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Number 7 NEWS

OF THE LEPIDOFTERISTS' SOClE3TY 15 October 1963

H. A. Freeman L. P, Grey J. R. Heitzman G. Hesse l bar th L. G. Higgins

E d i t o r i a l Committee o f t h e NEWS

J. W. T i lden, E d i t o r

T. lwase F. W. Preston L, M, Mar t i n G. W. Rawson B. Mather G. van Son L. D. M i l l e r P. E. L, V i e t t e E. J. Newcomer E. G. Web1 ing

C. L. Remington, ex o f f i c i o

NOM l NATl ONS FOR 1964 OFF l CERS

The Nominating Committee (D. C. Ferguson, Chairman; R. L, Langston, J. B. Z ieg le r ) presents t h e fo l l ow ing nominees f o r new terms beginning January 1964:

President - J. G. Franclemont (Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.)

1s t Vice President - P. E. L. V i e t t e ( Paris, France 1

Vice President - H, G. Amsel (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Vice President - K. Sai toh (Hirosaki, Japan)

Secretary - J. C. Downey (Carbondale, Ill., U.S.A.)

Executive Council - C. P. Kimbal l (Saraso*a, Fla., U.S.A.)

W. H. Lange, Jr, (Davis, Calif., U.S.A.)

The President and Vice Presidents serve one-year terms; t h e Secretary and Council members serve three-year terms. Bal Rol-s w i l l be mai led w i t h duasnotices i n November.

Paul R, E h r l i c h has resigned as Secretary due t o t h e press o f o ther dut ies.

\ -- SEASON'S SUMMARY -3 b v Please r e f e r t o l a s t issue of t h e NEWS. Report form accompanies present issue. *The greater t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n by members i n t h i s Society pro ject , t h e more s ign i f icance may a

be at$achsS (-0 The data. Althoggh space w i ? P no t permi t pub l i ca t i on o f repo r t s separate ly and complete$y, good, full r e p o r t s permi t t h e csord ina tors t o provide sound summaries and the d e t a i l s remain a v a i l a b l e f o r f u tu re reference by those espec ia l l y in teres ted i n t h e respect ive zones. Please make every e f f o r t t o cont r ibu te , even i f summary conclusions on lye

The Society,?as f o r sa le separates of +he f i n e paper by H. E. Hamrnond on preservat ion of larvae by i n f l a t i o n and heat-dryjng (Espec ia l l v f o r F i e l d Co l l ec to rs secfion, Journal, Vo1.14: No.1). Send 25e i n co in o r stamps t o S. A. Hessel, Ne f t l e ton Hollow, Washington, Csnn. f o r copy,

YALE UXIVERSITY DEVEBOWENTS

Douglas 6. %erguson has accepted a CuBI--Fine s t a f f a ~ p o i n t m e n t as Ento"szologist i n 3-he Peabo3y I\llwse~m of Natura l His-tory Ysls Un i v e r s i t y . He wi l l cura te t h e c o l l e c t i o n s o f insects, par - t ieu lar ly Lepido$-sra, and i s cont inu ing h i s research on t h e sysfenat i c s of North Amer ican Lep idopfera, especial ( y t h e Gemetr i nae, , and SemioShisa, and h i s faunal s9udies of t h e ~~~~~~~~~~a o f Newfogndland and Nova ScoSia.

The En-fanology Sec-?ion has j u s t had a Barge expansion sf i t s quarters, i n t h e Museum and i n an ad jo in ing bu i ld ing , made a v a i l a b l e due t o ca-npletion o f t h e f i r s t of t h e l abo ra to r ies i n t h e r,ew K l i n e science conplex a+ Yale. I n a d d i t i o n t o D r . C. L. Remington as cura tor a ~ d Mi-, %erguson as enfornoPogisC, S. A. Hessel and D. B. S t a l l i n g s are research associafes o f She Section. A<- present s i x gradzate s-i-udents i n var ious stages o f work doward t h e Ph. D, a t Yale a re naking use of t h e entsaoDogical co l l ec t i ons .

R ~ s e a r c h Not ice: Several ?hogsand J i v i n g cocoons needed fo r massive release-secapfure experiments dur ing summer o f 8964. Please send n o t i c e o f how many you can supply, pr ice, and date ava i l ab le . Dr. L. P. Brower, c /o Genetics Lab., Un ive rs i t y Museum, Oxford, ENGLAND. -------------------

Research Not ice : The Nebraska members of t h e Socigty, K u r t Johnson, 0. D. Spencer, and E. A. Froemel, a re embarking on a p r o j e c t J r ~ prepare a modern annotated l i s t o f t h e B u t t e r i l i e s o f Nebraska. We hope $hat t h e records and notes o f Society members can be an important source sf r a t e r i a ! for t h i s p ro j sc i , Please send a l l records t o : K u r t Johnson, 932 Chadron Avei-~ue, Chadron, Nebraska, U,S.A.

l o s e m i t e Gu f te r f l ies, by John Garth and 4. W. T i lden, i s a v a i l a b l e frm The hepidop- t e r i s t s ' Foundation, 1140 W. Orange Grove Ave., Arcadia, Ca l i f o rn ia , U.S.A. a t $2.00 U.S,A., postpaid, I t includes four colored plates, four b lack and whi te plates, o fher i l l u s t r a t i o n s , and appendices sf food p lan t associat ioos, records o f capture and desc r ip t i on o f l o c a l i t i e s . Th is n ine ty -s ix page bsok le t superoedes t h e o lde r B u t t e r f l i e s o f Yosemite, by John Garth, and includes t h e Yssernite Region from t h e western fsotRiE l s t o Mono Lake, i n a d d i t i o n to Yosemite Nat ional Park.

Ju l ian Dsnshue has generously donated t o t h e Society L i b r a r y a number o f books on Indian bu-t-terd-lies, inc lud ing Wynfer-Elyth's B l i t t e r f l ies o f t he lndian Reclion. We thank M r . Donohue, and hope thaP o thers w i l I foE how h i s act ion.

G, P. Watson, Rochester, N.Y,, suggests t h a t z o l l e c t o r s w r i t e t o Doubleday and Co,, inc., Gar-den C i t y , N.Y,, request ing t i - a t Ho i i and ' s M-+h Bcsak be rep r in ted , As members have noted, requests f o r t h i s bock are f requent , I t i s about t h e o n l y t h i n g o f i t s kind, even though it i s back date i n many respects, Be t te r y e t would be t c t r y t o b r i n g it up t o date befc,re issu ing it again, A rev ised e d i t i o n shculd s e i i we l l f o r a book o f t h i s t ype . O f course, t h e cos t might be considerabie. Members might express themselves. A r e p r i n t i n g might be a p o s s i b i l i t y i f enough i e p i d c p t e l - i s t s were t c show i n t e r e s t ,

NOT ICES

L e p i d o p t e r i s t s ' Society members may use t h i s sec t i on f r e e o f charge t o adve r t i se t h e i r o f f e r i n g s and needs i n L.epidoptera. The E d i t c r s reserve the r i g h t t o r e w r i t e n o t i c e s f o r c l a r i t y o r t o re fuse unsu i t a b l e no t ices, We cannot guarantee any not ices, bu t a l l a re expected t o be b ~ n a f ide ,

WANTED : TO BUY COPY OF HOLvL,AND I S y24H BOOK, Joe Rob i now i tz, 903 Hi i l c r e s t Dr i ye, Richmond, Texas, U S, A

FOR SALE: SPEC'AL !-A QUAL'I'Y MATER,AL i n papers: Araema m ! t t r e i , $12.00 per p a i r ; Aar ias sa rdana~a ius , $4-00 each; Expanded, ;-A quali- iy, Brahmaea wai l i c h i i , $5.00 each; ready i n November - A ~ a n t e s i s v i r s o ? g h a i e r a t a and argg: i v i n g pupae, mixed, $3,00 per doz.; a l s o o ther - b u t t e r f l i e s , moths, t i v i n g pupae* eggs and equipmen?. L i s t 254: on request, B u ~ t t e r f l y Farm and Museum, East Durham, N, Y., U, S, A,

FOR SALE: ACTIAS SELENE PUPAE, 75$ eazh; A, luna pupae, 354: each, 3 f o r $1.00, $27.50 per 100, Ma te r i a l guaranteed, W i l l exchange f o r A t l a s o r Hercules pupae, J, G. McKeithan, 2323 blet ts Ave., Wilmington, N. C., U. S . A,

FOR SALE: SEVEN (7) MILLIONS asscr ted Formosan d r i e d b u t t e r f i i e s cover ing common and r a r e species f o r s tudy and a r t work. D r ied Formcsan bee?tie and moth specimens a l s o a v a i l a b l e i n quan t i t y . Mrs, Chang Pi- tzu, P, 0 . Box 873, Ta ipe i , Formosa,

FOR EXCHANGE : 20 Speyer i a ca I t i pDe comstock i f rcm San Marcos Pass,. Santa Barbara Co., Ca l i f . ; 22 2, pa! i ippe macar i a and 29 Zerene euryd ice bernard ino from Pine Mountain, Ventura Co., C a l i f . A ! I a re e x c e l l e n t specimens from unusual c c i l e c t i n g I c c a i i t i e s . Ser ies of worldwide Lasiocarnpidae des i red i n exchange, Richard C, P r i e s t a f , 84 Mal lard, Goleta, C a l i f , , U. S , A ,

FOR EXCHANGE: i o c a l species o f b u t t e l - f l i e s from Centra l C a l i f o r n i a , f o r l i v i n g ova o r pupae o f any Passif ioi-a-feeding Hei iconius, Car l Braun, 25435 W, Fremont, Los A l t o s H i l Is, Ca l i f , , U, S. A . --- -* me---- - - - - - ,--

WANTED: L IV lNG PUPAE OF CECROPIA, POLYPHEMUS, AND CYNTHIA s i I kmoths, Wish t o purchase large numbers of these species, as we l l as o ther American and e x o t i c Saturn i idae. Please w r i t e t o Dr. D, G, Shappir io, Zoology Depar-f-ment, U n i v e r s i t y of Mict~ igan, Ann Arbor, Mich,, U.S.A

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FOR SALE: NEW GUINEA SPECiES -- D a ~ i l i a weskei, $1.45; Qscinscerg herculesl $7.75 per p a i r ; 'O Orn i t h o ~ t e r a PI-iamus, $5,00 per pa ir; BURMA SPECgES : Armand i a l idderda l i , $4.95; Te inopal pus ."- ' i m ~ e r i a l i s ; $1.95; Orn i thcp te rase rbe rus , l i . 0 0 . ,hcusands o t goad specimens a v a i l a b l e

from Madagascar, Ind ia , Ccilgc, Ecerador , B f a z i ' : Ch"na and c the r areas. Merit-itn your i n te res ts , Pzst age 25s- James. C, Brsorts, I 94 R i ,ey Ave + Maccr , Ga, , U, S, A,

COLLECTlON FOR SALE: he; i ordered f i n e representa t i2n N a y , , N,J, Lepidcptera, especia[ : y nocturnals , n i c e y mounted and w ' t h f u i S dad-3 Par - tFcu iary s t r cng i n f \bctu;daer C e ~ m e t r i d a ~ . , A lso many o ther d,S, s p e c i n e ~ s acqvir-ed by exchange, inc lud ing e x o t i c s . About 15,000 specimens i nc lud ing papereG mate rea l w i t h eeta; ten cabinets, about i 50 cases, most ly glass-topped; sna ' "brasy, i ~ c ~ u d i r g 2 ccp ies Ycl landls Moth Bmk. Cantact M r . George Shu'gin, 2068 AntSiny Ave. Brcax 57, N Y . E S, A

Membersh"~ i n t b e Bep idep fe r i s f s ' S s r " s t y is cpen t o a ! ; persons in te res ted i n any aspect o f hepidsptere!ogy, Prospecffive rembers sheu d send t h e Treasurer t h e f u ! ! dues f o r t he c u r r e n t year ($6.00 U,S.A,? tcgefher w i t h t h s l r f u , l address and spec ia l Iep idaptere leg ica i i n t e r e s t s Remid+ances i2-d~ S ~ S C?.S,A, e made ~ a y a b ! e i; t h e Lepidopter i s i s ' Soc i e i y .

'-0 "ecei 4, i members i n aeoj +and : ! , i s issued e i g h t t i r e s a yezr m u which ,?c JQURNHL o f +he i . ep ide~ te r i s - t s ' Sccjel-y wi;;cll " s 'ssiier, q u a r t e r l y ,

Manuscripts fur fermel DUO catlon IL $he JCURN4i sf t he L e ~ ; d c ~ i e r i s t s ' Society should be sent ta t he E d i t c r c f ";he ?OIIYNAL, Dr C, L, Rerningtcrl, Dept, sf I! ology, Yale U n i v e r s i t y , Mew Haven, Conn,, U . S , A ,

In format ien cn membershyp i n fhe Society may be cbta ined from The Treasurer George Ehle, 314 At l i ins Avenue, bancasfo i , Pa , I1,S A , Changes i n address should be sent d-e t h e Treasurer on ly , irrfct-va-l-io-, cn rnlssed issues ef -the J3JKNAh or NPWS nay be obta ined from t h e Treasurer , Reqceshs fss rnernbersh:p* changes of a6dress, aad requests fcr i n fo rmat ion Dn missed issues sho~ l rd n e t be sen t t s t h e EdiPcss e f t he 2 3 U R N A L or t h e NEWS

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