Vice President the East. This situation offers Davis, CA 95616 www.utahlepsociety.org potentially very interesting re search a [email protected] opportunities. We cannot exploit them out here, alas. What is the interaction

26 Spring 2006 Spring 2006 News of the Lepidopterists' Society HOW WILD MONKEYS EAT LARGE HAWKMOTHS Peter Smetacek The Retreat, Jones Estate, Bhimtal Nainital, Uttaranchal 263 136, India email:peter@himagnLcom

Insects constitute a part of the diet of monkey's paw. Invariably, the last few they turn to face the source of the North Indian Rhesus Macaques segments of the abdomen are bitten off disturbance and "attack" with their (Macaca mulatta (Zimmer man n)) . first and crunched up. The remainder forelegs. Evidently, the monkey's Butterflies and moths, dead or alive, of the abdomen constitutes two "method" of beginning at the tip of the are eaten rather as we do cookies. I mouthfuls. Then half the thorax an d the abdomen reduces the potential for have observed this on several occasions wings of one side are bitten off and painful jabs in the mo uth from the at my home at 1500 m in the Kumaon eaten and finally the head , the moth's spurs. Himalaya west of Nepal at the address remaining part of the thorax and a fore In the case of the large longicorn beetles above. and hin dwing are stuffed into the mouth (Cerambycidae), which are well armed In the case of large hawkmoths such as and masticated. with spines, jaws and claws, the Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius), Some large hawkmoths such as P monkey plucks off the legs and stuffs Acherontia styx (West wood) and menephron are armed with sharp spurs the beetle rear-end first into its mouth, Psilogramma menephron (Cramer), the on their legs which they attempt to helping it in with an index finger and live moth is held by the thorax, with drive into one's fingers when they are is then masticated and swallowed. the head towards the palm of the handled. If they are disturbed at rest ,

Bookmark it: Mariposas Mexicanas

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There are many butterfly web sites on volunteer their efforts to create a The authors of t he website, Andrew the internet these days, ranging from community website that benefits Warren, Oregon State University, Dr. the modest to the sublime. Far and everyone. We hope over time to have Jorge E. Llorente-Bousquets, M. en C. away, at the highest end of the photos and information posted for as Armando Luis-Martinez, and M. en C. spectrum is "The Interactive Listing many species as possible including Isabel Vargas-Fernandez, all of t he of Mexican Butterflie s " photos of: specimens, live adults, Museo de Zoologia, "Alfonso L. (www.mariposasmexicanas.com ). caterpillars, eggs , and food plants." Herrera"Departamento de Biologia Evolutiva Facultad de Ciencias Filling a desperate need for accessible A listing of the 1,761 species is provided Universidad Nacional Autonorna de information on the butterflies and with links to many live photos as well Mexico, as well as the impressive list of skippers of Mex ico, which up to this as spread specimens, along with Advisors, deserve our thanks for point has been difficult at best for the distribution notes, and food plant providing such a valuable resource. average individual to find, this website information. New photos are being is well on its way to fulfilling its long posted on an almost daily bas is thanks term goals. That purpose, taken to the tireless work by website directly from the website, states: "to administrators Kim Davis and Mike provide a centralized data resource for Stangeland. the study and enjoyment of the Mexican That would be a lofty goal if it sto pped Butterflies. Our advisors, supporters there, but also available is an extensive and contributors include professional electronic resource library which allows lepidopterists, collectors, butterfly the visitor to download from a photographers, butterfly watchers and significant list of research material in enthusiasts all coming together to PDF format.

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Images from Mariposas Mexicanas 1) Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron marius), Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 19-XI-04; 2) Nayarit Satyr (Cyllopsis nayarit), Yecora, Mexico, 22-IX-04; 3) Silver Emperor (Doxocopa Laure ), Los Troncones Canyon, Tamaulipas, 18-XI-04; 4) Dione moneta poeyii larva, (photo: Jim Brock); 5) Longwing Crescent (Eresia phillyra), Los Troncones Canyon, Tamaulipas, 18-XI-04; 6) Evan's , 3 .~. Skipper (Panoquina evansi), Tamaulipas, All photos by Kim Davis and Mike Stangeland. (see article on pp. 27)

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More Images from Mariposas Mexicanas••• 1) Variegated Fritillary tEuptoieta claudia) pupa, Box Canyon, Pima Co., AZ (photo: Jim Brock ); 2)Stained Greenstreak tCyanophrys agricolor ) Ocompo, Mexcio , 20-11-04; 3) Dirce Beauty tColobura d. dircei feeding at rotted fruit , Xilitla SLp, Mexico, 11-XI-05; 4) Mexican-M Hairstreak tParrhasius moctezuma) Yecora, Mexico , 21-IX-05 ; 5 ) Frosted Flasher (Astraptes alardus latia ), Hotel Taninul, SLp, Mexico, 23-XI-04; 6) Cream-banded Emperor (Asterocampa idyja argus), Yecora, Mexico, 20-IX-05.

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And .even more images from Mariposas Mexlcanas•••

1) Carousing Anteros iAnteros carausius), Los Troncones Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 17-XI-04; 2 ) Fine-lined Hairstreak (A ra wacus silo), Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 20-XI-04; 3) a startling Purple-washed Eyed-Metalmark tMesosemia lamachus) Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 13-Xl-05; 4) a female Sturnula Metalmark (Calydna sturnulai, Tula Pass Road, Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1O-XI-05; 5) Blue-Eyed Sailor tDynamine dyonis ) Los Troncones Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mex ico, 17-XI-04. All photos by Kim Davis and Mike Stangeland. Visit www. mariposasmexicanas.com to view hundreds more.

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