8 NEWS 15 April 1962 Number 3 of the Le~ido~~erists'Society

Editorial Committee of the NEWS J. W. Tilden, Editor

H. A. Freeman 1. M. Martin G. W. Rawson L. P. Grey Bryant Mather G. van Son G. Hesse l barth 1. D. Miller P. E. h. Viette L. G. Higgins E, J. Newcomer E. G, Voss T. lwase F. W. Preston Eduardo Wel ling C. L. Remington, ex odficio

Editing by Coordinators has reduced the total editing necessary by the Editor in this season. In some cases the raw reports have been sent to the Editor and are on fi le. They may be used by members who request it. In other cases the Coordinator has reported back to his contributors. On behalf of the Society and its members, the Editor thanks the Coordinators for their fine efforts, and each contributor------who has made the Summary possible- ZONE I: CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, Coordinator, FRED THORNE. Contributors: D. Dirks, H. A. Freeman, K. Hughes, S. Jewett, Jr,, R. J. Langston, K. Roever, 0, Shields, R. Stanford, J. W. Ti lden. Ca 1 i forn ia : Seasonal rainfa l 1 was deficient, from 30% normal in the soufh to 80% norma 1 in tb$? north, Collecting was poor in the south to nearly normal in northern counties, Spring flights averages early, summer flight seasonal, fall flights early and short. On the Mohave Desert, near Littlerock in mid-February larvae and pupae of Mesathymus vuccae were common in Joshua Tree suckers but no adults there, in Apple Valley nor in Whitewater Canyon. Disks and Shields found Pieris sisymbrii, Callophrys dumetorurn and Philotes sonorensis Scissors Crossing, San Diego Co., Feb. 13 & 19. Euph dr as -, and Anthocaris lanceolata were fairly common at Jacumba, 19 March. No Phjlod-es ere in 1961. Anthocaris cethura was scarce in the deserts but it was found in coastal footh i l l areas along with A, sara, Cal lo~hrvsiroides, C. lvdaamus and A~odemiarnorrno. On 27 March Langston took a fresh f he Laguna Mts.; several col~ectorsfound ova and larvae during April & May bn Tecate Peak; adults were not common. Euch l oe auson ides, C. -, L itoca l a sexs i~na-ba and Qiseo_striael_la were also found 27 March; Microtia &mas at Lakeside 20 miles from San Diego, 29 March, hangston. At Descanso 30 March, he found three species of Prodoxidae from Yucca flowers, plus some of previous species. He found Euphydrvas cha l cedona common but past, 10 Apr i 1, Providence Mts., San Bernardino Co.; Cal lophrvs siva fotis and comstocki were not found. s. siva was taken in Mint Canyon, Los Angeles Go., 12-,GF Apri Stanford & Opler found Battus philenor common near Tuslumne, Tuolumne Co., 15 April plus one Papil io multicaudatus, 10 A. lanceoleta, some Euphvdrvas edi-l-ha, Glauco~svche lvdsamus and an interesting series of Euchloe, described as intermediate between ausonides and creusa. From the Laguna Mts., San Diego Co,, Shields reports Colias harfordii, C. d_umetorum, L~caena~xanthoidesand Hesoeria harpalus scarce in May, Plebeius icarioides common, Pvraus rural is absent. At Pinnacles Nat ionai Monument, San Benito Co., Stanford reports sabbii abundant, Plebeius (resembling chlorina) and Philotes bat-foides, common, bangston found interesting moths in Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta and Colusa weather, including Adela triqra~ha, Euceratia castel la & others. Near El Portal, Mariposa Co., Tilden took Anthocaris Sara Bieris na~i.Euphvdryas editha and many other species inclu June 10, near Mai-her, Tuolumne Co,, he found C. nelsoni, E. Thorvbes diversus, Erynnis Dersius & Hesper ia iuba, At Wi Ison Lake, Teharna Co., he took one -, - <. fotis (new locality, possible range extension) and at Mineral, same Co., C. nelsoni, 2 Parnassitls clodius and Boloria eoithore, June 21. Here the season seemed retarded, c-, bn( Stanford & Hughes found good collecting in the Greenhorn Mts., Tulare-Kern Cos., 24 June, . taking over 200 specimens including I Calloohrvs s~inetorum, but July 22 butterflies were scarce, & Seeveria hvdasoe againasent. In Mariposa Co., Mune 21-24, Dirks & Shields found Calloohrvs nelsoni very common, Satvrium californica and Habrodais arunus common, Seeveria calliooe common, 5. hvdasoe & -S. zerene scarce. At Tioga Pass, Tuolumne Co., Calloohrvs a.,app. not dumetorum (61, Paoilio indra (2 pr.) and Chlosvne malcolmi, Oeneis invallda and Lvcaena cuoreus just emerging, 28 June. Same day, Q. chrvxus just emerging at Sonora Pass, Stanislaus Co. Coenonvmoha tullia, Hesperia nevada and other species were found at Mono Lake, June 26-27 but the hybrid between Limenitis weidemeverii and lorau in i was scarce. Langston reports Cercvonis oeaala June 3in Berkeley Hills, Alameda & Contra Costa Cos., moderate in numbers by June 18 and abundant June 24, worn on 1-8 Ju ly, normal sequence in spite of a dry year. Shields and Dirks found good col lecting in Sierra, Plumas, Lassen and Siskiyou Cos., 30 Junw- 5 July. Stanford found col lecting meager at Kaiser Pass 4 July, but took a nice series of Lycaena heteroneddplus a few Satvrium drvo~e, in the Tejon Mts. 5 July. He also reports Colias hil lo dice from the Carson Valley, Nevada. Langston found Hesoeria har~alus(dodaei) at Point Mo l ate, near R ichmond, Contra Costa Co., 6 Aug. & 3 Sept, , a new county record. Summer rains helped desert collecting in San Diego Co. Chlosvne californica larvae, adults of Aoodemia oalmeri and Microtia dvmas were common, Psudoco~aeodeseunus scarce, Scissors Crossing, 3 Sept. Near Warnet Hot Springs Philotes eno~teswas common 7 Sept., scarce and worn 24 Sept. Lerodea eufala was reported damaging sorghums in Madera Co., in September. P-teromalus vanessae was reported parasitizing Paoilio zelicaon heavily in Tulare Co., October. Tilden observed that Plebeius sae~iolusoviposits on _Trifolium early (late June, early July) and on Hosackia later (August) when clovers dry up, at Crane Flat, Gin Flat and Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park. Aaraulis vanillae seems well established in the San Francisco Bay Region and has survived freezing weather, as reported by Langston, in spite of the fact that the larvae do not diepause but remain semi-active, as observed by Langston, Tilden and others. The normal migration of Danaus wlexio~uswas noted by Langston in the Bay Region, starting 6 Aug., peaking 12 Sept., over by 12 Nov., in a general S. W. direction, heavier than usual.

Arizona: Winter rainfall very low, spring conditions very dry. Early summer rains spotty, but by August and September rain was above average for the state. Late rains, November and December, indicate promise for early 1962. Dirks & Shields found Euchloe creusa, Microtia dvmas<~hlosvne elada Emesi Hesoer ia oahaska, Atrvtonoos i s Wtacus, Staohy I us asca I aohus i : so re=: E zarucco and buraessi and Battus philenor fairly common; Anthocaris cethura and Chlosvne theona were scarce. Near Kingman, Mohave Co., in the Hualapai Mts., they found Calloohrvs, nr. auaustinus, -C. -sioo, Ervnnis buraessi and Cooanarta niaerima were common; Celotes nessus was scarce. Jewett found Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino Co., abnormally dry in mid-June with night collecting disappointing. Diurnals included Emesis zela, Euohvdrvas klotsi, numerous but past, and P. rutulus & multicaudatus, C. bredowii & weidemeverii, Soeveria sp. (atlantis? - Ed.), Eoarqvreus clarus, Eurema niciooe, Leototes marina and Aoodemia oalmerii. Roever, in July, reports Amblyscirtes aenus, oslari, ~rendaand nvsa increased, A. exoteria & cassus, Atrvtonoosis lunus and Oarisma edwardsi scarce. Freeman found drought conditions in Madera Canyon and on Mt. Lemmon early in July, collecting poor. Reduced vegitation however made locating tents of Meaathvmus ursus simpler; several pupae were found. Aaathvmus polinai larvae were abundant on Mt. Lemmon Road at 5500 ft. and 47 were dug from Agave plants July 7. Both Freeman and Roever report megathymid collecting good. Roever reports taking all species known to occur in Arizona, with several new locality records. Freeman found Zestusa dorus common, Limenitis bredowii abundant in Madera Canyon 5 July. Collecting was poor in the Chiricahua Mts. He found Calohelis nemesis, Eurema ~roteroia, Cogia hippalus and one female of a new C maenes 'n the Patagonia Mts., 9 July. During late Pptember & October Roever foundm-h Euotoieta heaesia, Eurema nise, and ~boisd~valian~(~eneralc- and common) in the Huachuca, Santa Rita and Baboquiviri ranges. He also found Aqathvmus wolinG in heavy flight at Molina Campgoound on the Mt, Lemmon Road, 13 Oct., with A. arvxna fairly common. Neophasia terlootii was scarce in Madera Canyon 14 Oct., but Eurema proterpia and Lerodea eufala were common; a few_l. arabus were taken, Roever a l so reports some movement OCK~i qon ia cast$-^%^ near Noga l es i n mid- Ju l y, and of Phoeb i s aaarithe, Anteos ch lor inde and A. maerxa, same area, 'in early August.

Nevada: Stanford took a series of S~everia(carolae) and a single Callo~hrvsspinetorum in the Mt. Charleston area, 6 August.

ZONE II. PACIFIC NORTHWEST - BRITISH COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, IDAHO, MONTANA. Coordinator: E. J. NEWCOMER. Contributors: D. L. Bauer, D. Carney, W. C. Cook, E. J. Dornfeld, R. Guppy, Emily Hendriksen, S. G. Jewett, Jr., W. C. McGuffin, J. Manning, D. McCorkle, E. J, Newcomer, 0. Shields and R. E. Woodley. Winter was mild over the whole area. April and May were cool, rainfall above normal. June to September, temperatures much above normal, rainfall normal. Butterflies of most species were more numerous than usual during the summer; there were some exceptions. Pa~ilio zelicaon was scarce after early spring; it was the off year for Oeneis nevadensis; few were taken. Vanessa carve and cardui were nearly &sent. Helio~etesericetorum was scarce, though abundant in 1960.

British Columbia: Guppy reports a mild winter on South Vancouver Island, early spring cool and wet, hot spells in May L June and September exceptionally warm and dry, Early collecting poor, summer collecting good. The colony of Parnassius smintheus on Mt. Arrowsmith is thriving. Plebeius icarioides and Lvcaeides melissa, scarce in 1960, were common in 1961 on Mt. Benson, with Lvcaena mariposa, the latter two new records for the locality. Oeneis nevadensis scarce, the off year for its two year cycle. Pa~iliorutulus and 1. eurvmedon abundant, predictable from the mild winter, an observation that has held true for ten years. Arctiidae were plentiful. Halisidota araentata larvae scarce; Hv~hantriatextor reached plague numbers and Malacosoma pluviale is near top of cycle. M. disstria came to light in large numbers 14-15 July but was not seen again. Euthvatira semicircularis and Nadata sibbosa unusually plentiful. Most Phalaenidae were in reduced numbers. Geometridae seemed to show no trend worth mentioning. McGuffin reports rearing Aethalura anticaria, Metarranthus duaria, Pero morrisonarius, Xanthorhoe s. (defensaria ?), Venusia s. (oearsalli?), and Earo~hilavasiliata from egg to adult, at Lumby. The life hisi-ories for the Aethalura and the Pero seem to be new.

Washin~ton: The abundance of 1. eurvmedon, Col ias, Soever ia, Eu~bdrvascolon & ed itha, Ch losvne ch66f man manc a a Cercvonis, Phvciodes, Satvrium and Lvcaena was noteworthy. ra-r%ey an cCorkle report good series of Colias interior, Boloria selene and Phvciodes barnesi in Okanogan Co., andQEallo hr s ohnson~ in Mason Co. E. colon and C. palla were common C_ --v-T_-- ---3- east of Republic, dates not given. A few Danaus ~lexi~~uswere taken in Yakima Co., the first in several years. A single fresh specimen of Vanessa virsiniensis was taken near Priest Rapids late in August. Cook reports light trapping for moths in the Walla Walla area poorest in years. The only group more abundant than usual was Xvlomiaes. Andro~oliadiversilineata was taken in the Cascades in August and iollecting in the Seattle area was good also in August. Scarce species taken were Lithophane dilatocula, Authoqra~hametal lica and Phvtometra nichol lae. Hv~hantriatextor was exceedingly common west of the Cascades, and also in Yakima, where usually scarce.

Idaho: James Manning reports that a disastrous forest fire ruined some of the best collecting area north of Boise. Weather was very hot and dry during the summer; no unusual numbers of any species noted, except Speveria abundant at 8,000 - 9,000 foot elevation.

Montana : No reports.

Oreaon: This &ate had best coverage. Bauer collected northerly, Shields southerly, Newcomer in central and southern areas, as did Dornfeld and Jewett; Cook and Hardwicke collected moths ~-- in! eastern Oregon in September. a Bauer reporting from north central area found Colias and Nvm~halisin March, and excellent L (.I Q collecting frorn June on, Species abundant were Euphvdrvas colon and Chlosvne stereope (by thousands); most Lycaenids, including Strvmon melinus, Lvcaena heteronea, editha, mari~osa, nivalis, and helloides, Plebeius acmon, icarioides, Phaedrotes piasus and Lvcaeides melissa; Papi lo oreaon ius, Col ias a l exandra, eurytheme; Coenonvm~hatu l l ia, Cercvon is see. ; S~evoria 2j212., Phvciodes SPR~, Nvmpha l is mi l berti , Apodemia mormo, Hesper ia iuba, Och lodes sv lvanoides, C. interior, scarce, only in the mountains. Vanessa carve, atalanta and (1) virainiensis were taken. Bauer found larvae of E. colon on Snowberry (Svm~horocarpus), and of C. stereo~eon Rabbit Brush, prob, Chrysothamnus viscidif lorus, Shields too@peyeria zerene (qloriosa)near Grants Pass, July; Newcomer took it south of Jacksonville, lafe ~ulyT3Iso~ea~Happy Camp, Siskiyou Co., Calif.) Shields found S~everiam. very common on Mt, Ashland, and also in Klamath and Deschutes Cos, and esp. in the Ochoco Mts., Crook Co, Also 5, editha near Diamond Lake and Hesperia harpalus in Klamath Co. In the Steens Mts, , Harney Co., Jewett took E, an ic ia (macv i I, C. acastus, Phi l otes battoides and the geometrid Fernaldella stalachtaria, late May, Dornfeld, same area, took 2. zerene, cal l ippe and mormon ia at Fish Lake in ear ly August, He also reports Lvcaena cupreus and Thorvbes mexicana from Gi lchr ist and Hes~eria l indsev i from Bl y Mt, , in June. At Portland, Jewett took some good moths, beginning in March: Orthosia hibisci; Xvlomiqes coqnata, perlubens, simplex, rubra; Lithophane pertorrida; Metalepsis cornuta, Pleroma obl iquata, Eupithecia Hydriomena edentata, Coniodes ~lumoqeraria, Feralia comstock i , Xv l ena cines i ta . Za l e l unata, Caenur~i a parva, Tha l lophaqa w., Sem ioth i sa See Perizoma curvilinea and Eupithecia nevadata, Newcomer found Lvcaena rubidus and Cercyonis silvestris very common on Rabbit Brush near Burns, mid-Ju ly; S. zerene ea$tof Lakeview, late July. He took what may be Phol isora libva (& ?-Ed, 1 at Ana Springs, Lake Co., Ju ly 29. Spever ia meands. a lexandra abundant southmast 2f Prinevi l le, in the Maury Mts. In a smal l meadow south of Skookum Butte, Walker Rim, Klamath zo., he took 30 spp, and over 100 specimens of butterf l ies in three hours. Ca l lo~hrvsiohnson i not reported from Oregon Cascades in 1961, Cook 8, Hardw ick, between La Grande and Steens Mts, , Sept, 9- 15, found noctu id col l ecti ng sxce l lent at l i ght and f lowers. Euxoa spp,, Aqrot i s orthoqon ia, Chor i zaaroti s auxi l iar is and S~aelotishavilae especially in numbers, The total season was one of the most rewarding for some years, and it is too bad our former coordinator, John Hopfinger, could not have lived to see it.

ZONE I I I. ROCKY MOUNTAIN AREA: ALBERTA, WYOMING, UTAH, COLORADO and NEW MEXICO, 2oord inator : DON EFF. Contributors: D, Eff, H, A. Freeman, K. Roever, W. Hammer, S. Jewett, Jr., I. L, Bauer, N. W, Van Veen. Failure of local residents to submit reports was disappointing, However, for the first time we had good coverage of Alberta, thanks to the efforts of Van Veen, In general, 1961 was 3 good collecting season, in spite of being the coolest, wettest and cloudiest for Years. Some areas had dry spells, and conditions varied, especially frorn north to south.

4lberta: Van Veen summarieed activities of Anderson, Legge, McKenzie, himself and two unnamed :o l lectors, covering seven areas : Calgary, Nordegg, Seebe, the Kananask i s Highway south to ;oleman, Banff and Lake Louise area, and the Banff-Jasper Highway north to Columbia Ice Fields, Turneg Val ley, Watertown Lakes and Cypress Hills in SE corner of the Province. 20 l lecti ng in genera l was about two weeks advanced, probab ly due to hot spe l 1 in mid-May. The season was interesting and better than usual, with more than a usual number of recorded species- On the minus was absence of Nvmphal is .i-album, near absence of 2. cardui, scarcity 3f Limenitis arthemis and iJ. antiopa, diminished discoidalis and Oeneis 3lberta. The big news was the sudden appearance of ~n what might be considered ~umbersl Four collectors took about a dozen in ea gary, Exshaw, Moose Mt., Turner Valley and Cypress Hills, Also plentiful were Oeneis macouni, f. zelicaon, Colias iastes, mead i, pel idne; E. an icia, Bolor ia toddi and most of the Spever ias were present in iormal numbers, Highwood for most of the above, Of hi hly-desirable species, Jan Veen took a on Highwood Pass, twoI-- L caena h laex were taken at spray Lake, and a the Lake Louise area on Mt, Whitehorn and at Bow Summit. 3ne of Col in Wyatt's choicest local it ies, Nige l Pass, produced noth ing but hosts of, Nvm~hal is ni I bert i . An Edmonton col lector found many Spever ia edwardsi and C, a lexandra in the Cypress Hills, interesting ecologically and largely overlooked. The C. alexandra are varietal - intermediate or close to C. qisantea. Finally, McKenzie reports Chlosvne acasta near Drumheller, This appears beyond the known range but is on edge of arid badlands, definitely acasta hab itat.

Wvominq: No resident collectors since DeFoliart left. Only reports are from Bauer and Hammer. Bauer found Pseudohazis hera larvae and Eu~hvdrvasbernadetta in eastern Wyoming. In Lincoln Co., May 29, he Togwotee Pass, early July, havdeni, Erebia epipsodea

-Utah: Bauer took some Phvciodes camillus and P. barnesi May 29 just south of Lincoln Co., Wyo., and in early May picked up 108 specimens of C. acasta at Thompson. Tilden took S~everiaatlantis in Indian Canyon, about 25 miles north of Castle Gate, on Route 33 leading to Duchesne.

Colorado: No reports from resident collectors! Two transient collectors report. Jewett col lected in San Juan and LaPlata Cos., June 23-26, and Roever, from southern Colorado, first week in June. Eff was limited in 1961 collecting, partly due to weather. Spring collecting was about two weeks late. May was poor with not a single good day in the Boulder area. Low altitude material was delayed except that late summer species were nearly normal. High elevation in general good, only slightly retarded. The disappearance of Hv~aurotiscrvsalus is a disappointment. Erebia theano also missing in 1961 after a peak in 1960. In May, Bauer and Eff collected in Colorado National Monument, enjoying the only two days of perfect collecting weather seen all summer. C. acasta was out below, but we were early in the Monument. Same for f. anicia. However, a few specimens of P, indra (minori) were taken, inchluding a female. Euchloe creusa (a good record) and Chlosvne fulvia were just emerging, LiTtle is known of C. fulvia in Colorado. Scott, of Lakewood, took a fresh specimen of fulvia in late August, Rock Creek Arch, Pueblo Co. It is recorded from Colorado Springs by Sam John son . Near Purgatory Campground, San Juan National Forest, Jewett had good collecting: Oeneis chrvxus, f. ausonides, C. alexandra, Limenitis weidemeverii and others. On Red Pass, near Silverton, Pieris napi, E. ausonides, 5. epipsodea and Oeneis chrvxus were scarce. On Grand Mesa he found 1. na~iand f. ausonides were abundant. He found no Parnassius in these areas. Roever took thirty-f ive species of Lepidoptera in the Wet Mts., near Beulah, Pueblo Co. Of note is a reference to Erynnis telemachus. He also took Atrvtono~sishianna. In the Mountains, at San Isabel Lake he took Polvsonia hvlas. Speveria edwardsi and Hes~eriauncas were common in some spots along Rt, 160 between Trinidad and Pueblo. In mid-August collectors were converging on Gothic, site of the Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society. One day was devoted to collecting and collectors went in all directions in search of such things as Speveria cvbele (charlottii), Colias meadii, Oeneis tavsete (edwardsi Some of the interesting captures, from the coordinator's viewpoint, were Lvcaeides arsvrosnomon (sublivens), P. 5. Rernington, Irwin Lake; same from Emerald Lake, J. Scott, L. Martin and Eff, and again at Cottonwood Pass by W. S. McAlpine and Eff, and a small Oeneis taken above Tincup en route to Cumberland Pass, by Tilden.

New Mexico: No reports from resident collectors. Roever, Freeman, Jewett and Eff collected in the state briefly. Eff went particularly for Callo~hrvsmcfarlandi. No adults taken, but full grown larvae were obtained, which pupated and emerged shortly. It is known that Jae made an identical trip about the same time, also with success. Roever was in the Guadalupe Mts., Eddy Co., early May, and did we1 l : Microtia dvmas [ Mitoura siva, Ervnn is telemachus d mer id ianus, Ancv loxv~haarene, Yvretta rhetus, Hes~eriapahaska, Atrvtono~sisvierecki, and Amblvscirtes aenus, oslari, nvsa and m. In the Sacramento Mts., in May, he took mciodes campestris, Chlosvne theona, Callo~hrvs spinetorum, C. sheridani, Zestusa dorus, Ervnnis burqessi, Stinsa morrisoni and others. In June, again in the Guadalupe Mts,, he found Mesathvmus violae larvae common, and at Jemez Springs, Sandoval Co., he added Atrvtono~sisdeva and ~vthon. V1 At the same time, Freeman at Carlsbad National Park also took Meqathvmus violae. In the ;;Powder House area, he found many Callophrvs siva, Papilio polvxenes and Euptoieta claudia, nr, k snd larvae of Aqathvmus mariae. Jewett found good col lecting at the Holy Ghost Recreational 4rea on a tributary of the Pecos River, Microt ia nvcte is was the most abundant, Thorvbes nexicana a close second, He then explored the Hondo Ski Area where he found few butterflies. It was hot and dry at Lordsburg and Deming during July and Freeman found little to col lect. In 4ugust and September Roever found Aqathvmus carlsbadensis and mariae common in the Guadalupe VPs,, and A, neumoeqeni near Hope and in the Organ Mts. With the moths, there is little to report. The Alberta collectors took few, nothing startling, No moth reports from Utah or Wyoming. Jewett found moth col lecting poor in Zolorado and New Mexico, except along the Hondo River of that State, above Arroyo Sec.

ZONE IV, GREAT PLAINS - CANADA TO TEXAS IN THE PLAINS REGION. Coordinator: H. A, FREEPIAN. 2ontributors: H. A. Freeman, R. 0, Kendall, J. E. Lipes, K. Roever and R, Heitzman. Kansas southward reported collecting fair to poor due to an unusually dry spring.

Roever, in early May, reports the following from the Davis Mts,, Texas: Euptvchia d8' rothea 3nd rubricata, Asterocampa clyton (near subpallida) and antonia, Limenitis archipDus, and 3stvanax, Ade l pha bredow i i , Zestusa dorus, Authochton ce l l us, Thorvbes PY Iades, && hi Ppa 1 us, 4cha l arus cas ica, Staphv l us ceos, Systasea evans i , Erynn i s burqess i , tr i st i s, mer id ianus, and iuvena l is, Prvqus oi l eus, He l iopetes domice l la, Ce lotes nessus, Pho l i catu l l us, Oar i sma .dwardsi, Copaeodes aurant iaca, Stinqa morr ison i , Hesper ia pahaska, Atrvtonops is vierecki , pittacus and ovinia, Amblyscirtes simius, aenus, oslari, net-eus, eos and texanus. It late May, :onditions dry, Eurvstrvmon colinai was the only interesting addition. In September Roever took 4sathvmus iud i thae and M. vuccae, ear l y stages, in the Hueco Mts, , A. f lorenceae and !-violae in the Davis Mts,, undetermined 1. neumoeqeni complex in the Sierra Diabio and Sierra Blanca wea, A. ch isosensis and M. violae in the eh isos Mts, , A. estel leae and M, vuccae near Langtr~ snd A, mariae complex at numerous localities between El Paso and Del Rio, Lipes reports the following from G,l~,-r;lsville: a pair Drvas iulia in November, Heliconius :haritonius fairly common, and one unidentified heliconiid. yscelia ethusa2 Nov., Mestra 3mvmone, Oct. - Nov., Anart ia iatro~hae,Sept - Dec., Aarau?s van i l l ae common a l l year, -vmnax oixe, taken in Aug., reared in Dec.,&&~ stati;. Aug. Aug, - Dec., qnteos maeru 16common in Au ., A. chlorinde in Oct., Ascia monus ., P. sennae lqar i the June - Nov., (mErysm i serab i l i n) Nov, , Phoc ides l i l ea and Astraptes f u l qenerator in good numbers in 196 1 , Thysan ia zenob ia and Erebus odora Aug. - Dec., Pha l os ia sauc ia (Pericopidae), earl August. Freeman found and Hesperia metea scarce near Tyler, March; larvae of !!. yuccae were p lent i fu l there and at Ben Wheeler . Co l lect i ng poor in the Da l las area, fewer larvae of M. vuccae (sta l l inqsi 1 than usua I. June, Big Bend National Park, pupae and adu Its of 4. violae, a range extension. Larvae of A. mariae at type local ity, Frankl in Mt., El Paso, but veather dry, other col lecting poor. Near New Braunfe l s, third week in July, Nastra bulia, jvstasea PU lveru lenta, and Papi l io mu lticaudatus, not common, Chisos Mts., Aug., A. chisosensis, good series, plus two males Eoora quaderna, new Texas record, and He l iopetes domice l la, jta~hvl us ceos, Coq ia hi pal US, Brynn is mer idianus and other skippers. Co1 Iecting poor at 'resid io except for ,Ca I phsJ is nemgis. Larvae of &athymus mcal pinei were taken in the Glass Mtsg2 rhose of A. florenceae in the Davis Mts,, and mariae complex larvae taken at 28 stations from I I Paso to Bracketv i l lee Larvae of A. este l leae at Dryden, Juno and Bracketvi l le, and of l inssia macu losa near Kingsvi l le, type local ity, third week Aug. Lubbock, Nov., larvae of 1. vuccae (coloradensis), range extension. Kenda l l found col lect i ng gdod in southern Texas, though heavy emergence of many species 'ailed to materialize. Sphingids and micros absent mostly. Large pierids (Phoebis, etc.1 scarce-

Thymelicus lineola fresh and abundant. perhaps a southern extension; Satvrium falacer first June 19, June 24, Frankfort, fresh 2. cybele, A. celtis, Chlosvne nvcteis, 1. cresphontes and n.m marcellus, A, civton extremely abundant in early July in Jessamine & Mercer Cos. Soeveria diana males June 14, Powell Co., not uncommon but worn; June 22 a single deformed female on n i i kweed, P. cresphontes abundant, Mercer Co., August 19, in the morning, going into woods in afternoon; Anaea andria ovipositing on Croton; Chlosvne nvcteis abundant, I female Atlides halesus. Aug. 27, same place, P, cresphontes and C, nvcteis worn, Libvtheana bachmanii fresh. Prevalent fall species included Precis coenia, Eu~toietaclaudia, Colias dlodice and eurvtheme, 4. andr ia, Pvraus commun is, and Ata io~edescampestr is, &, eurvtheme seen near Frankfort end of November,

I l I inois: G. Nielsen reports above average collecting in southern Illinois in late April, Anthochar is qenutia, Palsi l io troi lus, EJ, phi lenor and esp, 2, marcel lus abundant. 1. atalanta d virain iensis and Ervnn is a.common, and many worn Danaus plexippus, Col lecting in August was poor; common species wereJ. troilus, B, philenor, Feniseca tarquinius, Lethe portlandia, Libvtheana bachmanii andJ. celtis, In Cook Co,, populations were average, with decrease in 1.imenitis archippus and 1. virqiniensis. Precis orithya and E, claudia were taken after a few years' absence, kcaena ~hlaeasin large numbers, C, thoe commoner than last year, Good Far for Eu~tvchia cvme la and Cercyon is ~e~ala, Migrating Danaus PIex i DDUS f irst not iced Sept, 19, ~eakedSept, 26, Hayes also noted heavy migrations of this species Sept, 26-29, some seen unt i l m id-October . Hayes reports very good season, in the Ch icago area, submitting a close 1 y- packed report, too extensive for complete inclusion, from Vanessa atalanta, April 21, to colias eurvtheme Nov, 26. Co I ias spp, i nc l ud i ng a l b i nos were abundant through October, Hayes ' camp 1 ete report may be obtained from him or from Voss. It is to be regretted that considerable cutting of day-by-day reports is necessary,

Indiana: G. Nielsen reports conditions in the dune region similar to those in Illinois, with Precis coehia commoner, and a large emergence of Cycaeides melissa in late July, h:Johnson & Royer report a slow starting be low average season, Po lvaon ia SPR. & Nvm~hal is antiopa appearing third week in Apri I, 1,comma commonest, Celastr ina arsiolus normal , end of April. Euchloe olympia males north of Des Moines May 14; first broods of Ervnnis scarce. Lycaena thoe reduced in ear l y June, Lycaena d ione local l y common Ju I y I , Shtvr i um fa l acer and other strymonids nearly absent. Ledges State Park, July 2, similar to 1960, large series of Atrvtone Ioqan and aroqos, Wallenqrenia otho, one good male -sophanus titus, Speveria common, one worn female 2. idalia, Several maleJ. he1 loides near Oelwein, third week Aug,, and near Des Moinesk, phlaeas, "first really significant colony in ten years." Poanes zabulon common by end of May, even more abundant in the second brood, Staphylus havhursti, fair numbers, m id-Augus?. Lethe port 1 and ia extreme l y abundant, second year in a row. September col lect ing spotty, very poor, Lerodea eufa la near Hampton the on l y noteworthy thi ng ; winter brood of -Po I vqon ig be I ow werage.

Wisconsin : Royer- found Lycaen idae in great numbers in Burnett Co., early Ju I)', inc, Shtvrium falacer, edwardsii and liparo~s~&sophanus titus, Lvcaena thee, helloides and epixanthe, -Lvcae ides me l ! ssa, and Ce l astr i na arq ioi us, Others taken i nc l uded kenonvm~haiu 1 1 i a, Ch 1 osvne harrisii, Euphves dion, and Atrvtone loqan.

Michigan: M, C, Nielsen, obser-ving and collecting abouf 50 days from May 13 - Oct, 8 in nine counties trom southern part of state to Mackinac Straits found the season one--two weeks late for butterf l ies and many species in reduced numbers, pal lophrvs irus] and- in fair numbers in mid-May ; Psychomor& e~ imen i s a new county record, i n Montca lm and Newaygo Cos., May 28, Glaucopsvche Ivddamus, Erynnis &venal is & persius peaked; Hes~eriametea, females ov i positing on grasses, Ca l lo~hrvs~ol ios & Amb 1 ysc irtes v& l i s new to Montca lm CO- Otsego 120e, June 2-4 in jack pine-scrub oak open ings, wrys=I and ausustinuz, A. LE?.&% 4. vial is, & Ervnnis spp, Notable captures were Amblvscirtes samoset and A~antesiseel !aL Many phalaenidae at UV, including Pol ia inqravis, Panthea furci l la, Sideridis rosea, .&k ca i vcanthata. and 8 spp, of Acronvcta, Thyme l icus l ineola very common in Lenawee Co-, June 17 - July 3. A few Satvrium caryaevorus, first in several years; Gra~hiummarcellus Very scarce, Battus phi lenor sti l l absent. Hesper ia ottoe about two weeks late on cactus prairies of r\leGwaygcCc.. psaking aboul- P,ug. 4. ? -Few Soevf, 'a idal ia or! the prairies; EUPITVCSbimacula in a near-b.1 rnarsh. in 9teego 30, AIJ~. 5- iA extr-ene'y ;~terest;qgmoths at ilV: Arctia caia c abtjr#-;ia;it,i, Eac les impr id I s 'Dill;'*.Grapll i phc,:-a c,pac i frcns, Eremobiqa hi I I ; 31 ia ia br :dqhami, ---za-f.,ca I a cocc l na-{-a: yr;ii re I i r; a I"- -c? t ebs> N~otodontas iwp l ar ;a. Fesner ia l eonardus a week late, scarcer. UV in iai-e Aug~isi-brougl:? I-wo new s-tai-e rezords, Ade locenha la bisecta and Sch i n ia thorea The foll~wingwere \/cry ccrrimcn: &antes7s arae. Esiiamene acraea, ?oiia lesitima, Schinia marqinata and trifascia. end Pana:perna a!-=tikorens, b!ear MaskInac Straits Aug. 29 - Sept, 3, U; brought another st&e record. Cnzocnernis ~i+&ardi;others inciuded Cat. coelebs, Euxoa mima\ Ionis, Cleoceris alse~s,X~iotvpe :aocj>:, Olinia mactata and iliocata. A very unusual norther rel-ord was I-(y~ocala andrevorla, ftsego Co. , Sept, 3, at UV. Ho i zman reports 65% of A. cecro~ia pupae k i I led by Front i ria i-renct- ' - 25s greater t i?an last year; about 2% 1,DO I vwhemus pupae (1% greater than 1960, at-tacked by F, frenrh;, Erenot~iusva-rurus and an unidentified disease. However, these moth pupae were about 25% more abundant than in 1360,

Onl-ario: At Poinf Peiee, Pug. 21 - Sept., kolzman +ouncl numbers up sharply for Limenitis archippus, 1. atalanta, and Lethe eurydice; most other species zomq?on last year were down. Many larvae were parasitized, Sugaring yielded only Catocara sara, common, and small moths. D. plexippus abundant compared to 1960, massing for migration Sept, 16-17, Edmonds reports a pocr spring around Toronto, the season a week to ten days late, but butterflies in about usual numbers, Spring and early summer cloudy, October warm and sunny. Pieris rapae first seen May 7. Brightest items were Atrvtone loaan, July 23, a fresh male west of Toronto and uvl~ohilaphviaeus, worn male Qci, 10, Toronto. Big increase in Danaus ~l exi opus over t960; PJv~phaI i s mi l bert i and Vanessa ata 1 ants a l so i nereased. PaD ; l io DO l vxenes much reduced, Colias a?ilodia;e and eurytheme scarce in spring S, early summer, extremely common late August until laje Cctober, last date NO\. It, Precis zoenia seen Ozt, 12, first time in Toronto in years.

ZONE V I : SCUTHEAST - FLOR !DA TO !.CU I S I ANA . I\lORTH TO AIRKANSAS AED MARYLAND. Coord i nator : BRYANT MATHER, Contrlbutors: P!, A. Anderson, L, Bayer, W. Boscoe, C. V. Covell, Jr., R. Heitzman, 6. Mather, G. W. Rawson, W. J, Reinthal, S. F, Zeiger.

Marylarrd cYr District of Ceiumbia: Anderson found the season late, more so in the north, Normal Ir spring were: !-J. metea, Ervnnis izelus, 2. arsiolus, Everes co~vntas,Colias m., Pieris -ram, Anth. aenutia, Gal ior;hrvs bent-i::; 4 auaus-th~~~,Glauc. lvadamus, Ervnnis brizo, and -P, tro; Ills, Less common than usua! were Ervr?n;s i~.r\ienaiis, Battus whi lenor and Pvraus ----cen~,li[ii-eae. More common: Pao;,ic? ataltzus, esp, in the south, Eariy summer collecting was poor; -. n mid- ra i-e summer norma I .k!!ras scij., L, illaurus and !?c,ior iz toddi zommon, L.archi ppus and Poanes L Tator norma i ; Po l i tes ~eck,; us, them i st02 i ~s and or- i aenes I a-be and scarcer. In Garrett Co,, early duly, S~ey~r'aaphrodife and karavreus rlarus we:e common; Boioria selene, Polites mvsj-i: and Pcanes hobcrqok prosen? bur worn; CoI ias SDD. Pier i s raoae normal ; Spever ia cvbe le less -.o.rmon. Lommon 17o-it:s were : At; i wta ruhic-tl~u~,C-i-enlxi-3 virain ica. Euchlaena serrata, -----obt~~saria & delrhivii. in {ate Ju;:j, Satvrium fq31adev,Il-ir\/s. titus, Polvsonia wroane and --Po i i tes derna were ci;wr;c;:, LC-i it~port i an- and 2cr :\/or~'s okaa la uncommon, Satsr i um I i ~aro~s rare, Char I es Co, , ,1~~us-~,Ca : \ :cu i s rc:rrorx, r. CI l BLICCIS, troi l US, shI osvne nvcte i s were norma 1 ; i 2-1 he cy!-\-ci:CT 5qt\!2h ia ~3s\/bia and --.Pn i */cjoi~is --:omma more common ; Asterocam~ace l t i s and Eurcma 17 i:! npo r:rc:~;sn-I- In ?at:-imog-e So, Eo r n; ;a l-odd i less somwori; liemar i s d i ff in is very common. 4 colon\: of : ic>srizr;iI !~~'.lr~i~-ciiiswas found al- Soldier 's De 1 ight, Bal t irnore Co., f i rst weel: in 5ep-k. , -i-i,e insc.:; s rr,;;c? ccmmori on dry gr-ass'/ hi l isides l-han near- marshes and streams as usual. Cci ias sspp. wer c I-ound ;nlo first week in December in fresh condition as in 1960,

'd irq i n i a : Cove 1 i i~ilnd seasort s i ow and one-two weeks beh i nd 1960, COO l and dam 73 species in 24. counties, ?,!sw rec~rdsfor him were: f:;ia~r<:. l\!adamus (nifl-anyensis co. 24-25 4pr i i ;\~,jr\1s-i-t-\/~~3ri0rit~r' id~itidd iosen Co. i i dil r"\UQ, nl.ccommo;.i- 5 s8 - wer2 Pan; i io 2.resnijcn-Pes, (i..e~ho 21!r\ldice !=a la?!-$it~aji ! rii.5 :C~I;~OII vlf>re Siievei. ia -~ - --a- + SO, t jj-ll~, Sj'~.!/!rji?il we I i r,ijs, C;.erc:~~-ii s pi?qd fa- and Pier is protod i se. Vanessa --;a!-r'l~~ i ~asi-:of seen. Bayer , S i kora arld Co-l,s, GI-nysor~tcwn, I 0-21 h:ris. foucrl S?eve.rja ~.ybek,idal ia, -Eupto ieta C- l add ;am. Bo lor ja tt@.~ Cr, I csyjg ~yctei S, Aster o.-,.i~tsc?_cs.!L-is, Ere: i s QL~, -\I. ------virainiensis "- and atalan,b, 3en.; ~~ai~tLc~m~tsplex~~~,~s, Lim_edds ar-C~~P~US, GrauhU marceilus, 1 dg'au~~2.Also _P. Cr-esp1pmtt (Bi~rcksburgiand f~~r.j:~~y_Li..le.~or(Blue 9idge Parkway). Celer io _Il)g&&a, ~~gggfhoqtj~~~y&d11d cj~~ir~q~~gp_a~~__aJgwere taken on Loni~ela fa_tta-- 7-9 P,M. Many mol hs were taken at i igtlts,

North Carol in-^,^ Codel I at Soutliern Pines Sepl-. 2-3 'took. Ersi7-j~griihd~, Ll&oi.~ig claudia, (1 Phvc i odes t hat-(1;;. E rema da i ra, _! i and cn,hpP? 7 &uJJ~.Y?~..~G hS.QC5, a~~Q.gi.5&2G!22QS Y != -Strmon --. -----Ime l I nus A!tlr--lros I-..=-...cnmyntas---A, -,I-vyaer~a----- &--.-1--.-7rh l a~as.- P. g-iauc,us, hg.yl.o_~hnum itor, CoDa@odes minima, Nastra I 'heim.j~ie_r-i, 4tg333~ee__s ~~g~_e.gt~fi,;[HyJ-a~j.itg QL.ylaeus9 arid C.et-_e~,ga::* At Fontana Vi ! iage Eoscoe and Wi lcox took many of the above and at so: E~latvchiaLISEZ!, Lethe jort landia, 3. cvbele, diaria (male at l ight, 29 June), \la ant iopa_, ChIos-i~.2JYC!~..~, Polvqania comma & ~nterroqationis,Vdnessa cardui (5, virgbderisis, A. ceItisq2- ~XitkC!, --1-imenitis -astvanax, _P, troi Ius, Gelastrina arqiolus, z.eu~ytheme & &hi lodice, _Pa ~apae, Eparclvreus clarus, Acha Iarus !vciades, Authochton :ellus, TQ.y..yt-,es bathvl IUS pY!Sd.CS, Eu~hves vestr ; s , Poa~eszabgJc,n, Eu parthenos mrb i l i s . Tropaea i una, Laanther ia def I era-, ~~SEki --rubicunda, relea ~oi)phezs, Cet-a+c~mia undulosa, _F. quingg.emacu'ata, hu-eho!lEi, &!2&!9%a mvron, versicoior (few on1 y, just 2 in 1960), &i_b~ h~jlaeU~,Paonia~ astvIus!, 2gh.i~~~~~J..LZE, or^ ' I An i sota sti qma, &antes is --Atre ides plebe-9 I a --,P,m~t-l i nessus 7 ,-LO,A~~tomeri s -----Ca I osam i a angg--t I i fera anr1a, tla~loami I ita5.2, & :rvmene Citheron ia _gpu lchra.l&, AJ.totr ia elonvm~ha, Cato-ala praeclaraJ .el3ione, i l ia, coccir~ata~mi-roqympha, :I intoni, and Prionox.ksfsk robinas, Reinthal, on tihe North Carol irla side of ttte Smokies up to 2000' found on Varch 25: @\/el-winter ing . faunus and L, t~Jai~ri-a,, fresh _P, glauzus, troi lus, "Cai iophrvs rli whm, worn

-C. Fa---auoustinus and Eivnrgs horat ius, plus some of pre\i;~usspecies. Qn 24 Septa, Cherokee near Hot house 4 Murphy, Battits _philenor, Phoebis sennas: Eurerna I isa, Pieris mE2, !b!lWs R!Sik?&s, >_evet-ia cvbele, _Pb~~iodes_tharcs, Everes rn_mrnnLgs, &I i-tes verna .EjL!E2SS3 and Atalo~2dgsiampestrys,

Sou+ h Cat-o I i na : Re i ntha I found r, rapas, Prec:i s or i thya, at River Rr idge Park, Barnberg Co,, 2 June; at Walter boro, Col leton Co. . 1,j ir gin ;ens is, Pol ite~a-iqi~es, .vi bex; Sanfee, Orangeburg Lo,, Aster~ea~npa~J-QQE and at San-tee State Park, Graph i um marc-eI ! us and ELIP~~~L~ LEG^^.

-Ge0rqi3: cove I I tcok Pho l : sa-3 atuI l us, That-vbes h~thvI I us: Phvc iodes tilaros and E?/er.~s -corl)vn+as. C)n 27 May, Ea; qt.7 idge, Decatur Co, , Re intha 1 faand 1,rapae, ?re..-: s orlthva, kS!ZG. .-, dayra, Graph iur" ma~-:eI IijS, Pol ites kj.bgr,, Qoaeodes minnna_ arid F'yrqus commur: is, West of Bainbr idge in Seminole Co. he added R&ti-s phi Ier~or, Eurema nic;!p.e, Co! ias cesonia, .k"& oratius, -1, m.j.aI2, PCI ites tkeni~tocles~W~I lengrgn& otho, Urbanu5 oroteus, besperia attalus and fi; it-es bar~coa.Near Boydvil le, Graay Co,, 28 May: Col ias eurvtheme, Phoebis SiXLE~, Sti~~on'me h;is, Ervnn i s bant i s iag; near Wn i gham he added Va~essav i rai n ;ens i s, and ~E~~L~YE~KZ --c farus to some cf above, 1 n Thomas and Brooks Cos.. , F. polvxenes, Eurena ri ic itJ~9,Euptvchia -areolat~, F'_hyciodes tbros, Aq,-au l is van i I lae, Erynn is zaruczo and Panoau ina 0cal2. May 297 Jekyi I Islarid : 1,ehjkru, p, palamedes, Pier is rapae, Lurema (5, daira, Cot ias &hi.!!, "ail!cop is ceLsg3. E~irvs-tr YRIW fawn 'i IJS, ?t?vc iodes @_a.ha~, Aste1'3~-arn~a a 1 ic ia, ~~~.SLL?edes cam~estr>> hvgechi la phv Iaeus. ug~r;,a rnaculata. Juqe I near RTchmorld Hi l I, Gryan Co,, L.b7 !~J-l.igs_vibex, 1.JXY-~~~S and l"aa~ena~e?is otho, At Kincon, Effingham Cc-, 2 June, -"la_strd nea!i~athl a, and at SS~Ji van i~,Screven Cc, , &, zym~.Forsyth, Monroe 20. , June 15 : Ijr-banus protells, Po 1 i tes ;bexf Perry, Hcuston Cc., ni~e~,Pho 1 i sofa ~~~~ P- commun;s, Panoquina ozai,?, & Poiij-es \ibex, Very slrr,;lar species were found in Do~I~YGoa7 eibb Co,, 6 Rir:l:rnond Co. P;ong Clark ;Jj I Reservoir, L iczoln Co,, 12-13 Auq, , Reintbal took a good umber c;f species inciuding most c;f above, On 13 Augclst,Keg Creek State Park, Columbia Coo 7 cc he had good - i -I e.3 ing but added no ot32e: s not taker prev ious 1 y, fir : dc lger found a .ri :d wln.i-er., r-esu ltirig in the re-tu, n cf scrne tropical species-absent or scarce in I?C.TT~ F 'ct-id3 i;r ! 960 : --Pl>oeb;s --i lea --Eur --da i ra.. A-Loo+~tes-cass i us arid Danaus Ai!i-~&vs_wer-e in fa i I- ndmber s, Ca3lect ing das sr ow May "i September , good :n fa i 1 to Decembere A?. Orange park, &lv L.c.,,- May, b~-sbsnj~l;c,r,:us was in large numbers. also '%IVCSE~~DS, --Panthiades m-album and Atlides halesus; six Callophrvs henrici were taken at Gold Head State Park 1-2 April, Zeiger and V. V. Board took a series of Celastrina araiolu~at Jacksonville and Gold Head State Park in March and April, including the first authenticated record of a male from Florida. Zeiger reared f. philea (14 males, 23 females) emerging October through December. Covell, between Wakulla Springs and Key Largo, 23 March - I Aprcbl, recorded: Polites --,baracoa -Chiefland 25 March; Euphves aaroni (howardi) & palatka, Yankeetown 27 March; Euptvchia areolata, Phvciodes phaon, Panthiades m-album, Asbolus capucinus, Wallengrenis otho, Myakka Park 29 March; Euphves aroa, Atrvtonopsis loammi, nr. Ft. Myers 30 March; Panoau ina panoauin 8, ocala, Brephidium pseudofea, Royal Palm Hammocks 30 March; Phocide~batabano, Anartia iatroohae, Hemiaraus thomasi, l3. pseudofea, Precis zonal is, Ascia monuste, Goodland 30 March; columella, Dvraus oileus, Aaraulis vanillae, Florida City 31 ~arch;Spili~aristodemd oonceanmmon martial is,)~rvas iul ia, He l icon ius char iton ius. Phoebis aaarithe. ioie, _PO 1-vaonus manuxi, Phoc ides batabano, Eparavreus zestos, Leptotes cass i us, Hem iaraus thomasi, Problema bvssus, Oliaoria maculata, Key Largo 31 March and near Port St. Lucie, I April. Reinthal, near Crestview, Okaloosa Co., 25 May, found Eu~tvchiaareolata and at Marianna, Jackson CO.:~, philenor, _C. eurvtheme, Eurema nicippe, Copaeodes minima, Hvlephila phvlaeus, Polites vibex, Wallenarenia otho, Oliaoria maculata and Atrvtone loaan. At middieburg he took in addition Ervnnis horatius and Thorvbes bathvllus. At Gold Head State Park he added B, philenor -G, marcellus, 1. palamedes, Calycoois cecrops, At Putnam Co., Nathalis iole, Euptvchiq sosvbia, and Precis coen iq; at Mayport, Duva i Co,, modes ethl ius ( larvae on Canna), Danaus plexippus, Ascia monuste, Araauiis vanillae, Urbanus proteus, Oliaoria maculata and Atalppedes campestris. He added Breohidium oseudofea at Fort George Island, Duval Co. and at Fort Clinch Park, Nassau Co., _P. cresphontes & ~olvxenes,5. lisa, Phvciodes ohaon and larvae of Asterocamoa alicia and flora. Rawson reports a rather poor year for the New Beach area, with a very dry spring and late rain in the summer. The winter was mild, without frost. Two attempts were made to establish a colony of Eumaeus atala by releasing individuals near Royal Palm Park, but both fai led. Papi lo pol vdamus appeared Julj-yz__S_e&fU_he~st time in at least five years. One was taken at UV at n ight. Two Ca l lophrvs arvneus (sweadnedwere taken on Jun i perus in Sugar Mill Park, a southward rangk--f%mbESefiind phi lea were unusua l l y abundant. Ascia monuste and Precis zonalis failed to appear in the usual large fall numbers. Two new records were taken: Asbolus ca~ucinusand Cvmaenes tripunctus. Rawson reported in detail on the'87 species he recorded and noted that 59 of these were seen or taken on the grounds of his residence or on an adjacent lot - an aeea of about four acres.

Alabama: At Oak Mt. State Park Reinthal on 20 May took B. philenor, _P. alaucus, troilus, -P. rapae, Eu~tvchiacvmela & sosvbia, f, interroaationi~,1. qirainiensis and atalanta, Celastrina araiolus, Thorvbes pvlades, Achaiarus Ivciades, Polites themistocles and vibex. At Jamison, Chilton Co., and Valley Creek State Park, Dallas Co., the species were similar, but with A, cel t is larvae. At Linden, Marengo Co., he added Everes comvntas and on 21 May at Mclntosh, Washington Co., Euptvchia areolata, Phoebis sennae, Lerema accius, Wallenarenia otho and Nastra I ' hermi n ier i in add it ion. At Fo ley, Ba ldw in Co., 25 May, _P, pa lamedes, Ca l vcopi~ cecroos, Phvciodes tharos, Copaeodes minima, Atrvtone loaan, Hvlephila phvlaeus, Pvraus communis, Polites vibex, Colias eurvtheme, 3. virainiensis, Ervnnis zarucco and horatius and E. baptisiae. In Jackson Co., the same species with Danaus plexip~us,Eoaravreus clarus, Poiites oriaines, Ancvloxvoha numitor, Eu~toietaclaudia, Aaraulis vanillae, added, In Marshall and Jackson Co,, 4 Sept., there were no significant changes in species, except for Limenitis astvanax, Atalopeded campestris, Lerema acciu and Speveria diana.

Miss.i~sippi: Reinthal at Lucedale, Georgia Co., took Hvlephila phvlaeus and Polites vibex and at White Crossing, Stone Co., E. i:vmeIa, areolata, and added Wallenarenia otho at Millard, Pearl River Co. The Mathers and the Roshores, Central Mississippi, found the season above average. Agraulis vanillae and Urbanus proteus were again missing. Atlides halesus, Panthiades m-album, e'elastrina araiol~and Strvmon mel inus were taken 26 Feb.; Anthocharis aenutia 26 March, Satvrium liparops and falacer and Autochton cellus in May; Feniseca tarauiniu~16 April and 27 August; Poane~vehl and Polvgonia comma in October. On typical good collecting afternoons in all months March through October about thirty species were recorded each afternoon. Species -.taken in 1961 apparently not previously recorded for Mississippi include: Sphingidae - +J2 N Q 3 Srshinx fanckii, 19-20 Aug.; Sphecodina abbottii, 18 March; Deidimia -m, 6, 13 May; Geometridae - Lo~hosislabeculata, Cosvmbia serrulata, Horisme _intestinata , Semiothisa dis- tribuaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria, and Hvperetis amicaria. . . Louisiana: Heitzman and Howe found butterflies rather few: melinus and m-. . pllnlm? (Cameron); Euptvchia her me^, gemma and are -1 igor ia maculata, Nastra I-herm~n~eri and Poljtes vibex (Lake char les) ; mrchippu~ Lerema accius, Pol ites vihex, a. I'herminieri and Papilio troilu~(De Ridder); -sennae. Eurema lisa, -P.-glau~sand palamedes and Battus philenor (General). Only one Colias was seen. Moth collecting was very good, more taken at lights around motels and service stations than at UV: Actiashm,Telea pol~phemus, Eacles imperial is, were general; Anisota stiarna, Adelocephala auadrolineata and bicolor, Ecpantheria deflorata, Ceratomia catalpae and lsoparce hageni were numerous, and Ph l egathont i us m,Pho l us pandorus, Ampe loeca mvron, Darapsa phol us, Xv l ophanes m, Cressonia iualandis and Noroosis hieroalvphica were taken at Lake Charles. Reinthal in Boutte, St. Charles Parish, 22 May, recorded Panoauina ocola and. . Asterocampq celtis, and at Paradis took _A. celtis and clvton, with eggs of both, also Lirnenlt~sarchippus (watsoni). 23 May he found& clvton,C. archippus and Calvcopis cecrop5 in Plaquemines Park. In St, Rose, St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes 24 May he found both _A, ce ltis and d~!k~!very scarce but did collect a few eggs, larvae and pupae.

Arkansas: Heitzman and Howe found moth collecting good, with -a polvphemus, Actias luna and Eacles imperial is general and Sphinx chersis, Phleg. rustica, Ceratomia undulosa, lsoparce hageni, _C. eatalpae, 2. tersa, 2. iualandis, Paonias mvops and ssa%&a, Smerinthusiamaicensis and Cither-onia reaalis taken.

Tennessee: Boscoe and Wilcox at Bristol on 24 June took Phleg, auinauemaculata,~ p~l~phemus,blo~hora cecropia, _Ceratomia ma,Paonias excaecata and mvoD5, &&kihl& Automer is io, An isota stigma, &antes& anna and arge, Ca Iosamia angu I i fera, Citheronia m, _LaDara coniferarum, _P. sexta, and Herse cinaulata. On 2 July they added Sphinx francki i, Ce l er io I i neata, An i sota rub icunda, Phol us pandorus, Paon ias astv l us and some of the preceed ing species. Reinthal reports that spring came early to Knoxville, Vanessa antiop? was seen 14 Feb.; Pol~aoniainterrogationis 5 March; Pieria rapae 8 March; Polvaonia comma,^^ phi lodice and -a argiolus I I March at Gatl ingburg, Sevier Go. On 12 March in the lower elevations of the Smokies_P, alaucus, 5, marcel91. virginiensis, Callophrvs niphon, Celastrina argiolus, -N. ant iopa, _Po I vaon ia comma and i nterroaat ion is were found. eauaustinus and tharos appeared 8 Apr i I; Battus phi [enor not unt i l the last week in Apr i I. Knoxvi l le, 23 Apri I, Anthochar i s aenut ia, Ervnn i s ~J-&Q, juvena l is and bapt i s iae and Eparavreus m,.Re i ntha I gives deta i led reports of species encountered at various loca l it ies in May, June, August and September, too extensive for inclusion here. June 7 he found many species in numbers at lower elevations in the Srnokies, including Col ias eurvtheme & phi lod ice and Lethe portlandia. S8me area, 2 July, he found Speveria cvbele, and aphrodite, Pol ites verna, and Polvgonia faunus ~smvthi)at higher elevations (5000'). _C. eurvtheme & phi lodice, Danaus plexippus and f. Fnterroaationis were seen in Knoxville until the first week in December.

ZONE VII : NORTHEAST - PENNSYLVANIA TO MAINE AND QUEBEC. Coordinator: L. P, GREY. Contributors: L, Bayer, W. F. Boscoe, A, E. Brower, R. B. Butler, C. Curtis, C.J. Durden, b. P. Grey, J, Mu1 ler, A. M, Shapiro.

Maine: Brower describes the season as another marked by a paucity of species and individuals, Snow l ingered late; the summer was cold and cloudy, 4, ant io~af irst seen at Readf ieId 20 Apr i I, with snow deep in the woods. First Pieris rapae 12 May, , Four Euptvhkia cvmela at Scarboro June 17, two more 19 June, Ovipositing female of Danaus plexippus seen near Brewer 20 June. Glaucopsvche l ysdamus taken at St. Agatha 26 June, at A l lagash 27 June. A few &&Lb eunsmia near Fort Kent 28 June and Oene is iutta 30 June in Townsh i p 8 Range 5 south of Masard i S. --elus and Hesperia laurentina taken at Crystal I July. claru~seen at Augusta 3 Ju ly, Oeneis katahd in worn and scarce 25 July. A new butterfly for Maine, Atrvtone lo~an,taken at Biddeford, 31 July, by Robert Gobeil, a high school student- Moth collecting was better; sphingids were in fair numbers but Catocalas were low again. Apantesis quenselii secured on Mt. Katahdin 25 July,. A number of new or rare moths was taken, including the Autoqrapha surina described by the Fernalds from Orono over eighty years ago and not taken since. The arctic Polia roqenhoferi was taken for the first United State record. Far the central Penobscot Valley Grey reports the spring season and collecting unusually poor but late summer collecting excellent in some spots with Colias, Cercvoniz, S~everiaand Pa~ilolocally common. The Hesperia laurentina outburst died away but a fair number survived. Euphyes bimacula had a notably good year at Passadumkeag. In early July Mt. Katahdin produced its usual showers of greeting (rain rather than Oeneisl. Light trap collecting held up well but captures of notable rarities were few.

New Jersey : But l er noted Ca l lo hr s i rus JS at Lakehurst May 4-6. Other Cal lo~hrvswere found Apr i l 15-30, more abundant-\a later. / C. aeen at Lakehurst 6 May with .9 ..males taken there 14 May. At the Great Swamp, 15 mi les in -extent, Morris Co., Ch losvne harr IS I L was abundant by II June. Eu~tvchiacvmela was not uncommon. A small colony of Boloria selew was found in the middle of the swamp, fresh in mid-June, worn 17 July when Lethe eurvdice was just emerging. At Pluckemin, Somerset Co., Boloria toddi, Speveria cvbele, Lethe eurvdice, 1. cvmela, -V. Virainiensi~,Eu~hvdrvasjhaeton and Celastrina araiolus were flying 24 June. July 2 S~everiaidalia, with cvbele, in larger numbers than in 1960; Satvriw falacer was abundant. Females of idalia were not uncommon in early August, when Papili~~ep.were out in numbers. Lakehurst was revisited 25 June. Satvrium falacer was common, 3. Ii~aropspresent in numbers, Lvcaena e~ixantheabundant. A few worn Euptvchia areolat? were taken in Lebanon State Forest, Burlington Co., in company with many_L. epixanthe, late June. At Springdale, Sussex Co., July I CalDhelis borealis was taken with Satvrium falacer and carvaevoru, these sitting on young hickory 5 to 10 feet up, fresh and fairly numerous. In all, the rather more severe winter seemed to have little adverse effect on the butterflies; increases were noted in some species. The first harbinger, 1. rapae, was seen at Bound Brook, Somerset Co., 26 March. Mu I ler also considers 1961 a good year for diurnals in spite of an abnormally cold and backward spring. He found Thvmelicus Iineolp again and took a series of dark Chlosvne harrisii at High Point State Park 15 June. Examples of Cercvon is peaala were found at Cape May 19 July. The year was rather poor for moths. Catocala in particular were low and l ight col lecting poor even when weather conditions seemed optimum.

New York : But ler reports Spever ida l is, Chrvsopw t itus, Bo l or i a h&iland Lethe ~ortland iq flying July 3 at Mt. Kisco, Westchester Co. At Springfield Center, Otsego Co., Lethe eurvdice was as abundant as in 1960, Euphvdrva~phaeton even more so. Satvrium acadica males were taken duly 17 far from the colony discovered in 1960. Specimens were not common though fresh individuals of both sexes were taken to 24 July. Cercvonis oeaala fresh and common, females appearing 22 July. Polvao~were not numerous. At Colonie ("Karner", Albany Co.). m~elissqwas found in fair numbers in a scrub oak association, Satvrium edsr. L was abundant and Chrvsopw was also taken. Satvri~acadica was taken here and found again 21 July, in poor condition; at this time female lycaeide~ were found also. Bayer reports further deterioration of Long Island collecting and more suburban expansions. Satvrium falacer was very cornmon,&pili~, Vanessa and Speveria were very low,- fairly common. A trip to Fahnstock State Park, Putnam Co., with the Cocks brothers, yielded Spever ip cvbele and Boloria selene but collecting there was below the 1959 level. A few hpeloeca. Dvrorl larvae were found on grape in Ju l y; PhoI $andorus, Sphecod ina abbott i and Deidamla. em were taken; some mvoq emerged from pupae of the previous year.

Pennsvlvania: Boscoe and Curtis reporting from and Newton and Porters Lake area, found good col lect ing and l ist many species. .&oi l i~ had an off year; skippers were good but off a bit. Ewreu Iisa was low; Euchloe olvmpiq was not seen in 1961. Sphingids were uncommon except for the commonest species, but Xvlophanes ter~was taken and also Paonias astvlus and Ceratomia catalpa?. Flushing for Catocala in September was fabulous, 28 species reported, several in quantity. Bait and UV gave poor results, the reverse of 1960 (Grey inserts a note, that it has been suggested by oth$rs that flushing for Catocala is better in alternate years. - Ed.) The unusually good report of Boscoe and Curtis has perhaps been cut -unduly but can be borrowed in its entirety, as can the condensed report of Shapiro. For \ a-- Philadelphia, Shapiro found Q. plexippu much improved, approaching the high 1958 level. ----Euptoieta claudia was unusuaily common, Speveria and Poivg~~jahad good year,_P. camm3 the best in three years, CoIias were superabundant, Lvcaeni&g-good to abundant, Colias cesonia was noted and seven taken. Eurema Iisa very numerous, Pieris above normal, skippers generally normal or above though Ervnnis was low, One Panonuina &a was taken. In the moths, sphingids were low, Catoca la lower, Acron~ctanumerous and fa1 l species were in general excel lent, except Xviina? A femaie Erebis odora was taken 15 Sept, Notodonts were excellent and Geometridae mostly above average, Weather generally was good, rather cool early, mild in the fall, considerable sunshine and few prolonged stormy periods,

Ouebec: jarries Bay I.owlands, Lat, 50 30-50 00 and Long, 78 39-79 31 - from here Durden records 39 species of diurnals from a hitherto uncollected area, of which gesperia borealiq, Erebia disa,

Er vnn i s spec ies, near 9a~tisi.~ a Co I ias pa l aeno and keI i&g are most i nterest i ng since some probably are new for this Province, Most abundant species were Callophrvs augustinus, --Celastrina araioluz (lucia), and Boloria frei ia on the tundra in la$e June, Ervnnis SB, in June and Juiy and Coiias interior. Limenitis arthemis (late July), Coenonvmpha tullia, Speveria atlant3 and Poiites avstic (July and August) and Rolorio titania (August) in the river forests and flood meadows. Durden has prepared a list for ail the diurnals of this region, a valuable document which collectors planning trips to this edge of the Arctic should consult.

ZONE VIIY: THE FAR NORTH Coordinator: LEE D, MILLER. Contributors: J, A, Legge and his son. During the first week in July they visited the Porcupine Ridge Area (Eagle Plains, Lat. 66' 30' N. Long- 138 W." north of Dawson City, Yukon and the Ogiivie Mts,, probably the first time this area has been cotlected, They were able to move about the area freely with the aid of a helicopter and to collect in several places, The average elevations were between 1500' and 3500', conditions quite arctic in the latter elevations. Although the temperatures were up to over 60' coi lect i ng was not good s i nee the days were windy and cloudy. Species taken were : Bebxia ~~-1~ris~zharitrlea, and four diq%inct~,h&.A JQUN~, fasciata (femaies only), and worn $&sid_alis, Colias hecla (worn maies, no females), and ps_laa~(chi~~ewa)(fresh males and no femaies), Coenonympha tul lia !yukomS_iS), and one badly battered fapiliq machaon, plus some bhrknot yet i dent i f i ed, (Certainiy Mr, Legge and his son are to be thanked for this lone contribution, without wh f ch there wou l d be no report from Zone V 1 1 1 , Don It others co r l ect the Far North? How about some contributors for 1962??- Ed,)

ZONE EX: NORTHERN NEOTROPlCS - MEXICO, BRITISH hONDURAS, JAMAICA reporting, Coordinator: E. C. WELLING. Contributors: Harry Clench, Gary Ross, C. B, Lewis and E, C, We!ling, :b:*j-ef notes fcr uritisn Honduras ar,d Jamaica are saved for tne next News issue. ] Ba-ia-Caii-f~~~iaSur and Sinaloa: Harry Clench and other s from the Carnegie mumat Pittsburgh, Pan collected here in November. On tke western slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in sol~th- eastern Sinal~acoilecting was good up to 1200 meters in mid-November, In the Sierra Victoria near the souther^ tip of Baja Caiifornia Sur, few things were taken due to fail-like conditions up to 1200 meters elevation, Still. Clench considers the harvest good in spite of the lateness, with many new records made and interesting Lycaenidae taken, ---Oaxaca: This outher'n Mexico state was the object of the first of a series of annual col lecting expeditions. Col lecting from July to November was concentrated on the Gulf Plain of the northern part near the Vera Cruz border, and on the northern s I opes of the mounta i ns to the south, Con- tinuous rain and mistv weather at higher elevations forced us to concentrate at elevations below 250 meters. Areas 3000 meters were sampled with great difficulty and butterflies were scarce. At 2150 meters, Actiaa&&~m&~ and a few s&tyrids were common during September. Nocturnal col lecting yielded many Notodontidae, Geometriaae and Arctiidae, but Sphingidae and Pyralidoidea were scarce. Nigt-itcollecting at 700 meters was fantastic, Biurnals were generally scarce except widespread species such as Pteronvmia cot~tto.Anartia fatima and Hamadryas februa. Col lectyng was poor from July to mid-September but improved later, In spite of a poor season, Welling returned with 40,000 specimens,

---Yucatan and-.--- Quintavo~-.----- Roo: Dry conditions prevailed over the peninsula and native species suffered greatly. Populations of less hardy species were reduced to a minimum; hardier species managed to ccme through in normal numbers in Qu infano Roo, !n Yucatan, even hardy species had a bad year, almost not appearing, Rarer species wnich usually appear in above normal numbers during these oft-years were practical ly absent. Sphingid collecting was poor,