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The .iepjddpterists~ SOcIe~y::is arlon:1il 1997 Report of the Resolutions Committee. Andrew D. Warren 68 profit educational and scientifi~'~~~ P: A Preliminary Inventory of of the Coweeta Hydrologic ganizati~n. The object of the Society,• Laboratory, North Carolina. Gary N Ross 70 which was formed in May 1947 and Florida White Monarchs - a touch of incest? R.I. Vane-Wright 72 formally constituted in December Benjamin Preston Clark on Sphingidae. Russell A. Rahn 73 1950~ isho.promote internationally Stamp ! Mark D. Schmidt 74 the scienfe of'lepidopterology in allits New Journal Debuts 74 branches; to further the scientifically The Lepidopterists' Bookshelf. Boyce A. Drummond 75 sound and progressive study of Lepi­ Florida's Fabulous Butterflies 75 doptera.j» issue periodicals and other Monarch Butterflies: beauty takes flight 76 put}li~ti9nson ; to facili­ Recently Published Books. Boyce A. Drummond 77 tate the exchange of specimens and 50 th Anniversary (48th Annual) Meeting Group Photo 78 I ideas by both the professional worker Membership Update Julian Donahue 80 and the amateur in the field; to com­ Calendar 81 pile and distribute information to Out of the Net Jim Taylor 82 otherorganizations and individuals for The Marketplace 83 purposes of education and conserva­ Some 1997 Meeting Photos 86 tion and appreciation ()f~pigoPt~ta.;" A Bilateral Gynandromorph ofAutomeris io, Ron Roscioli 88 and.to securecooperationjIialIdl~f!~U: ~ From the Editor's Desk 89 ures" grfectedtowar(lsthe§~aiks.t&- l Backpages: tieleIl; Constitution ofTheLepid(m~ ~ Membership Information, Dues Rates, Journal of the terists' ~ocietY;J " " Thelll~~s(ifthexLe 'ra~ii:tef Lepidopterists' Society, Change of Address?, Our Mailing ,il List?, Missed or Defective Issue?, Book Reviews, Society t'ISSN009····1r··• ·i .~ '8J~, i; ••••:::j:i:!J .. " . H. •. ....• "." 1'•.3'%. JIS PU,::!,..,j Submission Guidelines for the News 90 liShed.tl~imespefyear~Y~~~E3PidOP_ l Executive Council. 91 ter~ts'~ciety;Clo l1<>s~~Iesc6tinty Season Summary Zone Coordinators 91 ~~seufuj:()f~atuf%,Ristol'Y,900 EJfPo- 1 Issue Date : Dec. 15, 1997 ISSN 0091-1348 slt1onBl~d"LosArigeles •CA 90007lJ :'" . ::. : ':':. ': ;, ... ,:.' >: < '*>:::*: ;t 4057, U~A,and ineludesohe ort'\¥: ' supplek~nts each year.Th~Se~OIt Left: The Harkness ispubl~heg!~v~ryYEl~ l~ Tower at Yale sinnma'fy University, site ofthe n$~r ·2of'the : ·News.lh;{::·· issue 50th Anniversary numb~r~dy~~r~"~ :~~II1B ' Meeting . Right: ship J)u-ecwk'Y:lsiuo Outgoing (in every sense ofthe uiordl) nUm.'· bei4kPi~k~~~ :tlj]t l!" " " I ...... : :" .;;:;:::: . .l:t~~ ...... ~ ;;~!1~~ President Eric Metzler l . :~:I~~~~ .~~~~~~ ·· " : ' :: : " : ": ' ··· " · · presenting the Karl Jordan Medal to News.:P<;jstage paid l~t ...... inductee Ron Hodges. I Photos courtesy ofRay Copy1'ight·@J1997 b;T:~~ '~~~~do~~ Stanford. For more ists' $o(l!ety:! :§lrrightsi'E3s~~e(bi:r photos see pages 86-87 stateIIieIlts.ofoontr:ibutot~ad fIl and the center spread. essari)yljepi~~i:\fit t.he~~~~iib~ · :~ :: . 0:. : ; ** : . ::'; .::. . p ,:;{:,:':<:';;;:; ;;;;;;;;

mety.ortheeditO't, :1 fu ",,',:''antitheSO'tli'e... .:;;:;:: ;;:::::" Cover: Map ofCoweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina and Diana I not wal'~antofeng()rs~'P!oClu (Speyeria diana, Nymphalidae) nectaring on thistle. Photo by Gary Ross. See I seTY:ic~s 'pf advertisers; ':, .::,::",!: article on page 70. I .. Ii If, "if:: ll:uli!li, 'm ,:::I'l~,ljmll Autumn 1997 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Mailbag•••

Dear friends of butterflies and moths, likely a specimen of B. tancrei , probably and informality that suggests the author The Annual Meeting which celebrated from Korea or Eastern Siberia. B. probably would not have elected to sub­ the 50th Anniversary of The Lepidopter­ hearseyi is a tropical , and it looks mit them to the Journal. The society ists' Society is history. It was a marvel­ very different from the temperate spe­ needs this kind of publication alterna­ ous event with representation from 15 cies. B. hearseyi is more easily mistaken tive, especially for amateurs. countries, and exhibitors from the U.S., for B. wallichii. Michael M. Collins, Mexico, Canada, and England. Kudos I agree thatthe photograph is a good one, 11901 Miwok Path, Nevada City, CA and accolades to Larry Gall and his team and it won its prize fully justified, but 95959, [email protected] of planners for this outstandingevent. It perhaps the Lepidopterists' Society (Thanks Michael! Please see my comments fully demonstrated the success and diver­ should take a little more care for the cor­ after the last letter (next page). Ed .) sity of this venerable society. rect identification of the illustrations The papers were excellent and they within their publications, especially when Contest winners are printed! I clearly showed the high level of interest Dear Editor, in butterflies and moths by professional know that commerciallifestock traders Greetings to you, our editor! The color and amateur lepidopterists. The record (especially from former Czechoslovakia) edition of theNews looks sharp. Thanks attendance made the informal discussion have mailed out eggs and pupae of B. for cuttingdown on the amount of graph­ more enriching. tancrei under several, most of them wrong, names, but a society like the Lep. ics that were interspersed throughout The Lepidopterists' Society is well poised Soc., with its expert knowledge, should the articles. Too many of them detract, for 50 more years of excellence. perhaps not embarass its readers by ad­ rather than enhance the News. I offer my sincere compliments to the vertising such misidentifications. The photograph by Carter Bays of the founders, the charter members, the offic­ Dr. Wolfgang A. Naessig luna larva is upside down. This ers, committee members, and all the , along with other , Entomologie II Senckenberg other persons who brought The Lepidop­ does not rest in this posture. Normally, Senckenberganlage 25 terists' Society to this momentous occa­ the head extends downward, remaining D-60325 Frankfurt sion. My congratulations to everyone straight, curved, or cocked to one side. else who gets to inherit and maintain (Unfortunately, there is little that I can do Often, the thoracic legs are released and such a fine organization. . regarding possible misidentifications such as flush with the body.Leroy Simon's photo this - I am not able to identify every known With best wishes, species ofmoth and (can anybody ?) ofthe Datana species may also be upside and there is, all too often, little time to obtain down. The branch should be hanging Eric H. Metzler, "expert" opinions . We must depend on our downward, I believe. Past President authors/photographers for accurate identifications...mistakes will happen. Ed.) Unfortunately, larval photos are often ~ published incorrectly. Sad, but true, most Dear Editor, lepidopterists (amateur and professional alike) study only adults, so they are not I recently received the issue no. 39 (3) of Dear Editor, familiar with the resting postures of lar­ the News of the Lepidopterists' So­ I was pleased to see the latest issue of the vae (which are very specific to genera). ciety. The new layout, and especially the News ofthe Lepidopterists' Society, For the rearer of the Saturniinae, theA. colour, improved the News significantly! and complimentyou on the varied and in­ luna photo is awkward indeed. Carter Regrettably, I found a misidentification teresting contents, the color work, and Bays told me that the photo was marked within the 1996 Photo Contest pictures: the use of real paper (replacing the gov­ for orientation. I am assuming that the The 1"t place of the category "Moths" ernment men's room hand towel stock of photographers do not see the proofs, (page 32, centre left, by Mark Schmidt) the past). Several of the articles are of however, I am sure that someone from is not Brahmaea hearseyi! This is most real scientific value, yet are of the size our Society could be trusted with this

Volume 39, Number 4 67 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 task! I will look forward to the next is­ sue for the News. Thanks again for the 1997 Report of the tremendous effort you are puttingforth. Valerie A. Passoa Resolutions Committee 602 Jasonway Avenue, Andrew D. Warren Columbus, OH 43214 (It is entirely possible that the slidelphotois) Our Society began in 1947 was marked for orientation and that the through the effort of a few, here in New Heaven ; mistake is mine. My regrets ifthis was the 50 years later here we all are , case. See. Mistakes do happen! Ed .) from 14 nations, near and far. One of the best attended meetings to date the health of our society nobody can debate. Dear Editor: Wecollect, photograph and study Lepidoptera from head to toe, we exchange ideas and specimens - we are amateur and pro. After a long and wonderful afternoon at Since last year they have worked so long and so late, the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Pride this meeting's co-chairs: Charlie Covell, Susan Weller, and Larry Gall. Day Parade (an event attended to by over They covered every detail - everything was great! 700,000 people), I was thrilled to find my It was a meeting enjoyed by one and all. latest edition of News (Vol. 39, number Of course it was not just these three 3) in the mail when I got home. Ex­ who put this meeting together; hausted, I kicked back with a beer, and if it were just these few, everyone can see drank in all the excellent articles; I can't to arrange this meeting would have taken forever. get enough of this stuff. Love the new Larry Gall made the program which Tim and Liz did print, via Dave Wagner's collecting guide, to the field we were sent. layout. The meeting logo Amy Wright did design, I have to say, however, that the byline and Jacki Miller's photo salon was again quite fine. "Odd Couples" which introduced A. For our accommodations & food Yale Conference Services we thank, Chaudhuri and A. Kinha's article on their efforts and preparations have been top rank: "male-male pairing in the tropical Tasar Susan Adler, Roberta Hudson, Tyler Mertes, Jacob Dell, & Winnie Chang Silkmoth,Atherea mylitta (), catered to all the needs of this Lepidopterists' gang. Over the past four days 67 paper presentations have been made, stung like an unexpected yellow jacket Eric, Pete, Doug, and Elizabeth should surely have been paid; beneath my collar. Wow. Such sublimi­ as our "slide curators," our technical masters, nal, rampant homophobia right there. In they managed to avoid any technical disaster! bold print, right there, in 1997. Mind­ It is not easy to keep presentations on time boggling in ajournal thought to be striv­ but our session moderators did their job just fine: ing for some semblance of scientific ob­ John, Astrid, Charlie, Victor, Bernard, Eric, Jacki, Paul, Alma, Susan and Bob jectivity. It was no accident (or perhaps We thank for doing such an excellent job. just further poor judgment) as the same phrase donned the cover of your periodi­ cal. And for what purpose? To lure an the author of the bi-Iine) to get out a it be known that "odd couples" would not already captive audience? To titillate? I sheet of paper and a pen: homosexual even make the first draft in describing thought it was going to an account of two behavior (whether in moths or in hu­ homosexual behavior. separate species getting it on - that mans) is not "odd" behavior (subjective Recently, I attended the 23rd annual would have clearly been "odd" behavior, bigotry) and homosexual couples are not Berkeley Butterfly count. I saw wouldn't you agree? As opposed to what "odd couples" but rare couples. Homo­ Polygonia satyrus for the first time. I even the article attests to as "relatively sexual behavior is rare in the netted it to confirm it not beingP Oreas common in other " behavior? kingdom. See the difference? I know a lot and in the interim got a handful of sting­ Homophobia is an insidious thing, and of you already know this, but I'djust like ing nettle. Life's lesson: such joy com­ whateverbrain surgeonyou have on your to state for the record that gay people like bined with unexpected pain...sort of how staffthat chose those words needs to be objectivity too. Go read some Jane I proceeded reading the rest of theNews slapped up to date: the word "odd" is Goodall. that day. laced with judgment, pejorative in the I'll have to assume that whoever did this least and reckless at its best. Liam O'Brien on your staff, Mr. Editor, knew no better. In an attempt to rectify this callous In a world where I've followed the battle 545 Guerrero St. Apt. #1, behavior do I ask the readers here (and over "common names" for butterflies, let San Francisco, CA 94110

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lished. Of course we thank Ray Pupedis for his generosity in opening up the Peabody collection to those with curiosity. We are both very pleased with the new Kathleen and Joyce ran the Museum Shop Annex and Registration desk, turn of events, and hope to see this trend and all the Peabody Volunteers made this meeting one if the best. continue. Irresponsible editing has con­ For our food we thank Brandi's Deli, Yale Lawn Club, and YaleDining Halls, tributed to division and dissension these the raffle prizes were donated by Mikkola, Classey and Louise and Richard Fall. last three years, and we cannot afford to The opening reception was sponsored by Bio Quip as well; lose valuable members because of politi­ how long will they sponsor this great event?- Only time will tell. cal rhetoric. For most of our meeting it was the Osborn Biological Lab we raided. Thanks to lab personnel, Don, Nancy and Nick, our enthusiasm never faded. News about lepidoptera is exactly what For the group photo and video we thank Bill and Ron, it means. Keep up the good work! who arranged our group on a small patch of lawn. Your comrade in nets, The Connecticut Butterfly Association's program to the public was open to educate non-members, and I'm not joking Charles Bordelon Ray Stanford's slide fest on Thursday night 8440 Washington was a great deal of fun- indeed quite a sight! Beaumont, TX 77707 Dave, Alma, and Elaine ran the silent auction so well, was it their first time? Nobody could tell. (The "intricacies " are not very intricate. Just To those who donated items we certainly do thank submit it the way you'd like to see it in print. Providing there is space available for the text, so that our society could put a little more money into the bank. and in the color plates, I'll try to fit it in. Ed.) There are many more people to thank, yet no time remains, to everybody who helped with this meeting we thankjust the same; we appreciate all the efforts by everyone who made this meeting so much fun. Dear Editor, Few people know how this Society runs from day to day, but it is all by volunteers who work without pay I am particularly pleased with Volume Our Society Officers keep our organization strong 39, #3 of the News. Well done sir, to you and to them I dedicate this song. and your staffof writers, etc.! A special thanks to Larry Gall (Journal Editor), Phil Schappert (News Editor), Eric Metzler I'm afraid, however, that subsequent is­ (Retiring President), John Burns (immediate past President), Mike Smith (Secretary), Dave sues may be somewhat dull unless they Iftner (Treasurer). Also thanks to retiring Executive Council members Jon Shepard, M. Alma Solis and Susan J. Weller as well as retiring Vice Presidents John W Brown, Kauri Mikkola, have the same quality of photo, stories and Jean-Francois Landry for their service. and information such as this one. Thank you. (Webster's Dictionary defines "odd " as: Dear Editor, William Randall "incidental; casual; strange; peculiar", and "couples" as: "two ofthe same class or kind; a I want to commend you on a superb job 15 Fassett Avenue, Hamilton, pair". Given these simple definitions, I don't done on the recent color issue of the ONL9C4E6 understand how "odd" could be considered News. It was spectacular ... Bravo!!! (To all who have sent in letters ofsupport. "laced withjudgement" or "reckless", or how Thank You! You make it worthwhile. Of two separate species "getting it on" could be Through personal communication, I be­ course, I'd be totally worthless ifit wasn't for considered a "couple". This descriptor is the lieve it is the goal of the Steering Com­ my "staffofwriters, etc." - my thanks to all of title ofan ongoing series ofarticles and photos you who have contributed such fine work. I can in the News that are, simply, that - "odd mittee to return to our roots and publish information, leaving the politics and ha­ try to make it pretty to look at, but you people couples". No homophobic intent is, or ever has are what make it worth reading! Ed.) been, implied or intended. I hope that this is tred to others. Conscientious and respon­ not a case ofbeing overly sensitive or sible editing is paramount to our sur­ "politically correct" after a "long and wonderful afternoon at the San Francisco Gay vival. and Lesbian Pride Day Parade"? Or perhaps I Ed Knudson and I have several articles should take exception as the perceived author ofthat "byline"? Ed.) we wish to publish in the near future, and these would be best suited for color publication. Let me know the intricacies involved in getting color photos pub-

Volume 39, Number 4 69 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 Prelimina-:y InventolJ of the Butterflies of Coweeta Hydrologic [aboratorY, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina

Gary Noel Ross 6095 Stratford Ave., Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (CHL) is This unique outdoor laboratory consists northern hardwoods, cove hardwoods, located on the eastern flanks of the of2185 ha with two adjacent, east-facing, oak-chestnut and oak-pine. Eastern hem­ NantahalaMountain Range of southwest bowl-shaped basins. Elevations range lock (Tsuga cana-densis) is scattered North Carolina (at 35° 03' N.latitude, 83° from 675 m in the administrative area to throughout, and understories are domi­ 25' W longitude) within the Blue Ridge 1592 m atAlbert Mountain. Access to the nated by dense stands of rhododendrons, Physiographic Province (see Swank and facility is by paved road - a spur west azaleas and mountain laurels. Ferns, Crossley 1988 for full description and from US highway 441/23 just south of bryophytes and fungi are rampant. All history). The site is on the outskirts of Otto. Within the actual "Laboratory," combine to foster the illusion of a tem­ the small community of Otto, North there are two main gravel roads: Shope perate rainforest. (Biogeographers clas­ Carolina- just 10 km north of the North Fork and Ball Creek. Both provide access sify the region within Merriam's "Tran­ Carolina-Georgia border, 22 km south of to the higher elevations and are open to sition Life Zone.") Furthermore, within the gem-mining center of Franklin, NC, the public for most of the year. Addition­ its 60 plus years of operation, CHL has and 60 km west of picturesque High­ ally, there are smaller service roads and manipulated numerous watersheds for lands, NC. trails that are closed to public vehicles forest hydrology and system research. Originally established in 1934 as the but are open for research access. Al­ These prescriptions created new habitats Coweeta Experimental Forest to collect though the entire site is open to the pub­ that have undergone ecological succes­ data on rainfall, streamflow, climate and lic, no camping or fires are permitted. sion, adding to the diversity of plant and forest growth, the name was changed to There is, however, a full service animal species. Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in 1948. campground, Today the site is one of 19 in the nation "Standing Indian participating in the Long-Term Ecologi­ Campground," ap- List of Species cal Research Program (LTER) sponsored proximately fifteen miles southwest of by the National Science Foundation. In Family Papilionidae addition, CHL has been part ofthe Inter­ Franklin. (Small private camp­ 1. Pipevine Swallowtail - Battus philenor (L.) A,B +++ national Biological Program, the Interna­ 2. Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes Fabricius B + tional Hydrologic Decade and grounds are found 3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Pterourus glaucus (L.) A,B ++++ UNESCO'S Man and the Biosphere in both Otto and 4. Spicebush Swallowtail - Pterourus troilus (L.) A,B ++++ project (in which it is paired with the Franklin.) Family Pieridae Great Smokey Mountains National Park Because rainfall at 5. Checkered White - Pontia protodice (Bois. & LeConte)A + approximately 100 km to the north). Coweeta is plenti­ 6. Cabbage Butterfly - Pieris rapae (L.) A,B ++ 7. Alfalfa Butterfly - Colias eurytheme Boisduval B ++ CHL cooperates with more than a dozen ful throughout the 8. Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae (L.) A,B +++ universities, other federal and state or­ year (1,871 mm/yr 9. Little Sulphur - Eurema lisa (Boisduval & LeConte) A ++ ganizations, and other institutions. Be­ at lower elevations, 10. Sleepy Orange - Eurema nicippe (Cramer) A,B +++ cause of these numerous affiliations, 2,564 mm/yr at up­ Family CHL has assumed an important role in per elevations), the 11. Harvester - Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius) B ++ the training of new scientists in many site and surround­ 12. Little Copper - Lycaena phlaeas (L.) B + 13. Red-banded Hairstreak - Calycopis cecrops (Fabr.) B + biological disciplines (each year approxi­ ing areas are cloaked in a luxuri­ 14. White-M Hairstreak - Parrhasius m-album mately 30 projects are in progress involv­ (Bois. & LeConte) B + ing 45 graduate students and 40 senior ance of temperate 15. Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus Hubner A,B + investigators). Nearly a thousand papers forest vegetation. 16. Eastern Tailed Blue - Everes comyntas (Godart) A,B ++++ are listed in the annotated bibliography Four major vegeta­ 17. Spring Azure - ladon (Cramer) B ++++ for CHL (Stickney et al. 1994). tion types are iden­ Family Heliconiidae tified at Coweeta: 18. Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae (L.) B +

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Although CHL is ideal for hydrologic and in the valley that usually does not burn from 1000 - 1800 h EDT each day. Spe­ ecosystem-based research, the facility off until 1030 - 1100 h EDT. During Au­ cies' identifications were made by sight, also lends itselfwell to many terrestrial gust, temperatures range between 9 C at often with the assistance of close-focus­ biological studies and surveys. Surpris­ night to 23 C duringthe day. DuringSep­ ing bino culars ("Regal" by Celestron, 8 ingly, no butterfly investigations were tember, temperatures dip 1 - 2 degrees X 42, 6.25 feet ). In some cases, individual ever conducted prior to my initial visit in lower during the night. butterflies were ne tted for in-hand ex­ amination; then were released. 1990. At that time, September 17 and 18, Wildflowers in August and September I was able to undertake a general survey. are abundant throughout the Coweeta Twenty-one species were identified. Valley. Roadsides and meadows near the Then in 1996, between August 13 and administrative complex are particularly September 1, I was able to resurvey the important for nectaring insects such as region. Forty-six species were identified. butterflies. Duringmy two visits, I found (Both surveys were conducted only at the following species to be favored by lower elevations because of time con­ butterflies (species are listed in descend­ straints or timber salvage operations ingorder of popularity): thistle,Carduus brought about by Hurricane Opal in Oc­ discolor (Michl. ex. Willd.) Nuttall; Joe tober 1995.) The two surveys bring the Pye weed or Queen-of-the-Meadow, total number of species now known from Eupatorium fistulosum Barratt; sweet CHL to 50 (see LIST OF SPECIES). Female Diana Fritillary - Speyeria diana Joe Pye weed, Eupatorium purpureum Photo. by Gary N Ross Undoubtedly, several additional species L.; New York ironweed, Vernonia still remain to be chronicled, particularly noveboracensis (L.) Michx.; monarda, Summary at higher elevations and during the ear­ Monarda clinopodia L.; Queen Anne's lier months of the year. lace, Daucus carota L.; goldenrod, Sol­ Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, located General Comments idago spp.; asters, Aster spp.; boneset, in the Nantahala National Forest of Eupatorium perfoliatum L. and white western North Carolina, is a 2185 ha Weather at Coweeta Hydrologic Labora­ snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum Houtt. U.S.D.A. Forest Service research labora­ tory duringAugust and September is cool tory that has been in continuous opera­ I conducted both surveys on foot. Except and damp. Rain showers are common tion since 1934. Although hundreds of and most mornings begin with a fog cover during rain showers, I was in the field continued on page 88...

Name Family Nymphalidae Family Hesperiidae 19. Variegated Fritillary - Euptoieta claudia (Cramer)A,B + 36. Silver -spotted Skipp er - Epargyreus clarus (Cramer jB ++++ 20. Diana - Speyeria diana (Cramer) A,B ++ 37. Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus (L.) B + 21. Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele (Fabr.) A,B ++++ 38. Southern Cloudy Wing - Thorybes bathyll us (J.E. Smith)B + 22. Aphrodite - Speyria aphrodite (Fabricius) B + 39. Northern Cloudy Wing - Thorybes pylades (Scudder) B +++ 23. Silvery Checkerspot - Charidryas nycteis 40. Horace's Dusky Wing - Erynnis horatius (Doubleday & Hewitson) B + (Scudder & Burgess) B ++ 24. Pearl Crescent - Phyciodes tharos (Dru ry) A,B ++++ 41. Common Sooty Wing - Pholisora catullus (Fabr.) B +++ 25. Question Mark - Polygonia interrogationis (Fabr.) B + 42. Least Skipper - Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius) B ++ 26. American Painted Lady - virginiensis (Dru ry)A + + 43. Fiery Skipper - Hylephia phyleus (Dru ry) B +++ 27. Red Admiral- Vanessa atalanta (L.) A,B + 44. Peck's Skipper - Polites coras (Cramer) B ++ 28. Buckeye - Junonia coenia Hubner A,B + + + 45. Tawny-edged Skipp er - Polites themistocles (Latreille}B ++ 29. Red-spotted Purple - Basilarchia arthemis astyanax 46. Whirlabout - Polites vibex (Geyer) B ++ (Fabricius) A,B ++ 47. Northern Broken Dash - Wallengrenia egeremet 30. Viceroy - Basilarchia archippus (Cramer) A,B + (Scudder) B + Family Satyridae 48. Sachem - Atalopedes campestris (Boisduval) B +++ 49. Zabulon Skipper - Poanes zabulon (Bois. & LeConte)B ++++ 31. Northern Pearly Eye - Enodia anthedon A.H. Clark B +++ 50. Lace-winged Roadside Skipp er - Amblyscirtes aesculapius 32. Appalac hian Eyed Brown - Satyrodes appalachia (Fabricius) B + + (R.L. Chermock) B ++ 33. Carolina Satyr - Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabr.) B ++ Notes: 34. Common Wood Nymph - Cercyonis pegala (Fabr.) B ++ 1. Survey Dates: A = Septe mber 17 and 18, 1990; B = August 13 - Sep­ Family Danaidae tember 1, 1996 35. Monarch - Danaus plexippus (L.) A,B +++ 2. Relativ e Abundance (per day): + = Rare, only 1; ++ = Uncommon, 2­ 5; +++ = Common, 6-10; ++++ = Abundant, more than 10

Volume 39, Number 4 71 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 Florida White Monarchs - a touch of incestl

R.I. Vane-Wright Biogeography & Conservation Lab., Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

Marc Minno's note on White Monarchs March (Van Hook 1993), and from time to have no further details of this brood! found in Florida in April and May 1996 to time rare heterozygous females must In this case one would expect half the (News ofthe Lepidopterists Society mate with equally rare heterozygous offspring to be white but, without any 38: 184, 190, 1996) is interesting. But males. One quarter of the progeny of indication of survivorship, it is impossi­ why does he suggest they originated from such a female would be expected to be ble to assess the real significance of "one Hawaii? white, and so it is quite plausible thatthe more white monarch". Although white monarchs recently two wild caught specimens observed in This raises a question about the fidelity reached about 10% frequency on Hawaii, the Tampa area in April and May 1996 of first generation spring individuals to and were firs t collected there about 100 simply arose from such a rare but pre­ the area in which they emerge. If such years ago (specimen ex Rothschild Col­ dictable "mother event", and not neces­ females have a strong tendency to move lection, BMNH, London; Vane-Wrigh t sarily because "someone imported these northwards, as discussed by Malcolm et 1993), they have been known from main­ individuals from Hawaii and released al. (1993), why would Ms Opplinger's land USA for at least as long. Clark them in Tampa", as Minno speculates. first white monarch lay eggs at the very (1932) reported a specimen found in However, what is really surprising about spot where she was "born"? An alterna­ Washington DC in 1896, while Gunder Marc's account is the report that Ms tive might be that the Tampa monarchs (1927) named this aberration or form as Opplinger's white female, after eclosion are resident, a view consistent with 'nivosus', based on a specimen obtained from a pupa "left on her porch", was re­ Brower's (1985) report of small and mo­ from Missouri in 1908. More recently leased into heryard where it laid eggs on bile overwintering colonies along the John Lane photographed a white mon­ Asclepias curassavica, from which batch Florida Gulfcoast. More detailed studies arch on the coast of California, about a further white female apparently on the demography of Monarchs in the 1980 (Vane-Wright 1987). Outside the emerged. The odds against the white Tampa area would be interesting, and a USA, in addition to Hawaii,'nivosus' is mother finding a heterozygous (white/ mass rearing programme might deter­ also known from Australia, New Zealand typical) male with which to mate would mine whether the elusive 'nivosus' allele and Indonesia (Vane-Wright 1993). normally be very small. is really resident in this population or The white form is a simple autosomal Most likely in this case it came about not. Discovery could pave the way for the recessive (Stimson & Myers 1985), and through an incestuous relationship with proposed comparison with Hawaiian we may assume that the allele responsi­ one of her brothers. But how frustrating white monarchs (Vane-Wright 1993), in ble persists at very low fre­ an attempt to see if quency (or is a recurrent 'nivosus' is an ancient gene mutation) in various popula­ that crossed the Pacific tions of Danaus plexippus along with the Monarch plexippus, includingboth the during the last century, or eastern and western Mon­ is just a recurrent muta­ arch populations of North tion. America. Data in Cockrell et References al. (1993) and Malcolmet al. Brower, L.P. 1985. New per­ (1993) suggest that migrant spectives on the migration bi­ females from Mexico could ology of the monarch butter­ oviposit at Tampa (28°N) fly, Danaus plexippus L. In early enough to produce off­ Migration: mechanisms and adaptive significance (M.A. spring in late April and May. Rankin, ed. ), pp . 748-785. Mating of first-wave spring Austin: University of Texas , migrants takes place as the Contributions in Marine Sci­ mass overwinteringcolonies ence , Supplement 27. A Florida White Monarch on Asclepias curassavica Photo by Thomas Hecker. break up during February- continued on page 88...

72 Autumn 1997 Autumn 1997 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Benjamin Preston Clark on Sphingidae

Russell A. Rahn, 3205 W Rochelle Rd. , Irving, Texas 75062-4127

Benjamin Preston Clark is the author of a $150,000 . Only after Clark's diligent and packed into pinning boxes by Mr. number of taxa in the family Sphingidae, yet, dedicated efforts for a ten year period, McBrine. Ittook several days to pack the after a period ofsearching, I had not been able to locate a bibliography or a biographical sketch was the business again debt-free. During specimens, books, microscope slides, published in any j ournal related to entomology that period, B.C. Clark and Company maps and cabinets into a special express or lepidoptera. Clark was not a professional managed the Pearson Cordage Company truck. They were then forwarded to the lepidopterist but was, like many others among of Roxbury, and then designed, manufac­ museum via a railroad express car with­ us, a genuine amateur - loving his hobby and pu rsuing specimens with an enthusiasm for tured and marketed the twine used in out damage to a single . Andrey collecting which produced remarkable results. early McCormack'reapers. Americans Avinoff of the Carnegie Museum then Being among the fortunate few whose pursuit of planted, crops flourished, reapers reaped, arranged to have the museum's a hobby was apparently not seriously limited by and B.C. Clark & Co. prospered once cabinetmaker fashion a single wall­ funds, he possessed both time and resources for again. mounted display cabinet which he filled his avocation. The results ofhis work are given with about 50 specimens from the collec­ below, indicating a standard ofachievement that Clark's entomological pursuits began in would beenvied by us all. In view ofthe apparent earnest in 1911. At that time he pur­ tion. This special display was returned lack of both biographical and bibliographical chased a collection of hawk moths from to the family home as a permanent re­ information, I haveprepared the following sketch minderof Clark's work there. At the time which hopefully will fill this void. the estate of C. Maxwell Stuart through the agency ofO.E. Janson & Sons of Lon­ of his death, Clark was a "Curator of Through the kind assistance of the reference don, while traveling abroad with his fam­ Sphingidae" at the Carnegie Museum, a department staffat the Irving Public Library in "Patron " of the American Museum of Irving, Texas, I was able to obtain the single ily. This collection contained about 450 referencecited below.From this reference, largely specimens with 350 named forms. By Natural History in New York, a "Collabo­ genealogical in character; it was possible to track rator" of the Smithsonian Institution in Clark 's collection, and it is from this reference 1922, his collection held in excess of7200 specimens with 1170 named forms (out Washington, D.C., an active member of that the following biographical sketch has been the Visiting Committee of the Agassiz condensed . of 1315 known at that time). From 1933 onward, his collection was housed and Museum in Cambridge, and a member of Benjamin Preston Clark was born Octo­ the Entomological Society of France. ber 8, 1860, in the corner bedroom ofthe lovingly curated in the " Room" of Mansion House on the Weldfamily farm, their home at 132 Marlborough Street, Reference: Boston. In this room, Clark had a large West Roxbury, (near Boston), Massachu­ Clark, Josephine F.: Benjamin Preston Clark; setts. His early interest in natural his­ world map to which he affixed a pin for Th omas Todd Co., Printers, Boston, 1947, xi tory was attested to by an experiment the locality of each new and rare species & 220 pp., 11 b/w plates. with eggs in the nest of a Flicker he desired to obtain. He then would dili­ Publications of Benjamin Preston gently seek out an individual there who (Colaptes auratusi. Benjamin attempted Clark on Sphingidae: to learn the maximum laying capacity of would collect for him, supplying a pho­ the Flicker, and removed one egg from tograph of the moth, a net, a poison bot­ 1. New American Sphingidae, Proceedings ofthe tle and instructions for collecting. His New England Zoological Club VI: 39-50 (De­ the nest daily. The bird finally stopped cember 5, 1916). after thirty eggs had been laid . publications of new species were made 2. New Sphingidae, Proceedings of th e New after consultation with Karl Jordan of England Zoological Club VI: 57-72 (Decem­ Graduating from the Boston Latin Tring, and AndreyAvinoff of Pittsburgh, ber 15, 1970). School in June of 1877, he enrolled in both of whom were counted as close 3. Some Undescribed Sphingidae, Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club VI: 99­ Amherst College as a freshman the fol­ friends. lowing fall. Although he was offered a 114 (March 21, 1919). At the time of his death on January 11, 4. Sixteen New Sphingidae, Proceedings of the position as instructor in Geology at New England Zoological Club VII: 65-78 (No­ Cornell University, the failure of his fa­ 1939, Clark's collection contained all but vember 11, 1920). ther's business placed Clark in the busi­ 50 of the 1644 known taxaofSphingidae. 5. Twenty-five New Sphingidae, Proceedings of ness world in November, 1881. The busi­ He himself had described 232, and the the New England Zoological Club VIII : 1-23 collection contained 849 types, cotypes (J anuary 25, 1922). ness which had prospered dealing in 6. Thirty-three New Sphingidae, Proceedings of Spanish cork, wine, olives, oakum and and paratypes. His collection was do­ paper found itself in debt to the tune of nated to the Carnegie Museum, being Continued on page 89...

Volume 39, Number 4 73 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 Stamp Moths!

Mark D. Schmidt 8780 Red Lion-Five Points Rd. , Springboro, Ohio

This is not a call to eradicate, it is a call common thread of Americana was being Address it and send it to: to celebrate and educate. Earlier this woven like a silkmoth's cocoon. The The Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee year, the notion occurred to me to see if American artist, having been honored c/o US. Postal Service the US. government would be interested with showings at the Smithsonian, was KM4474E in commemorating giant silkmoths on tied in to this theme as well. 475 L'Enfant Plaza S.W stamps. After all, a butterfly, Schaus' The committee met in April. The nomi­ Washington, D.C. 20260-2437 Swallowtail, had debuted earlier last nation of the subject of "butterflies" was year. Itis my beliefthat otherlepidoptera Further comments in longer letters reviewed and declined. Could there really would likely be more effective and of may be worthy of a stamp and for reasons be so great an ignorance and so little in­ other than being endangered. course encouraged. Dr. Cody has been terest in Saturniid beauty, America's personally contacted and is interested With this in mind, and finally finding a largest insect,H. cecropia, cosmopolitan and supportive. postal employee who could direct me to familiarity with A. polyphemus, history the proper authority within the postal of American sericulture, identity with Promotion oflepidoptera is a worthy goal service, a letter was written soliciting the struggle to establish a colony from far and should be supported by the Society. that both American silkmoths and an off lands exemplified by S . cynthia, or the Bringingfamiliarity of silkmoths into the American artist be celebrated through dedication of an American to the exclu­ average American's home will help com­ the philatelic medium. sive portrayal of these giants of the bat ignorance and promote appreciation. night? Perhaps. This, in turn, should promote conserva­ Dr. John Cody of Hays, Kansas, has ap­ tion and at the very least, some human­ plied his talents, nearly exclusively, to Perhaps more patriotic themes should be insect tolerance. What better way to lick the creation of perfect images of portrayed on stamps. My stamp drawer public ignorance of lepidoptera than by Saturniids in water color. His recently is full of patriotic stamps like a tulip, a licking a moth on a stamp! published book, Wings ofParadise cer­ rose, a child 's scribble,"LOVE", a dino­ tainly attests to his worthiness. Thus, saur, a peach, non-eagle birds, a sea ot­ photos of four of his paintings were in­ ter, a dolphin, and whales. Perhaps it's cluded in the solicitation. the insect stigma. Then came the final New Journal Unfortunately, "solicitation" is a dirty blow.A letter arrived with a stamp bear­ word with the Citizens' Stamp Advisory ing a non-indigenous beetle on an exotic Detiuts••• Committee. They will accept only the seedpod. Worse yet, this was an actual suggestion of a topic. My efforts were paintingfrom an artist that left the coun­ flatly rejected without further considera­ try to paint it. Solicitation? I'd hope not. tion. However, by changing a few words, Subsequently, this article is submitted as the solicitation became, on appeal, a sug­ a call to every member ofthe Lepidopter­ gestion and the photos examples of tal­ ists' Society to participate in a write-in ent. campaign. If the Advisory Committee The appeal included patriotic themes receives a few hundred requests for this that boasted of a truly American natural topic, I feel it would not be ignored. I The LepidopteraJournal is published history treasure, sericulturallinks to the encourage all members to proudly par­ quarterly by Patrick Marceau and colonization of America, reflections of take in the creation of a US. stamp. presents information, news, hint, photos, human immigration inS. cynthia, grow­ Very simply, please take five minutes to and articles on Saturniidae, Sphingidae ing public interest in conservation, nos­ write on a post card the following: and other species.Volume 1(1) and 1(2) talgia for childhood insect collections, "Please give consideration to giant are already available. Contact Patrick and memorable first encounters with a silkmoths as subjects for US. stamps. Marceau at 1470, St-Olivier, Ancienne­ showy at the porch light- a Please give further consideration to the Lorette, Quebec, Canada G2E 2N9. common experience for many citizens. A talents of Dr. John Cody for the project." Watch for a review in a future issue...

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The Lepidopterists' Bookshelf Boyce A. Drummond, Editor

Florida's Fabulous Butterflies

by Thomas C. Emmel. Photography by Brian Kenney. 1997. World Publications, EO. Box 24339, of~ Anyone knowing Tampa, Florida. 96 pp. Softcover, 23.5 x 30.5 em, ISBN 0-911977-15-5, $14.95. the publication Qf] new titles ofboo}{~.i video, or audi~. I've been reading Anne Rice's by family, with no introduction or fly eyes, leaf-rolling , tapes of interest to Vampire Trilogy this year, and even a table of contents (I later how caterpillars walk, etc. One of lepidopterists, and' when Florida's Fabulous Butter­ found the Table of Contents on my favorite boxes explained "Why especially of books published outside flies showed up in the mail, I was the very last page of the book). butterflies bounce around as they the United States, immediately reminded of one of The sequence of coverage was fly", drawing on topics ranging are requested to the things I have learned about curious, starting with Pieridae, from insect evolution to the origin send full particu­ vampires from Lestat - that all and proceeding next through of the stealth bomber, all in one lars to the Book their physical senses are height­ Lycaenidae, Libytheidae, Nym­ paragraph. In fact, one ofthe real Review Editor, The Lepidopterists' ened to an extent that defies the phalidae, Satyrinae, Danainae, strengths of this book is that most Society, both for imagination of mere mortals. In­ Hesperiidae, and ending with of the boxes and text focus on announcement in deed, the deep, rich colors of the Papilionidae. The twelve families "how" and "why" rather than on this column and to photographs and the larger-than of moths covered were presented "what." Even the choice of larval allow for timely life images in this new book had in a sequence no more logical. and pupal photographs were cho­ review in the me checking on the length of my Clearly the format and layout of sen in large part for their informa­ Journal-orNews of The Lepidopter­ incisors. This is a luscious book, this book were geared more to­ tion content, with the accompany­ ists' Society. and at $14.95 , a real bargain. ward creating an esthetic experi­ ingtext explaining the functional morphology of immature stages Publishers are in­ The book's large format (9x12") is ence than in maintainingsystem­ vited to sendre­ used to great advantage to display atic integrity. But no matter, the and pointing out examples of view copies directly the mixture of text and pictures pictures are beautiful and the crypsis, disruptive coloration, to the Book RevieW­ in a pleasing and creative layout. text is informative, lively, and warning coloration, and mimicry. Editor for consiat easy to read. eration for review Crisp and beautiful photographs, Likewise, many of the adult pho­ in the News o~ most taken by Brian Kenney, but The boxed material (much of it tographs illustrate interesting Journal. Members. with 24 other photographers con­ written by Mark Deyrup) is behaviors. There is a wonderfully interested in re ~ tributing additional images, are crammed with interesting facts informative photograph of a male viewing books for interspersed amongblocks of text, and anecdotes about butterflies. BarredSulphurdisplaying his iso­ the News or the with species descriptions and fig­ lated left forewing to a female, Journal should Although none of the topics is send their requests ure captions appearing on white covered in great detail, I found thereby exposing his scent patch or interests to: background, and with numerous them refreshing and engagingly to her antennae, and another of Dr. M. Alma Solis, box notes on yellow background. explained. Topics include Rea­ two Palamedes Swallowtails fly­ Systematic Ento­ Adult butterflies, many pictured sons to Learn About Butterflies, ing in close formation, the male mology Lab., USDA, at 2 to 5 times life size, get the Butterfly Words (t er minology), leading the female in aerial court­ c/o National Mu­ most lavish treatment, but there The Miracle of Metamorphosis ship. Occasionally I was left with seum of Natural is a chapter on moths and the (with a lavish two-page spread of more questions than answers, History, MRC 127, book includes an impressive Washington, D.C. a monarch going from prepupato however. For example, a lovely 20560, (202) 382­ number of photographs of early adult), Butterfly Predators, and photographshows a summerform 1785 (office), (202) stages. a myriad of interesting facts on and a fall form of Eurema daira 786-9422 (fax) I was surprised to find that the colors, mimicry, courtship and in copulation, and explains the book begins immediately with mating, egg-laying, pollination, adaptive function of the different descriptions of species, arranged ultraviolet color patterns, butter- color patterns at different sea-

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sons, and even hints at the origin tographed in California, and no those of us interested in the me­ of the controlling mechanism for name is given (not even family). chanics of the photography. this phenology, but then forgets to A photograph of an erect But all of these are minor com­ explain how two fresh-looking geometrid larva is used to show plaints in the face of a beautifully adults from different seasonal how behavior and morphology photographed, attractively de­ populations found each other to combine to produce camouflage in signed, and delightfully informa­ mate! And after explaining the stick mimicry - but the green tive book. This is the ninth in a dietary habits of clothes moths is extended from the series of books entitled "Florida's and the early repellents used to center of a cone flower with a Fabulous ", with other ward them off (ca m ph or and dark brown disk and bright yel­ titles treating flowers, trees, naphthalene), we are left with the low rays, leaving the reader to birds, waterbirds, mammals, rep­ statement "now there are more wonder about the effectiveness of tiles & amphibians, insects, and effective repellents." We aren't such supposed cryptic behavior. seashells. I haven't seen the other told what these are, nor are we As for the richer-than-life colors volumes, but ifButterflies is typi­ told if the clothes moth even oc­ mentioned earlier, some of the cal, this is an extraordinaryseries, curs in Florida and if it is a pest photographs reminded me of commendable for its spectacular there. magazine photography in the photography, engaging text, and Some of the photographs stretch 1950s, when reds and yellows attractive pricing. a bit to make a point. The lovely were so saturated as to give a sur­ Boyce A. Drummond, micro-moth used to show that realistic look to the pictures. Un­ tiny moths can be "as beautiful as fortunately, no technical details Natural Perspectives, 1762 the gaudiest butterfly" was pho- (film type and speed, lens, filter, Upper Twin Rock Road, etc.) were provided, disappointing Florissant, Colorado 80816 The Nature of Monarch Butterflies: beauty takes flight

by Eric S. Grace. 1997. Greystone Books, Douglas & McIntyre, 1615 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5L 2Hl. 128pp. Hardcover, 24.1 x 24.1 em, ISBN 1-55054-570-1, $32.50 CDN

This is a photographically stun­ through the recolonization of the conference on this very subject ning "coffee table" book which, US and Canada. Itconcludes with has just been held in Morelia, for a book of the coffee table a short, but worthwhile, digres­ Mexico. Itcovers the controversial genre, is surprisingly well written sion of the need for continued winter kills in Mexico, discusses by Canadian science writer Eric monitoring of migration routes, threats to the roosts and contin­ Grace. The stars, undoubtedly, includingin its coverage the com­ ues with a look at the often over­ are the 53 color photos - and the mendable work of Chip Taylor's looked threats to the Monarch in Monarch butterfly itself - al­ Monarch Watch. its breeding areas. Finally, under though Grace does not begrudge The Monarch's World is a refresh­ the auspices of "lendinga helping their position, however it is the ing look at habitat requirements hand" it touches on the need for thoughtful text which makes the in the breeding range, has the social and economic reform and its book a worthwhile purchase. usual stuffabout mimicry (thank­ potential for conservation of the The Life ofa Monarch introduces fully, the manuscript was re­ Mexican overwintering roosts. the life history with short sections viewed by Lincoln Brower so the For the beautiful photos alone, providing the usual coverage of common oversimplifications that this book is worth considering, the egg, larva, pupaand adultbut­ generally abound in this sort of but for the depth of the written terflyas well as an introduction to book are missing), and a thor­ coverage it is worth purchasing. I courtship and mating.Migration, ough, so somewhat unusual, ex­ know a number of folks who'd looks first at the migratory stag­ amination of the role of various love to see one of these under ing areas in the north and the sources of mortality. their tree... habitat requirements of the but­ The final section extends the first Phil Schappert terflies during the southward mi­ three sections into the future gration, then covers both the Department ofZoology, Univer­ with The Need for Conservation. Mexican and Californian over­ sity ofTexas at Austin, Austin, This is very timely since a major wintering roosts, and continues TX 78712-1064

76 Autumn 1997 Autumn 1997 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Recently Published Books

Boyce A. Drummond, Editor

Swallowtail Butterflies: Heterocera Sumatrana spiral bound, 14 x 22 em, ISBN 0­ 910715-10-6, $8.95 (postpaid from the Their Ecology & Volume 8, Noctuidae, Parts 2-4: publisher). Evolutionary Biology Acronictinae, Heliothinae, Plu­ This narrative of Theodore edited by J. Mark Scriber, Yoshitaka siinae Mead's trip to the Colorado Tsubaki, & Robert C.Lederhouse.1995. by L. W. R. Kobes, G. Behounek, & H. Rockies in 1871 to collect for Scientific Publishers, E O. Box 15718, Thony. 1995. 80 pp ., 2 color plates. William Henry Edwards, who was Gainesville, FL 32604. vii + 459 pp., 32 Softcouer; 16.5 x 24 ern,ISBN3-925055­ later to become Mead's father-in­ color plates, numerous text figures, 05-3, $DM 90 (about $58). diagrams, half-tones, and tables. law, is told through the letters Hardcover, color cover, 22 x 28.5 em, Volume 9, The Oenochrominae that Mead, then only 19, wrote ISBN 0-945417-89-6. $65.00. (auet.) of Sumatra (Lep., Geo­ home during that adventurous The goal of this book is to consoli­ metridae) trip. Of the butterflies Mead col­ date the primary scientific litera­ by M. Sommerer. 1995. 77 pp., 5 color lected duringthe summerof 1871, ture about swallowtail butterflies plates. Softcouer; 16.5 x 24 ern, ISBN 3­ five years before Colorado became across many levels ofbiological or­ 925055-07-X, DM 70 (about $45). a state, many were new species ganization and provide an enjoy­ Volume 10, The Saturniidae of that were described by Edwards. able text that even the non-pro­ Sumatra Mead 's collection and the collec­ fessional audience can use. by Wolfgang A. Nassig, Rudolf E. J. tion of his mentor, W. H. Edwards, Lampe, & Stefan Kager. 1996. 174 pp., It provides a cross-disciplinary were purchased by the Rev. 23 color plates. Softcouer; 16.5 x 24 em, William Jacob Holland for the tour of behavior, biochemistry, ISBN 3-925055-09-6, DM 85 (about physiology, and genetics, which $55). Carnegie Museum of Natural His­ tory, Pittsburgh. "Without those together shape the fascinating Volume 11, Noctuidae, Part 5: collections, Holland's long popu­ world of swallowtail butterfly The Chloephorinae of Sumatra ecology and evolution. The audi­ lar The Butterfly Book would by Lutz W. R. Kobes. 1997. 240 pp., 10 ence is intended to include "the never have seen the light of day," color plates. Softcover, 16.5 x 24 em, writes F. Martin Brown in his most specialized research scien­ ISBN 3-925055-06-1, DM 150 (about tists as well as casual hobbyists, $97). All published by Heterocera preface to this important primary passionate preservationists, and Sumatrana Society, 6 Kreuzburger St. , source of information about one of D-37085 Gottingen, Germany. perhaps even international politi­ America's earliest collectors in cal policy czars." These four issues constitute vol­ the west. umes 6-9 of the Green Book Se­ The book's 35 chapters (by 40 au­ The Forgotten Pollinators ries of the Heterocera Sumatrana thors) are organized into 5 sec­ Society, which contain faunistic by Stephen L. Buchmann & Gary Paul Nabhan, with a foreward by E. O. tions: "Chemical Ecology and treatments on the level of com­ Behavioral Physiology" (Chapters Wilson. 1996. Island Press, 1718 plete families, subfamilies, and Connecticut Avenue N w., Suite 300, 1-8), "Life History and Population tribes of the Lepidoptera Washington, DC 20009-1148. 292 pp. Dynamics" (Chapters 9-12), Heterocera fauna of the Indone­ Hardcover,dustjacket, 16 x 24 cm, ISBN "Mating Biology and Mimicry" 1-55963-352-2, $25. sian island of Sumatra. The edi­ (Chapters 13-17), "Ecological Ge­ torial board consists of Lutz W. R. In a lively, engaging style, Buch­ netics and Evolution" (Chapters Kobes, Gaden S. Robinson, and mann and Nabhan relate anec­ 18-27), and "Conservation and Di­ Gerhard Tarmann. dotes and vignettes from scientific versity Preservation" (Chapter fieldwork around the world to 28-35). A Species Index and Sub­ Chasing Butterflies in the convey the crucial connections ject Index complete the book. Colorado Rockies with between both plants and animals The range of subject matter cov­ Theodore Mead in 1871 and humans and nature. The For­ gotten Pollinators is the center­ ered is immense and the book is edited by Grace H.Brown, annotated beautifully produced - hand­ by F. Martin Brown. 1996. Bulletin piece of a public awareness cam­ some in aspect, easy to read, and Number 3, Pikes Peak Research paign, based at the Arizona­ with careful attention paid to lay­ Station, Colorado Outdoor Education Sonora Desert Museum, that in- Center, EO. Box 167, Florissant, out and organization. Colorado 80816. 73 pp. Softcouer; continued on page 87...

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50th Anniversary (48th Annual) Meeting Group Photo, New Haven, Connecticut, July 1997 Key: 1) Mary Ann Waisanen; 2) Carol Lemmon; 3) Paul Russell; 4) Sandy Russell; 5) Beth Brinkman; 6) Barbara Deutsch; 7) Nancy Dunn; 8) Isabel Vargas­ ~ Fernandez; 9) Mark Sanderford; 10) Reiko Goto; 11) June Preston; 12) Mindy Conner; 13) Bill Conner; 14) Jean Petr; 15) Mo Nielsen; 16) Fred Rindge; 17) David Gibo; 18) Kauri Mikkola; 19) Bryant Mather; 20) David Bauer; 21) Charlotte Bauer; 22) Don Lafontaine; 23) Douglas Ferguson; 24) George Balogh; 25) [ Kent Wilson; 26) Terri Balogh; 27) Carol Ferge; 28) Jeanne Remington; 29) Stan Nicolay; 30) Aaron Balogh; 31) Daniel Balogh; 32) Lilian Nicolay; 33) Doug C.:l ~ .(0 a­ Dawn; 34) Elizabeth Munger; 35) Hazel Tilden; 36) Marisa Davis; 37) Grace Jeschke; 38) Suzette Slocumb; 39) Mignon Davis; 40) Charlie Covell; 41) An­ S 2 ::s nette Aiello; 42) Dolores Savignano; 43) Ayako Hachisuka; 44) SusanWeller; 45) Ruth Boada; 46) Reggie Webster; 47) Steven Davis; 48) Jean-Francois Landry; ...... 49) Don Davis; 50) John Brown; 51) Elaine Hodges; 52) Ron Hodges; 53) Sarah Burns; 54) Astrid Caldas; 55) Eric Classey; 56) Les Ferge; 57) Steve Mueller; g. (0 ~ (0 58) Jackie Miller; 59) Lee Miller; 60) Brian Scholtens; 61) Dale Schweitzer; 62) David Iftner; 63) Daniel Petr; 64) Felix Sperling; 65) Scot Kelley; 66) Chris -:J """ Maier; 67) Mauel Blacazar-Lara; 68) Bob Pyle; 69) Vitor Becker; 70) Bart Brinkman; 71) JeffFengler; 72) Gary Lemmon; 73) Adam Porter; 74) Tyler Mertes; 75) Roberta Hudson; 76) Larry Gall; 77) Susan Adler; 78) Raymond Pupedis; 79) Andres Sada; 80) John Nelson; 81) David Bettman; 82) Ted Herig; 83) Jim Tuttle; 84) Peg Tuttle; 85) Scott Kocher; 86) Fred Stehr; 87; Marc Epstein; 88) Victor Demassi; 89) T.L. Herig; 90) Ken Bliss ; 91) John Peacock; 92) Andy Warren; 93) Mike Smith; 94) Sally Warren; 95) Bill Miller; 96) Dave Ahrenholz; 97) Joe Kunkel; 98) Ron Rutowski; 99) Richard Fall; 100) Louise Fall; 101) Edward Holy; 102) John Burns; 103) Jane O'Donnell; 104) Janice Tilden; 105) Rebecca Simmons; 106) Mike Sabourin; 107) Emily Hildebtandt; 108) Maria Plonczynski; 109) Eric Metzler; 110) Patricia Metzler; 111) Sandra Perez; 112) Chip Taylor; 113) Toni Taylor; 114) Julian Donahue; 115) Alma Solis ; 116) Mike Toliver; 117) Kit Stanford; 118) Ray Stanford; 119) Mike Pogue; 120) Paul Opler; 121) Evi Buckner; 122) Jerry Powell ; 123) Mineteka Bon 'no; 124) Mamoru Watanabe; 125) Floyd Preston; 126) Kari Rogg; 127) Olle Pellmyr; 128) Jim Popelka; 129) Bernard Landry; 130) Larry Gilbert; 131) Bob Eisele; 132) Ben Ziegler; 133) Jerome Regier; 134) Soowon Cho; 135) Andrew Mitchell; 136) Phil DeVries; 137) Michael Boppre; 138) ErnestWilliams; 139) MarthaWeiss; 140) Christoph Hauser; 141) Roger Hutchings; 142) Juan Grados; 143) Ron Leuschner; 144) Mirna Casagrande; 145) Deane Bowers; 146) OlafMielke; 147) David Gaskin; 148) Wayne Wehling; 149) Mark Richter; 150) Mark Travassos; 151) Gerardo Lamas; 152) Naomi Pierce; 153) Andy Brower; 154) David Merrill; 155) Lincoln Brower; 156) Ted Sargent; 157) Tor Hansen; 158) Mark Scriber; 159) Roger Zebold; 160) Katherine Bash; 161) Don Miller; 162) Linda Boose; 163) Daniel Otero; 164) Charles Mitter; 165) Mark Deering; 166) Michael Collins; 167) Bengt Karlsson; 168) Reed Watkins. News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4

Membership Update•••

Julian Donahue

This update includes all changes received by 12 Sept. 1997.

"Lost" Members Cassaday, David: 61 Black Oak Ridge Hoare, Anthony M.Y.: Seven Gables, Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 . The Downs, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 (publications returned: "temporarily Champagne, Madeline: 7 Pond Av­ 8LF, England. away," "moved," "left no address," or enue, Foxboro, MA 02035. Homeyer, Bethany: Route 1, Box "addressee unknown"): Cheeseman, Fred: 7504 NW 41st 447A, Mathis, TX. Richard A. Anderson (St. Petersburg, Street, Coral Springs, FL 33065. Homeyer, Reese: Route 1, Box 447A, FL: "no such number"); Cochran, Neil: 1105 Carriage Square, Mathis, TX. Judy Pooler (Macquoketa, IA) Grandview, WA 98930. Hylton, Roger: 435 South Rossiter Corrections and Minor Revisions Conaway, C.R: 6211 South Knoxville Street, Mount Dora, FL 32757. Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74136 . Inoue, Takeo (M.D.): Dept. of to the '96 Membership Directory Dameron, Wanda: 23424 Jonathan Gynecology, Aichi Cancer Center, 1-1 (make appropriate changes in Alphabeti­ Street, Canoga Park, CA 91304. Kanokoden, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Aichi cal List ofMembers) De Rosa, Dave E.: Insect World, P.O. 464, Japan. Adams, James K.: change apartment Box 365, Spring Valley, CA 91976-0365. King, Colleen C.: USM Box 5387, number from 1005 to 704. Denis, Richard: 133 Avenue de la Lib­ Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5387. Hoskin, Michael: change street address eration, F-86000 Poitiers, France. KohlI, Steve: 30 rue de Dudelange, L­ from 16 to 26. Dickel, Terhune S.: 7 Colonial Ridge 3630 Kayl, Luxemburg. Krings, Alexander: change apartment Drive, Yardley, PA 19067 . Kojima, Hisayoshi: 2176 Hercules number from 7 to 5. Dunford, Jim C.: 4883 North Santa Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Young, James John: correct street ad­ Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay, WI 53217. Leicht, Dustin: 23246 Rancho, Apple dress is "109-111" Gloucester Road East, Raymond (Randy) James: 4903 Valley, CA 92308-9030. Whetstone Road, Richmond, VA 23234. Limtao, Sam: Science Kit Inc ., P.O. Box New & Reinstated Members Einem, Gerald E .: Box 603, Tiverton, 5059, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Members who havejoined!renewed! Nova Scotia BOV 1GO,Canada. Mangold, James \v.: 190 Hanover been found/or rescinded their re­ Ekstrom, Nicolas H.: 419 East 75th Road , Newtown, CT 06470-1131. quest to be omitted since publica­ Street, New York, NY 10021. Marceau, Patrick: 1470 St-Olivier, tion of the 1996 membership direc­ Fessler, Jill: P.O. Box 276, Silver Grove, Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec G2E 2N9, tory (NOT included in the 1996 Mem­ KY 41085. Canada. bership Directory; all in U.S.A. unless George, John (Dn): 214 Rockwell Ter­ Mathew; John: 1336 Melrose Parkway noted otherwise) race, Frederick, MD 21701. #3, Norfolk, VA 23508. Gollop, Bernie: 2202 York Avenue, N adborne, Ira: 4424 East Bellevue Betzen, Nick: 61113 Falcon Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 1J1, Street #210, Tucson, AZ 85712. Olathe, CO 81425-9200. Canada. Neilson, Dixie: 2905 NW 27th Terrace, Bridges, Jane Donahue: 1705 GomezAlfonso, Asuncion: La Hurona Gainesville, FL 32605. Shadford Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. 57, Icod de los Vinos , Tenerife 38430, Nielsen, Bernard C.: 1736 Riverside Bronson, Wanda: 3456 Dwight Way, Spain. Road, Central City, NE 68826-2253. Berkeley, CA 94704. Goyer, Marvin H.: 12706 Wanda Lane, O'connell, R.: 409 South Gladstone, Brosch, Ulrich: Muehlenstrasse 22, D­ Magnolia, TX. Aurora, IL 60506 . 32479 Hille, GERMANY Goyer, Yvonne R.: 12706 Wanda Lane, Orellana B., Andres M.: Fapas, Buit, Jerry: Buit Butterfly Farm, 7127 Magnolia, TX. Apartado 210, Merida, Merida 5101-A, North TerraVista Drive #102, Peoria, IL Harvey, Donald J.: Dept. of Entomol­ Venezuela. 61614. ogy, National Museum of Natural His­ Overton, Max: P.O. Box 21, James Cook Campbell, Jana: 1405 Tropical Drive tory, MRC 127, Washington, DC 20560. University, Townsville, Queensland #135, Orlando, FL 32839. 4811, Australia.

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Prestwich, Howard H.: 216 West De Swarte, David H.: CMR 427, Box ment of Zoology, University of Texas, Stephenson Street, Freeport, IL 61032­ 3284, APO, AE 09630 . Austin, TX 78712-1064. 4325 . Einem, Gerald E.: 96 River Bend Drive, Singer, Michael S.: 1622 East Edison Rabe, Mary L.: Michigan Natural Fea­ Brownsville, TX 78520. Street, Tucson, AZ 85719-3718. tures Inventory, Mason Building, P.O. Furuya, Kenji (Dn); Genetech Inc., QC Stepan, George Jiri: 4528 Virio Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909-7944. Methods Develop #73, 460 Point San Comm, Fremont, CA 94536-5640. Romero, Felipe Pent: Apartado 23, BrunoBlvd., South San Francisco, CA Thompson,-Paul M.: 1723 Madison Turrialba 7150, Costa Rica. 94080-4990. Court, Louisville, CO 80027-1121. Rusch-Fischer, Karen: 1085 Tasman Grimes, Tate: 247 Daniel Drive, Wold, Eric N.: 5058 SW Technology Drive #733, Sunnyvale, CA94089-5832. Madisonville, KY 42431. Loop #87, Corvallis, OR 97333. Sauer, Leslie: Andropogon Associates, Heck, Mary L.: 25 Christopher Drive, Wysocki, Paul F.: 15 Pleasant View Ltd., 374 Shurs Lane, Philadelphia, PA Oxford, OH 45056. Way, Flemington, NJ 08822. 19128. Hodges, Elaine R.S.: 85253 Ridgetop Sherwood, Laurel: 340 West 88th Drive, Eugene, OR 97405. Street #2B, New York, NY 10024 . Hodges, Ronald W. (Dr.): 85253 Shimkanin, John: 928 Wood Street, Ridgetop Drive, Eugene, OR 97405 . Calendar California, PA 15419 . Jablonski, Michael M.: 8735 US 30 Shupp, Gary: 1603 North 26th Street, North, Forest, OH 45843 . 1998 Annual Meeting, Pacific Slope Allentown, PA 18104. Johnson, Kurt (Dn); Environmental Section ofThe Lepidopterists' Soci­ Sumerford, Douglas v.: USDA-ARS/ Affairs, The Ethical Culture Society, 53 ety: 26-28 June (two days after a new SIMRU, P.O. Box 346, Stoneville, MS Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY moon), Grace Valley Ranch, San Bern­ 38776. 11215 . ardino Mts., southern California, eleva­ Thomas, Margaret: 40 Elm Street, Kavalovski, Charles D.: 11560 tion 8,000 feet (34 degrees 11.095 min­ Milford, CT 06460. Lockridge Avenue North, Stillwater, MN utes N, 116 degrees 43.211 minutes W). Thurston, Stephen: 605 East 11th 55082. Collecting of specimens is presently per­ Street #3A, New York, NY 10009 . Klingler, Mark A.: RR 1, Box 312, mitted at the camp and in the surround­ Underdahl, Marie: 21 James Neck Tyrone, PA 16686-9208. ing San Bernardino National Forest. All Road, RD 1, St. James, NY 11780 . Kondla, Norbert G.: Box 244, Genelle, members of the Society who reside in the Vamvakias, Ann: 180 Main Street, British Columbia VOG IGO, Canada. Pacific Slope region (ZIP code of 80000 Cooperstown, NY 13326 . Lane, John: 15954 Wolf Mountain or greater) will automatically receive reg­ Wilbeck, Tony A. (Dr.): 5 West 22nd Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949. istration materials in early 1998. All Street, Hutchinson, KS 67502. Matula, Thomas L.: School of Business, other persons desiring further meeting information should send a request to Address Changes New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 87701. Julian Donahue, Natural History Mu­ (all U.S.A. unless noted otherwise) O'brien, Liam E.: 385 East 2nd Street, seum, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057; [email protected] ; Acorn, John H.: 132 Walsh Crescent, Benicia, CA 94510. Edmonton, Alberta T5T 5L7, Canada. Pagels R., Olaf: Apartado 14, 4059 San phone (213) 763-3364. Baez, Ignacio: 4117 SW 20th Avenue Pedro de Poas, Costa Rica. North American Butterfly Associa­ #361, Gainesville, FL 32607. Peigler, Richard S. (Dr.): 2630 Moss tion: 1998 Biennial Members' Meeting, Baird, Jane \v.: 787 South Youngfield Bluff Street, San Antonio, TX Denver, Colorado, June 11-14. Holiday Court, Lakewood CO 80228. 78232-4690. Inn - Denver West (14707 W Colfax Barksdale, Charles M.: 2408 Perkins, Edwim M., Jr. (Dr.): 2610 Ave., Golden CO 80401; Tel. 303-279­ Tamarack Court, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Portland Street #306, Los Angeles, CA 7611). Tentative Program includes a Blum, William: 4005 Alameda de las 90007-2416. slide presentation on how to recognize Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94403. Pickup, Mark: 2 Westbury Court, the butterflies you will see, field trips to Brown, John \v. (Dr.): 9206 Kristin Westbury Street, Derby DE22 3PQ, Eng­ the Colorado Front Range and high prai­ Lane, Fairfax, VA 22032-1811. land. ries on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Chilcote, CharleyA.: 2426 Southview Porter, Adam H. (Dr.): Entomology workshops on butterfly gardening, iden­ Drive, Maryville, TN 37803-6635. Department, University of Massachu­ tification, and photography, Gala ban­ Cho, Soowon: ESPM-Insect Biology, setts, Amherst, MA 01003. quets on Friday and Saturday night with 201 Wellman Hall #3112, University of Ramos, Stuart J. (Dr.): 420 Reparto guest speakers! Meet fellow butterfliers California, Berkeley, CA 94720 . Acaron, Mayaguez, PR 00680-7518. from around the continent! For more de Mordaigle, Rodolph C.: 5155 Sada Andres M.: P.O. Box 711, 66269 info. contact NABA at 4 Delaware Road, O'Sullivan Drive, Los Angeles, CA90032­ Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Morristown, NJ 07960, (201) 285-0907 4013 . Schappert, PhillipJ. (Ph.D.): Depart- (fax: (201) 285-0936).

Volume 39, Number 4 81 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 Out of the Net••• by Jim Taylor

First of all, an abject apology for the URL error I am including this site for all the butter­ Flights begin about a half hour after in this column in the Spr ing issue. I heard from fly people who think the Monarch in­ dark, rapidly reach a peak in another several members about this, includi ng our President (Eric, not Bill or Hillary). Editor Phil vented flying. The focus here is on the half-hour, then drop to about a tenth of published a correction in the last issue, but I corn earworm (Heliothis) and a few other the peak level in another half hour and would like everyone to know the typo was mine. moths with a penchant for migration and hold steady until near sunrise. The av­ I'll try not to let it happen again. an astounding degree of fecundity. The erage air speed is about 4.5 meters/sec­ HTTP://130.89.228.117/-JOHAN/BUTTERFL/ corn earworm does not overwinter north ond (a little under 10 mph to those of us GRAPHBUTTERFLIES.HTML of about 400N latitude and migrates an­ of such an age the metric system seems This site covers all butterflies seen in the nually from southern or subtropical re­ alien). The altitudes? In traps towed by Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, gions. Each female lays an average of airplanes, 21 corn earworm moths and includes both descriptions and color over 1000 eggs. The second generation is (among a total of 110 Noctuidae) were plates. There is also advice on the best awesome: taken at altitudes of 60 to 1768 meters. butterfly sites in Europe - and for the less "The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) Lots more information - visit! serious, some butterfly-related poems. of southern Texas and northeastern Take a peek. Mexico is a major source area for corn HTTP:/ /WWW .FTECH.NET/- MAD SITE/ Northern Prairie Science Center earworm populations in the Central US. CANDIDATEPAPERS/P009.HTML Don't visit HTTP://WWW.NPSC.NBS.GOv/ The LRGV annually produces about this site immediately on either side of a 200 ,000 ha of irrigated corn, which is meal. The unsigned article concerns the This is run by the Biological Resources considered a nursery crop for corn Division of the US. Geological Survey, a use of insects (and other ) for earworm populations. Infestations of gustatory purposes. The author points bureau of the US. Department of the whorl stage corn produce the first local Interior. The area covered is the North out there is nothing new about insect generation of adult corn earworms in the eating. He describes their use as a food American Great Plains. Available here LRGY. Soil excavations of pupae indicate are distribution maps and other biologi­ source in ancient times, opining that in­ that a second generation of 1 to 7 billion sects were probably a vital part of early cal information on all sorts of critters, adult corn earworms emerge from ma­ butterflies and moths included. There is man's diet, and are still important to ture corn fields during a 2-week period Australian aborigines and other primi­ also a database of over a thousand arti­ in June..." cles by the Northern Prairie staff. This tive peoples. Naturally, Biblical refer­ site will be of particular interest to those As for migratory ability: ences are included. Leviticus OK's some of you from the South (as I am). I am sure "Migratory events were indicated when orthopterans, and John the Baptist ate it is warmer in front of your computer adults were captured before the esti­ locusts and wild honey. screen than it EVER is in North Dakota. mated date of local emergence The author declares the "father of Euro­ Children's Butterfly Site (Hartstack et al. 1982) or in abruptly pean entomophagy" to be Y-M. Holt, an HTTP://WWW.MESC.NBS.GOV/BUTTERFLY.HTML high numbers. Corn earworm moths con­ eccentric Englishman who privately pub­ taminated with exotic pollen were cap­ lished a little book in 1885 called Why If you have children (or grandchildren) tured in traps in Oklahoma (Lingren et Not Eat Insects? The poor in England this is the place for you. Here are al. 1993; 1994) and Arkansas (Hendrix et were starving at the time, and Holt's coloring pages, questions and answers al. 1987), more than 700 km from their notion was that they could be fed quite about butterflies and moths, and links to nearest source areas. The use of mark­ adequately if they would give up their other web sites with additional informa­ ers helps to discriminate between mi­ usual food and feed off the caterpillars tion. grants and non-migrants in suspected and beetles in the fields. This would have Meteorological Research for Insect recipient zones. These studies show that the additional benefit of being an effi­ Movement and Management Strat­ corn earworm moths migrate over wide cient and inexpensive means of pest con­ egies geographic areas." trol. Recipes in Holt's book include not HTTP://USDA-APMRU.TAMU.EDU/METEOROLOGY/ Migratory flights which occur at night at continued on page 87... MET-HOMEPAGE.HTM altitude have been tracked by radar.

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Volume 39, Number 4 83 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 have a collection or library for sale. Con­ Papilionidae. Will exchange with ova, mostly western US. butterflies, all pa­ tact Peter Classey, E. W. Classey Ltd, PO specimens or pupas of Actias luna, pered and with full data. "Home" will be Box 93, Faringdon Oxon SN7 7Jp' UK, polyphemus, chosen by a random drawing 3-4 weeks +44-1367-244700. 394 cecropia and many more. Send your of­ after ad comes out. All specimens show Atlas ofNew Jersey Butterflies by David ferings to Randy Lyttle, 901 Cayuga natural damage or wear. They may be C. Iftner and David M. Wright. Twenty Street, Hannibal, NY 13074 US.A. 394 used for dissections, practice mountings, eight page Atlas consists of a checklist Cocoons & papered specimens of Actias jewelry, art, study, or for display for any and plotted county maps for all 151 spe­ luna for sale. Send a self-addressed collector to whom condition is not a cies of skippers and butterflies that have stamped envelope to Ronald A. Royer, prime concern. No calls please. Dr. Bruce been recorded for New Jersey. Copies can RD4 Box 2295, Lebanon, PA 17042-9433, O'Hara, 24211 Cross Street, Newhall, be ordered for $5 (postage paid) from Dr. or phone (717) 867-1021. 394 Calif. 91321 394 David C.Iftner, 8 Alpine Trail, Sparta NJ Saturniidae, Sphingidae and Papili- WANTED: Contacts for purchase, sale or 07871. 3~ onidae of North Eastern U.S.A. and exchange. I am seeking collectors and Livestock Canada. Available in fall of 1997 in win- dealers world wide , who interested in a ter diapause. Also: Reemay larvae large selection of butterflies from former For sale: pupae of C.regalis and cocoons sleeves, spun-bonded polyester caterpil- USSR, especiallyParnassius andColias. ofAttacus atlas. For prices and info. con­ lar bags, sewn to your specifications or Request a free price lists in US$. I am tact Mike Benton at 6102 NWl11th Pl., in standard sizes. In Canada send SASE interested in purchase or exchange large Alachua, FI 32615, (904) 4 18-0472, for price list, in U.S. enclose 50c and SAE quantities of all attractive and colorful [email protected] 394 for price list. Bill Oehlke, Box 476, butterfly, moth, beetles and other insects I'm interested in trading, buying or sell­ Montague, P.E.I. Canada, COA lRO, (902) for decorative collections and art works. ing saturniidae or sphingidae livestock. 838-3455/0861 (H!W), Fax (902) 838- Dr. Ilya Osipov, Novogireevskaja str. 53­ I'm also interested in exchanging infor­ 0861 , [email protected] 393 8, Moscow, 111394, RUSSIA. Tel./FAX: mation or articles on rearing, collecting, (7-095) 301-25-14, OSIPOV@GLAS. APC.ORG Ova of for sale, co- 394 field guide, butterfly gardening, etc. ). coons of same will be available in fall . ------­ ContactPatrickMarceau, 1470 St-Oliver, Possibly cocoons of Antheraea poly­ Wanted to buy: Oriental Lycaenidae Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec G2E 2N9, phemus also in fall. Send SASE for prices (), especially of the genera Canada, [email protected]. CA 394 or call, Michael Jablonski, 8735 US 30 N., Jamides and Nacaduba. Will consider Cocoons and papered specimens ofActias Forest, Ohio 45843-8853,(419) 326-4641. small or large quantities of these. Full luna, and 393 collecting data are mandatory but deter­ Hyalophora cecropia for sale. Send a self------mination is not needed. Stefan Schroe­ Cocoons of 15t generation Actias luna, addressed stamped envelope to : Ronald der, Auf dem Rosenhuegel 15, D-50997 Antheraeapolyphemus, pro­ Aaron Royer, R.D. 4 Box 2295, Lebanon, Koeln, Germany; STEFAN .SCHROEDER@ methea, C. angulifera, cynthia PA 17042-9433, or call (717)867-1021394 UNI-KOELN.DE 394 andS. ricini .Additional species may also Wild collected cocoons of Hyalophora be available. Please send S.A.S.E. for For sale: Large selection of Iranian but­ gloueri for sale. Send a self-addressed price list, or call 908-439-2462 to reserve. terflies, perfect quality, with data. All envelope to : Bruce Duncan, 10132 But­ Will buy or exchange in small quantities. Louristana sp., Hypbushirica, A. apol­ tercup Drive, Sandy, Utah 84092 394 Some wintered cocoons still available. linaria, Colias sagartia, C. cholorocoma, Don Oehlke, c/o Post Office, Pottersville, C.aurorina, C.thisoa ssp.shahkuhensis, H. Cecropia for sale. Call Nathan Barry and more. Many species from other fami­ ~O~~. m at 716-682-4285 or write at 14259 Oak lies at fair prices, local or rare species are Orchard on the Lake Waterport, New ~::~~.:~;:=~ :::: ) p'ec ~1D en allowed for exchange. Also, local beetles York 14571, [email protected] 394 _ For Sale: Lepidoptera from Russia at and dragonflies, books. Write for exten­ Wanted: Specimens or eggs of any minimal prices. Large stocks, excellent sive price list to A. Karbalaye, P.o. Box, Saturniidae species, foreign or US. Es­ quality, super-rarities (Parnassius, 11495-175, Tehran, Iran. 393 pecially: Citheronia species, Colias, Oeneis, Erebia, moths, etc.). For Sale: Specimens of Russian Lepidop­ mittrei, , Guaranteed delivery to any place in the tera, including Sphingidae (Marumba hercules, Antheraea species, Copiopteryx world. Fulfilling of firm orders possible. daschkewitchi), Arctiidae (Grammia semiramis, calleta, Auto­ Mr. Sergei Gundorov, Plant Protection quenseli, Spilarctia subcarnea, Prag­ meris species, Actias spp., Eochroa tri­ Department, Agricultural Institute, matobia fulginosa, Parasemia plantag­ meni, Arsenura spp. , etc. I am especially Teatralnaia Square, Saratov, 410710, inis), Papilionidae (Pap ilio machaon interested in South American, African Russia Fax 8452-264963 394 kamschadalus,Parnassius phoebus kam­ and Australian species. I'm also inter­ Free to a good home: Several hundred, schatica), and various species ofPieridae, ested in Epicopeidae, Uraniidae and Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, and Satyr-

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idae; also Carabidae (Carabus macle­ For sale: Light traps, 12 volt DC or 110 1-800-397-9211, HTTP://WWW.HOPTECHNO. ander, Carabus arcensis). Contact: Dean volt AC with 15 watt or 8 watt black COM. 393 Morewood, 4705 Hillwood Road, Victo­ lights. The traps are portable and easy to ria, B.C. V8Y 2N3 Canada. 393 use. Rain drains and beetle screens pro­ tect specimens from damage. Also avail­ The Nature Conservancy is in the proc­ For Sale : specimens ofIdea tambusisiana able : Battery charging system for 12 volt ess of producing an educational publica­ and Papilio jourdani from Sulawesi. batteries (for use while traveling, plugs tion called the Biodiversity Status Re­ Albert Dalmau, Mariano Estrada, 14, into cigarette lighter, safely charges up port. The publication will assemble infor­ 08328 Alella (Barcellona), Spain. Tel. 555 to four 12 volt batteries in 3 hrs., great mation from all 50 US. Heritage Pro­ 4652. 393 for the traveling lepidopterist with light grams into one central reference source. Collection for sale : Moderate-sized collec­ traps) and custom made light fixtures, It will be comprised of two major prod­ tion of Lepidoptera, primarily tropical, For a free brochure and price list, contact ucts: a published book of approximately with a small number of North American Leroy C. Koehn, 207 Quail Trail, Green­ 400 pages that will provide a graphic insects other than Lepidoptera, from the wood, MS 38930-7315, Telephone overview and analysis of the condition estate of George F. Caldwell, deceased. (601)455-5498. 393 and patterns of biodiversity in the US. Contact the Executor, Michael F. O'Neill, as well as the threats to those species and Mellon PrivateAsset Management, 1735 ecosystems, and an electronic supple­ Market Street, PO Box 7899, Philadel­ Beautiful butterflies laminated between ment on CD-ROM that will provide infor­ phiaPA 19101-7899, telephone (215)553­ beveled glass. Felt bodies, thread anten­ mation and distribution maps for rare 3080. 393 nae, soldered and antiqued. Sun catch­ species and ecosystems of the US. Serving lepidopterists since 1976. Offer­ ers, diamond shaped (4"x 7").Mary Jane At this time, we are looking for slides/il­ ing many unusual butterfly specimens Zissoff, Trilogy of Art, Box 143, Parry lustrations/images of various federally from Neotropical, African, and Indo­ Sound, Ontario, Canada, P2A 2X3, 705­ listed US. plant and animal species to be australian regions. Many ex-pupae and 746-4147, HTTP://WWW.ZEUTER.COM/PARRYSD/ used in the electronic publication. Any bred specimens. Please send $1 (cash or SPECIALTYSTORES 393 slides donated will be processed, digi­ stamps) for a 12-page illustrated catalog tized, and returned within 4-8 weeks. All to: Transworld Butterfly Company, Copyright will be retained by,and Photo Correspondence wanted: with individu­ Apartado 6951, 1000L San Jose, Costa credit will be given to, the appropriate als who have collected butterflies and Rica, Central America. 393 owner. skippers from New Jersey or have speci­ Offered: Papilionidae, Charaxes Eu­ mens in their collections from New Jer­ List of Butterfly Slides Needed: phaedra, Cymothoe etc. from the Repub­ sey.I am particularly interested in speci­ Pyrgus ruralis lagunae (LagunaMoutains Skip­ lic of Central Africa and Burundi. men data, larval host plant records, nec­ per) ; Hesperia leonardus montana (Montana Wanted: Charaxes from East Africa and Skipper); Incialia mossi bayensis (San Bruno tar resources, observations, etc. for an Elfin); Eupilotes battoides allyni (EI Segundo South African Republic, as well as ongoing studyof New Jersey's butterflies Blue) ;Euphilotes enoptes smithi (Smith's Blue) ; Charaxes and Polyura from the Philip­ and skippers. Contact Dr. David C. Iftner, Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis (Palos pines and Indonesia (exchange or pur­ 8 Alpine Trail, Sparta NJ 07871. 393 Verdes Blue) ; Lycaeides idas lotis (Lotis Blue); chase). Giancarlo Veronese, Viale Vene­ Icaricia icarioides missionensis (Mission Blue) ; Icaricia icarioides fenderi (Fender's Blue); sia n . 138, 1-33100 Udine (Italy). Tel. Apodemia mormo langei (Lange's Metalmark); 0432-232754. 391 CD-ROM: Butterflies of North America. Speyeria zerene hippolyta (Hippolyti Fritillary); Lepidoptery hits the computer age with Speyeria zerene myrtleae (Myrtle's Silverspot); Speyeria callippe callippe (Callippe Fritillary); the publication of this CD-ROM by Boloria acrocnema (Uncompaghre Fritillary); For Sale: 12 drawer walnut covered James A. Scott. Everything in the 600 Euphydryas editha bayensis (Bay Region Cornell cabinet (Bioquip Number page Stanford Univ. Press book plus Checkerspot); Euphydryas editha wrighiti 2512FWL) and 12 Cornell drawers about 1000 new color photos of eggs, lar­ (Wright's Euphydryas); Neonympha mitchellii (Bioquip Number 1012AF). SASE for francisci (Mitchelli's Satyr); Euploea eleutho vae, pupae and adults (about 5000 pho­ (Marianes Euploea Butterfly), details. Russell Rahn, 3205 W. Rochelle tos overall). Features include a new sec­ Road, Irving, Texas 75062-4127. 394 tion on butterfly gardening, videos, in­ Sonal Pandya, Biodiversity Project As­ sistant, SPANDYA@TNC .ORG, phone: (703) Insect pins, black and stainless steel. Tel­ stantaneous search capabilities for words 841-8758. Please note: The Nature Con­ escopic net sticks from 29 to 74cm and or topics, species photos now grouped servancy is a non-profit, tax-exempt or­ from 60 to 115cm. Complete nets from 30 together, print photos and text, online ganization under IRS code 50l(c)(3). All to 65cm diameter also available. We are glossary, background music. Windows gifts are tax deductible. lookingfor wholesaler in North America, only. $49.95 + $5 shipping/handling. Australia and Japan. Contact: J. Kruger, Order from Hopkins Technology, 421 continued on page 88... Danziger Str. 14, D-40822 Mettmann, Hazel Lane, Hopkins, Minn. 55343-7116, Germany. 393

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Net...continued from page 82... only insects but also slugs, snails, earth­ worms, woodlouse (in a sauce for sole), and curried beetles. The authorconcludes with some detailed recipes. He discusses how to concoct mealworm patties, mealworm icing (for a cakel), banana worm bread, rootworm beetle dip and chocolate chirpie chip cookies - these of crickets, of course. I plan on trying a few of these, but I'll probably substitute sausage for the bed­ bugs. (If you are wondering about the Lepidoptera connection, he also includes a recipe for silkworm larvae.) This site is hilarious. Punch up the ad­ dress and find out how Louie Armstrong got his gravelly voice. The de Havilland Moth Club HTTP://AYLA.AVNET.CO.UK/TIGERFLY/DHMC/ INDEX.HTML I know, these moths are airplanes. I found the page during a routine search ofthe web for moths. About 45 years ago I ate bread heels and beans to keep an Aeronca Champion - with a full 65 horsepower - flying. It weighed 740 pounds and had a 13 gallon gas tank. I offer no apologies for finishing the col­ umn with these great moths of WWI. The de Havilland Moth Club was formed in August to allow owners of de Havilland Moths to share information, experience and precious skills to further the owning and operating of classic de Havilland airplanes. Included at this page are 15 or so pictures of the old airplanes: the Tiger Moth, the Fox Moth, etc . Ifyou have never flown surrounded by linen, you ain't lived. Some 1997 Meeting Photos••• Books...continued from page 77 A) A number of attendees took time out to vistit Charles Remington in the eludes leading natural scientists, ecolo­ hospital. Pictured here are Andy and Lincoln Brower; B) Society Secretary gists, and numerous environmental Mike Smith with new President Jim Tuttle and his wife Peg (seated); C) groups working to educate teachers and Deane Bowers with Jean Remington (receiving corsage); D) Michael Collins students, scientists, policymakers, and and Lincoln Brower; E) "...and the king was in his couting house, counting the general public about how to improve out his money", Treasurer David Iftner keeping track of the finances; F) pollination of crops, protect pollinators Meister of Ceremonials Charles Covell and Immediate Past-President Eric globally, and help conserve rare plants. Metzler; G) Fred Stehr and Orley "Chip" Taylor; H) Ron Hodges, David Both butterflies and moths are covered Gaskin and Bryant Mather discuss the finer poits of something or another. in this book, but with disproportionately Photos A-D courtesy of Michael Collins, E-H from Mo Nielsen. A good time less emphasis than they probably de­ was had by all. More evidence, er, photos will appear in the next issue... serve.

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Coweeta...continued from page 71 Monarch...continued from page 72 (S.B. Malcolm and M. Zalucki, eds), pp. 253­ 267. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Ange­ research projects have been conducted at Clark, A.H. 1932. The butterflies of the District les. the site over the years, no survey of its of Columbia and vicinity. Smithsonian Insti­ Stimson, J. and Myers, L. 1985. Inheritance and tution United States National Museum Bul­ butterfly life was ever undertaken prior frequency of a color polymorphism inDanaus letin (157), 337 pp., 64 pls, plexippus (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) on Ohahu to this inventory. The author visited the Cockrell, B.J., Malcolm, S.B. and Brewer, L.P. [siel], Hawaii. Jo urnal of Research on the site twice: September 17 - 18, 1990 and 1993. Time, temperature, and latitudinal con­ Lepidoptera, 23: 153-160. August 13 - September 1, 1996. A total straints on the annual recolonization of east­ Vane-Wright, R.I. 1987. [White monarchs: re­ ern North America by the Monarch butter­ of 50 species of butterflies and skippers ply to Malcolm & Brower.] Antenna, London, fly. In Biology and Conservation of the Mon­ 11:3. were identified and observed for level of arch Butterfly (S.B. Malcolm and M. Zalucki, Vane-Wright , R.I. 1993. The Columbus hypoth­ abundance. eds), pp. 233-251. Los Angeles County Mu­ esis: an explanation for the dramatic 19th seum, Los Angeles. century range expansion of the monarch but­ Acknowledgements Gunder, J.D . 1927 . New transition forms or terfly. In Biology and Conservation of the "abs" and their classification (Lepid. I thank James R. Maudsley (At hens, Monarch Butterfly (S.B. Malcolm and M. Rhopalocera). Entomological News, 38: 129­ Zalucki , eds), pp. 179-187. Los Angeles County Georgia) for initially sparking my inter­ 138,1 pl. Museum, Los Angeles. est in Coweeta Hydorlogic Laboratory Malcolm, S.B., Cockrell, B.J. and Brewer, L.P. Van Hook, T.1993. Non-random matingin Mon­ and the staff at Coweeta for making my 1993. Spring recolonization of eastern North arch butterflies overwintering in Mexico. In America by the Monarch butterfly: successive visits there convenient and enjoyable. I Biology and Conservation of the Monarch brood or single sweep migration? In Biology Butterfly (S.B. Malcohm and M. Zalucki, eds), thank Dr. Wayne T. Swank for his com­ and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly pp. 49-60. Los Angeles County Museum, Los ments regarding the manuscript. Angeles. Literature Cited Stickney, P.L.; Swift Jr., L.W; Swank, WT. 1994. Annotated Bibliography of Publicati ons on Gynan~r9morph Watershed Management and Ecological Stud­ A Bilateral ies at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, 1934­ 1994. U.S.D.A., Forest Servi ce, Southeastern of Automerls 10 Forest Experiment Station. General Techni­ cal Report SE-86. Asheville, NC. 115 pp. Swank, WT.: Crossley J r., D.A. eds. 1988. For­ Ron Roscioli est Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta. Eco­ logical Studies, vol. 66. New York. Springer­ 101 Rose Ct., Easton, PA 18042 Verlag. 469 pp. The accompanying photos are of an 10 to show the female color, but ventrally is moth (Automeris io) I reared as a larva split perfectly down the center, half be­ in 1995, which emerged in early July ing reddish offemale and halfbeingyel­ 1996. It is clearly a bilateral gynandro- low of the male. morpho The left side is female, while the Its face is clearly half-and-half, having right side is male, except that both rear one male and one female antennae. Its wings are female, and dorsally; the tho- legs are also red female on one side and rax appears to become all female about yellow male on the other. The genitalia, halfway back, thus having a female rear also appear to be split, having a clasper Marketplace...cont. from pp. 85 wing on that side also. Ventrally, the fe- on the male side, but it appears to have Help Offered male rear wing does have a streak ofyel- something stuck on it, perhaps part of low in it . The abdomen dorsally appears the pupal case . Wish to collect legally in Costa Rica? Whether you decide to visit Costa Rica for leisure or work we can help you ob­ tain your Official Collecting Permit for the time of your stay. You would be al­ lowed to collect in all the country (except National Parks). Costa Rica rain forests are unique in what you can get species coming from the north (Mexico) or the south (South America). Contact Miguel E. Chumpitasi, P.O. Box 1105-2150 Moravia, San J ose, Costa Rica or phone/ An almost perfect bilateral gynandromorph ofAutomeris io. Left, dorsal; Right, ventral. fax (506) 235-5160. 394 Photos by Ron Roscioli.

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Clark...continued from page 73 the New England Zoological Club VIII : 47-77 (May 12, 1923). "From the 7. Twelve New Sphingidae, Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club IX: 11-21 (May Editor's Desk 1, 1924). 8. Eight New Sphingidae Proceedings of the New Phil Schappert England Zoological Club IX: 31-40 (June 13, 1925) . 9. Descriptions of Twelve New Sphingidae and Remarks upon Some Other Species, Proceed­ ings of the New England Zoological Club IX: Well. Yours truly has had an eventful week of packing was hectic (to say the 45-59 (August 5, 1926). 10. A Revision of the Protoparces of the year! This is, without a doubt, the under­ least- yet another understatement!) but Galapagos Islands, Proceedings of the New statement of the century! When I was finally we loaded up all of our worldly be­ England ZoologicalClub IX: 67-71 (August 30, doing the last issue - it seems like years longings (all three ofthem!) in a small U­ 1926). ago now - I was on the verge of complet­ Haul and, towing our new Escort wagon 11. Descriptions of Twelve New Sphingidae and Remarks upon Two Other Species, Proceed­ ingmy Ph.D. dissertation, was all excited behind us, we made for the border (but ings of the New England Zoological Club IX: by the prospects of attending the "big" that's another story). 99-109 (June 24, 1927). meeting at Yale in July, and was contem­ Texas, to put it mildly, is one of the most 12. Sundry Notes on Sphingidae and Descrip­ plating a major move from Toronto to tions of Ten New Forms, Proceedings of the wonderful places on earth. Too bad we New England Zoological Club X: 33-46 (April Texas. Events were not to play out as I'd haven't had a chance to see much of it! 4,1928). planned, however! We moved into the Stengl-Lost Pines 13. Sundry Notes on Sphingidae, Descriptions of Sixteen New Forms, and of One New Ge­ The first indication that things were not Biological Station (a holding ofUT's Zo­ nus, Proceedings of the New England Zoologi­ all hunky-dory was a major faculty strike ology department, about 40 miles outside cal Club XI: 7-24 (June 29, 1929). at York University where I was doing my of Austin), a cabin on a beautiful tract of 14. Sundry Notes on Sphingidae and Descrip­ doctorate. My supervisory committee post-oak savannah - paradise for a cou­ tions of Seven New Forms, Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club XII: 25-30 (Au­ was walking in circles for 7 weeks and ple of old naturalists like us. With a ma­ gust 13, 1930). were "not available" to discuss my the­ jor cleaning, and careful eviction of the 15. Descriptions of Seven New Sphingidae and sis! My defence had to be put off until the previous tenants (12 white-footed mice a Note on One Other, Proceedings of the New summer. But I was set on attending the and 4 scorpions), we've been able to make England Zoological Club XIII: 77-83 (August th 15, 1931). 50 Anniversary meeting so my defense the place "home". But if anyone had told th 16. Descriptions of Four New Sphingidae and was eventually scheduled for July 28 ­ me that it gets this cold in central Texas Notes Concerning Two Others, Proceedings only one week before I was scheduled to I might have stayed in Toronto! of the New England Zoological Club XIII: 39­ leave for Texas. Those of you who've 42 (J uly 7,1932). Teaching (basic ecology this semester 17. Descriptions of Three New Subspecies of been there will know how worried I was and conservation biology next) has sur­ Sphingidae, Proceedings of the New England about the prospect of revisions to my dis­ prised me . It takes far more time than I Zoological Club XIII: 101-103 (December 30, sertation! 1933) . ever suspected- certainly a lot more time 18. A New Sphingid Genus, Proceedings of the The next thing to happen (although we than being a student had! - to the point New England Zoological Club XIV: 13-14 had "expected" it for some time, since he where I'd really love to go backand apolo­ (February 23, 1934). had been terminally ill) was the passing gize to all of my undergraduate profes­ 19. Descriptions of Twenty-four New Sphingidae and Notes Concerning Two Others, Proceed­ away of my father-in-law. He was re-ad­ sors for being such a complete idiot! ings of the New England Zoological Club XV: mitted to the hospital the weekend be­ Nonetheless, it is "fun" (oh, ifmymother 71-91 (May 12, 1936). fore the Yalemeeting. I did the only thing could only hear me now, she always said any husband could do - I cancelled my I'd be a good teacher and I cringed at the flight to "be there" when my wife needed idea) and I'm now learning all that stuff me. So I didn't get to meet any of the that I "glossed over" in those halcyon "names" that I'd become so familiar with days of my undergraduate studies! over the years... All of this is a long-winded way of saying Finally, D-day arrived. I joyfully de­ that I've never been so busy in my life. fended my dissertation as "closure" on a My apologies for the lateness of this is­ chapter of our lives. They must have sue (current plans are to mail itwith #5). liked it since they gave me my degree I promised to have the News "back on ("with distinction" no less - boy, I really track" by the meeting-I never expected pulled the old wool over their eyesl), No that I'd be derailing it right after that! revisions, either (whewl). The following I can only say "Hey! 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