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1971 SEASON SUMMARY CORRECTIONS: We regret that Ray W. Bracher's report for Zone 5 was lost in the mail, and that his data were not reported in the Summary. He has been a regular contributor of Indiana information. Robert May writes that his Florida record published incorrectly as Calephelis virginiensis was Cynthia (formerly Vanessa) virginiensis (pg. 10); also, his name was omitted as reporting the New Jersey data on pg. 12, beginning with "at Great Piece Meadows" and ending with "C. promethea rearing." He further corrects the 1967 Summary (published 15April,1968) as follows: Under New Jersey, C. harrisii should read "vi - 26", not "vi -1"; and Callophrys henrici, iv -29, should have been included under Maryland, notNew Jersey. * * * * * * Eli W. Beery, 7007 East Bayshore Drive, Traverse City, MICH. 49684, U.S.A., and his wife plan a tour of Europe and Africa during Aug. and Sept., 1972, and wish to hear from members in those area who would welcome a visit from them. * * * * * * We welcome Mike Van Buskirk as our new Zone 2 Coordinator for the Field Season Summary, replacing E. J. Newcomer. * * * * * * No.4 of the NEWS is the MEMBERSHIP LIST, for which we thank Lee and Jackie Miller. The next "newsy" NEWS will be No.5 - the September issue, which will feature a report on the 25th Anniversary Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. * * * * * * Dave Thompson, of 2309 Iowa St., Cedar Falls, IOWA 50613, writes of his concern about the sale and use of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis as a biological control agent for insect pests. He wishes to know of possible harm to populations of Lepidoptera, including species reared by lepidopterists. Anyone with good knowledge about the use of this agent please contact him. * * * * * * Eduardo C. Welling M. writes of his disappointment that the NEWS is now appearing only 6 times a year. This change was made in 1971 to save on expense and labor. Those with opinions on this may write the Editor. Welling M. also wants to notify those who purchased material from him labeled Piste, Yucatan, 1967, who were dissatisfied with the condition of specimens to con· tact him immediately for adjustment; his collector there tried to defraud him, and bad specimens were apparently sent out unwittingly. He says that much 1968 material has had to be checked carefully, and that this has caused delay in his sending 1968 material to his clients. DEALERS' DIRECTORY ADDITIONS: Under "Equipment and Materials", please add: Nicholson Plastics, 811 Eleventh St., Rock Island, ILL. 61201, U. S. A. (Plastic embedding process for Lepidoptera) Insect Museum Supply, Jack R. Powers, 1021 8th Ave. South, Moorhead, MINN. 56560, U. S. A. Printed insect labels; insect pins. Under "Lepidoptera Specimens:" Rev. Herman Falke, St. Mary's College, Box 26, Kisubi - Entebbe, Uganda, EAST AFRICA. African butterflies, large moths and beetles; also ova and pupae of Saturniidae and Papilionidae of Africa. BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION: This rapidly-erupting field in the U. S. will focus on the newly-formed XERCES SOCIETY, devoted to butterfly species preservation. Director is Robert M. Pyle, whose address before Nov. 10, 1972, is: Monks Wood Exp. Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire, England; after Nov. 10, College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WASH. 98195, U. S. A. Also note the article "How to Kill a Butterfly" by Jo Brewer on pg. 76 of the March, 1972, issue of Audubon, along with some superb butterfly photography by Edward S. Ross. A report on "Project Ponceanus," an effort by C. V. Covell, Jr. & George Rawson and others to enhance the survival of Papilio aristodemus ponceanus in Florida, will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society in June, along with talks on other species in a symposium on Endangered and Extinct Lepidoptera. John Heath, our NEWS correspondent in Great Britain, and his associates, have been prolific in their survey and mapping efforts aimed at butterfly conservation in Europe, and have been pioneers in this field. We hope to report more on this important field of lepidopterology in the near future. -4- - c. v. C.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE SECTION OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Oakland, California - September 1 - 3,1972 The Natural Sciences Division of The Oakland Museum will host. Dr. Don MacNeill, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences, is in charge of local arrangements and information on Motels may be obtained from him. Anyone wishing to present a paper may write to Dr. MacNeill, Nat. Sci. Div., Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak St., Oakland, CALI F. 94607, or to Dr. Jerry A. Powell, Department of Entomology, <strong>University</strong> of California, Berkeley, CALIF. 94720, giving the title of the paper, approximate time required for presentation, and whether or not slides are to be presented. This information should be submitted to MacNeill or Powell no later than June 30. The Annual Banquet will be held Saturday, September 2; speaker, place and cost will be announced later. THE NORTHWEST BUTTERFLY SURVEY The Northwest Butterfly Survey has been founded as a research body for the accumulation, collation and presentation of information about the Rhopalocera of northwestern North America. The area of study includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. This area represents a massive gap in the continental butterfly knowledge, as well as a zoogeographic unit of reasonable integrity. Our intellectual concerns include the full biology of natural history of the organisms and their realm. The decline of and prognosis for populations will be a special area of inquiry. A base work for Washington (Pyle) is at press, one for Oregon is well toward completion (Dornfeld) and one for British Columbia is incipient (Shepard). Studies on the two remaining units are being planned. Principal collaborators are Dr. Ernst Dornfeld and David McCorkle in Oregon, E. J. Newcomer in Washington and Robert L. Chehey in Idaho. Data from any other contributors are warmly solicited. Queries and communications will be welcomed at the following addresses: The Northwest Butterfly Survey - Co-Coordinators: Robert M. Pyle c/o Seattle Audubon Society Joshua Green Building Seattle, Washington BOOK NOTICES: Jon Shepard Rural Route No.2 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada FERGUSON, DOUGLAS C. 1972. Moths Qf America North QJ Mexico, Fasc. 20. 2A, Bombycoidea: Saturniidae (part), 153 pp., 11 colored plates. Paperbound. Curwen Press, London. U. S. distributor: Entomological Reprint Specialists, Box 77971, Dockweiler Station, Los Angeles, CALIF. 90007, U. S. A. $32.50 for subscribers; $39 for non-subscribers. MICROLEPIDOPTERA PALEARCTICA. This important undertaking has advanced to the point at which the first 3 parts have been published: Band 1, Crambinae, by Dr. S. Bleszynski; Band 2, Ethmiidae, by Dr. K. Sattler; and Band 3, Cochylidae, by Dr. I. J. Razowski. Information on purchase may be requested from Hans Reisser, Rathausstrasse 11, A-l0lO, Vienna I, AUSTRIA. A must for serious students of Microlepidoptera. GOMEZ BUSTILLO, M. and F. FERNANDEZ RUBIO, 1971. A morphological and geographical revision of the Parnassius ~(L.) species in the Iberian Peninsula (in Spanish). 32 pp, 22 black and white plates, paperbound. $5.50 postpaid (air mail). Covers descriptions of localities and 21 races, including 3 new ones. Order from: Dr. M. Gomez Bustillo, Torre de Madrid 5-12, Madrid (13), SPAIN. MID-CONTI NENT LEPIDOPTERA SERIES: Recent publications include No. 28, a preliminary list of the butterflies found at the Capulin Nat. Monument, New Mexico, by F. Martin Brown; No. 31, a study of interspecific hybridization of Limenitis arthemis in Minnesota by W. A. Bergman; No. 33, a check-list of the butterflies of Jamaica, by F. Martin Brown & B. Heineman; No. 32, report on a collection of butterflies made mostly at Ft. Chimo, Ungava, Hudson Strait, by L. M. Turner in 1883-84, by W. H. Edwards (reprint); No. 50, Butterflies of Rocky Mountain Nat. Park, Colo., by P. C. Ritterbush; No. 51, a checklist of Utah butterflies and skippers by K. B. Tidwell and C. J. Callaghan; No. 52, Ecological and distributional notes on butterflies of the genus Erebia in Manitoba, by J. H. Masters; No. 53, a checklist of Scandanavian butterflies, by T. W. Langer; No. 54, the butterflies of Washington, by B. V. Leighton (reprint); No. 55, a preliminary checklist of the butterflies of southern California, by T. C. Emmel; No. 56, an annotated list of the butterflies of Nebraska, by R. A. Leussler (reprint); No. 57, check list of Oregon Rhopalocera, by anonymous authors. These are available at $1.50 each for nos. 28, 31,32, and 33, and $1 each for the others; subscription information upon request. John Masters, P. O. Box 7511, St. Paul, MINN. 55119, U.S.A. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Lepidopterologie, a new international journal to appear 3 times per year on various subjects regarding Lepidoptera, is planned to begin this year. Subscriptions are 50 OM/year (roughly $15 U.S.). Write for information to: Dr. U. Roesler, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, GERMANY. HIGGINS, L. G. & N. D. RILEY, 1970. ~ Field Guide to the Butterflies Qf Britain and Europe. Collins, London. 380 pp., 60 colored pis. £ 2.10. Also French and German Editions. -5-
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