Vol. 14, Number 3 - Yale University

ESPECIALLY FOR FI ELD COLLECTORS
This section is edited by Dr. Paul A. Opler. Articles are solicited from members, and are to be sent to him on
subjects of interest to the field lepidopterist. His temporary address is: Hacienda la Pacifica, Canas, Guanacaste,
COSTA RICA, C. A.
ONE-DAY AND ONE-WEEK LISTS IN NEW YORK
With collecting almost as automobile-dependent as everything else nowadays, it is much easier to collect many species in
one day than it used to be. A list of 30 - 40 species is easily obtained in midsummer in any ecologically diverse part of the Northeast,
given an early start and a set of wheels. Getting that many butterflies in a small area on foot is something else again, and
indicates an unusually rich local fauna. My own record of this sort is 43 species in 2 miles of Ellis Hollow, Tompkins County,
New York, July 6, 1970. Ellis Hollow is the valley of upper Cascadilla Creek. The valley floor is in pasture or alfalfa, wh ile the
hills are largely forested with beech, maple, and hemlock and some areas of birch, aspen, and other successional vegetation. The
list follows: Danaus plexippus, Lethe eurydice, Cercyonis~ nephele, Euptychia cymela, Speyeria aphrodite, §. cybele,
Boloria toddii, Euphydryas phaeton, Phyciodes tharos, Polygonia progne, f. interrogationis, Nymphalis antiopa, ~. milberti,
Vanessa atalanta, Cynthia virginiensis, Limenitis archippus, Satyrium calanus fa lacer, ~. caryaevorus, ~ liparops, Harkenc1enus
titus, Celastrina argiolus, Everes comyntas, Lycaena phlaeas americanna, 1. thoe, Papilio glaucus, Colias philodice,,£:.
eurytheme, Pieris rapae, Thorybes bathyllus, L pylades, Erynnis martialis, Pyrgus communis, Anycyloxipha numitor, Thymelicus
lineola, Hesperia sassacus, Poanes hobomok, Polites mystic, f. origenes, ~ themistocles, .p. coras, ~. verna, Wallengrenia
otho egeremet, and Euphyes vestris metacomet. In addition, 4 more species were seen in the same area the same week:
Satyrium acadica, Papilio polyxenes asterius, Epargyreus c1arus, and Euphyes dion.
What about a one-week list for a single county? My record is 59 species in Richmond County, New York, the week of
July 12, 1971. Of these, 37 were taken in one day. Richmond County (Staten Island) has an area of about 70 square miles, of
which about 1/3 is fully urbanized, and a relief of 300-odd feet. The climax vegetation is oak forest; there are extensive areas
of waste ground, tidal marsh, and scrub oak-pine barrens habitats. The list: Q. plexippus, !:: eurydice, f: pegala alope, E.:
cymela, ~. aphrodite, .§.. cybele, ~. toddii, ~. phaeton, f. tharos, .p. interrogationis, i!. antiopa, Y.... atalanta, Cynthia virginiensis,
Junonia coenia, L. archippus, Limenitis astyanax, Asterocampa celtis, Libytheana bachmannii, Strymon melinus,
comyntas, b: phlaeas ameri­
Satyrium acadica, .§.. edwardsii,.§.. falacer, .§.. caryaevorus, §.. liparops, .!::!. titus, f. argiolus, ~.
cana, 1, thoe, f. glaucus, 1'. troilus, E. polyxenes asterius, ~ philodice, f. philodice, ~. eurytheme, Eurema nicippe, ~
rapae, .§.. c1arus, Achalarus Iyciades, I. pylades, Erynnis martialis, E. horatius, Pholisora catullus, ~. numitor, I. lineola,
Hesperia attalus, Poanes hobomok, f. massasoit, f. viator, Polites mystic, ~. origenes, p. themistocles, E.. coras, ~. verna,
'!!.. otho egeremet, Euphyes bimacula, E.. dion, E. vestris metacomet, Atrytone arogos, A. delaware. Additional species
known to be on the wing in Richmond County that week include Lethe appalachia, 1.. anthedon, Polygonia comma, Pieris
protodice, and Euphyes conspicua.
- Arthur M. Shapiro, Department ofZoology
University of California; Davis, California 95616
NEWS AND NOTES:
Don Eff has informed us of the death of Arthur Moeck of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a Charter Member of the Society and good
friend of many collectors
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Bryant Mather sent a clipping informing us of the death in Windsor, Nova Scotia, of Dr. Edna Mosher, best known for her classification
of Lepidoptera on the basis of pupal characters. She was 93.
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Word has reached us of the passing of two eminent lepidopterists among our Hungarian members: doctors L. Kovacs and Julius
F. Lengyel.
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Foreign members wishing to have the NEWS sent to them via air mail are offered this service for an additional $4 per year payable
in advance to the Treasurer. Charge for this service for the remainder of 1972 will be $2.
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Anyone wishing to donate a door prize for the Annual Meeting June 22-26, please send it directly to Roy O. Kendall. Specimens,
books or equipment are desirable items for this purpose.
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