NEWS

Number 5 o f t h e Lep idop te7 i s t s ' Scc i e t y 15 Ju l y 1962 - - . _ I _ _ _ _ _ I I _ _ _ _ . - _ _______.____.___--._ I._I.-____ - --.- .-- - ---- ---

E d i t o r i a l Czmrni-?tee o f t h e NEWS

H. A . Freenan L , P . Grey R, Heitzman G. Hesse lbar th L . G H igg ins

J W , T I L-DEN Edits- T . lwase F. W , Prestcn L , 11. M a r t i n G , W . Rawson Bryant Mather G. \tan Son L., D, M i l l e r P, E , I-. V i e t t e E . . I . Newcomer Eduardo W e l l i n g

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* The 'Annua l Meet ing o f t h e L ep i dop te r i s t s I Scc i e t y w i i l br, he ; d August 25-26 i n Santa Barbara a t t h e Natu ra l H i s t o r y Museum as scheduled. The A~nouncement and Gal 1 fo r Papers w t i c h was sen t o u t t o a l l members w i t h t h e r e c e n t issues o f t h e NEWS g i v e s $he d e t a i l s . See you t h e r e !

F I R E I N THE SANTA BARBARA VUSELIM ! --.- --- -_l____._ - .__._---- "--.----

A ve ry damaging f i r e dest royed many i r r e p I a:eab l e spec imens a t t h e Santa Barbara Museum o f Na tu ra l H i s t o r y on Apr i l 12, 1962. The cause seems n o t t o bz known. Among t h e va luab le m a t e r i a l s l o s t were t h e b i r d s intended f o r t h e new B i r d H a i l , a l s o a i a rge c o l l 2 c f i ( ~ n of she 1 1 s , many i n s e c t specimens, and reco rd cards and books, The sc ience t r e a s u r e s were of t h e n a t u r e t o which no t r u e monetary va iue zan be assigned, s i nce many cannot be rep laced . One of t h e l a r g e s t c o l l e c t ions o f b i r d s tudy sk i ns , and a l a rge y o ! l e c t ion o f b u t t e r f 1 i e s were among t h e losses, Accord ing i-o Dr V . i , Vanderilcof-, I) i r e c t o r of t h e Museum, t h e ~ ~ t e r i a l s were insured, bu t t h i s i s scan t :omfort c o ~ s i d e r i l - i g t i l e s c i e n t i f i c va lue of t h e

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PLEASF N U 5 : We have been assured -fhal- ti.) i s f i r e w i 1 1 n o t a f f e c t t h e Annual Meet ing of t h e Society , which w i l l be he ld as szheduled,

A CORRECT ION: M r Wm, Edwards o f Toron to , Canada, p o i n t s o u t t h a t t h e Cent ra l Exper iment - ----- Farm, f rom which t h e b u t t e r f l i e s were s t o l e n , i s i n Ottaws ( o f c o ~ ~ r s e l ) , n o t i n Toronto, as erroneous1 y s t a t e d i n Number 4 of t h e NEWS tie a i so I r~ forms us t h a t t h e c 1 i pp ing from t h e Toron to G!obe and M a i f was dated Feb, 21, 1962 'hanks t o M r . Edwards f o r b r i n g i n g t h i s t o our a t t e n t i o n ,

-- - Research rea t les t : M r A R 1 anc~ar -6 , 3023 Underwoad Houston Texas, wou l d i i ke i n fo rma t i on Concerning t h e c o l I e z t i n g i n Teras by Be I f r aqe and F r e r ; A , find any o the r ex i -ens ive C O ~ letting done i n Texas, Ke i s :amp i i i ng a cat d i ridex o f a I Texas rezo rds a f Macroheterocera and

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Members l n t e r e s t e a i n m a t e r i a l t r cm Cyprds may wish to g e t i n touch w i t h C u r t i s Cal laghan, whose address u n t i l F e b r i ~ a r y w i 1 ' be : :/Q Cyprus Mi17es '30rpcr3 l iop Skour i o t i s s a , Cyprus-

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N caught on Lcng ;s Ianu , The Ta,-kapqusha Mdsem where hp i s wol-king t h i s stm-fier i n t ends t o issue a I i s t o f .the Bu+te r f I i p s of i . j r ~g '6 ! and8 A : I a\/a i 1 2 6 l e a:zur a t e da+a w I 1 1 be app rec ia ted .

Ar thur Shap i ro, 7636 Thouron Ave. , Ph i lade l ph ia, Pa, . w r i t e s i n t o record t a k i n g Satyr i um carvaevorus June 26, 1962, a male, on milkweed near hickory, less than a b lock from h i s home, He a l s o records S . acadica taken i n Cheltenham Township, Pa,. t h i s year, He notes t h a t t h e S. carvaevorus shows t h e t y p i c a l ' to f fes t ' l p a t t e r n and t h a t t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n i s ce r ta in , -

Research reauest : Walter L, Olson, S, J., S t , S tan is laus Seminary, Howdershell Road, F lo r i ssan t , Mo., i s c o l l e c i i n g and c o l l a t ing data fo r a book on t h e B u t t e r f l i es o f Missour i . I t i s t o be i n popular s t y l e y e t w i t h s c i e n t i f i c arrangement o f data, i nc lud ing f igures, g e n i t a l ic sketches, e tc . He would appreciate any records,, data, sketches or o ihe r in format ion t h a t members might be w i l l i n g t o supply,

-*-"a----.- - M r . E. P. W i l t s h i r e , P o l i t i c a l Agency, Bahrain (P.O. Box 1141 w i l l be a t Cartwheel Cottage, K i l n Green, Twyford, Berksh i re , England fo r t h e summer u n t i l October 10, 1962,

---*..mt---= -- OFFICERS FOR 1962

PRES IDENT :

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT:

SECOND V l CE FRES 1 DENT :

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

SECRETARY:

J. A - COMSTOCK (U! S. A,]

H, B, D, KETTLEWELL (ENGLAND)

H, l NOUE ( JAPAN

T, ESCALANTE (MEXICO)

H, A, FREEMAN iU. S. A.)

S: L. DE LA TORRE Y CALLEJAS (CUBA)

PAUL. R, EHRL,iCH (U, S, A,)

TREASURER : GEORGE EHLE (U. S, A. 1 J(**X-**JC)C*

Ju l ian P. Donahue, 116, Sundar Nagar, New D e l h i , lndia, i s i n l nd ia a f t e r t a k i n g o f f a year and a h a l f from Michigan Sta te U n i v e r s i t y . He has c o l l e c t e d some 10,000 b u t t e r f l i e s f o r Michigan State i n about a year, p lus a good many thousand moths. He f i n d s 60 t o 80 species o f b u t t e r f l i e s i n a day 's c o l l e c t i n g , and has heard a c la im t h a t one man took I02 d i f f e r e n t species i n one day, i n t h e v i c i n i t y of Mussoorie, a Himalayan f o o t h i l l r e s o r t o f 5400' e leva t ian . He i s working on a l i s t o f t h e b u t t e r f l i e s o f De lh i ,

I n 1957, t h e Bombay Natural H i s t o r y Society publ ished M, A . Wynter -B ly th i ' s B u t t e r f l i e s o f t h e lnd ian Reaion (523 pp., 27 co lored p l u s 45 black-and-white p l a t e s ) , which f i gu res and/or descr ibes a l l Indian b u t t e r f l i e s except t h e h igh a l t i t u d e Pa laearc t i c r a r i t i e s and some r a r i t i e s from Assam and Burma. Ordering t h i s book d i r e c t l y involves considerable red tape, Mr . Donahue o f f e r s t o b r i n g a supply of these books w i t h h i m when he r e t u r n s i n September t o t h e Uni ted States. The cos t of t h e book w i l l be less than $7,00- He would l i k e t o hear from members who a re i n te res ted in t h i s book, The l e t t e r s should reach him i n August t o a1 low t ime 4-0

order t h e books, so members should w r i t e M r . Donahue as soon as poss ib le ,

TO members i n te res ted i n exchange o r purchase o f indian B u t t e r f i i e s , he suggests t h a t they w a i t t o con tac t him u n t i l l a t e 1962 o r e a r l y 1963,

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F r m Ju l ian N. Juma Ion, U n i v e r s i t y o f San Car l o ~ , Ceh~l, Fti i i i ~ p i n e s , comes a long, newsy l e t t e r from which t h e f o l l o w i n g i s ex t rac ted : In March, 1960, The U n i v e r s i t y o f San Car los conferred upon M r . Jumalon t h e Master o f Science, honor is causa, p a r t l y f o r h i s work on t h e Lepidophera of Cebu and p a r t l y f o r a new type of mosaic ar t -work us ing 100% b u t t e r f l y wings, and he was engaged f u l l t ime a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y as a Research Worker i n Lepidoptera and as a F i e l d Man. Since then he has made several exped i t i ons t o Mindanao, He has a g ran t from t h e Nat ional Science Development Board t o study t h e P a ~ i l i o idaeoides of Mindanao, and has r e c e n t l y been promoted t o Associate Professor. He has submitted some manuscripts f o r t h e JOURNAL which should

make i n t e r e s t i n g reading. He r e c e n t l y completed a successful t r i p t o Southern Davao i n search o f Chi las ia, and w i l l r e p o r t h i s r e s u l t s sho r t l y . He congra tu la te Mr . Jumalon. I t was good t o hear from him again. ----------

NEW MEMBERS

Boughner, Jackson L. 710 E. Keni lworth Rd., Palat ine, I I I., Ui S. A.

Greager, Thomas A. RD 6, Box 56B, Greensburg, Pa., U. S. A.

Gudehus, Donald H. 14 Maple St,, Teaneck, N. J., U. S. A.

Lincks, Toni (Miss) Dept. of Zoology, Yale Un ivers i ty , New Haven,~C6nn., U. S. A,

May, Robert L. 58 Johnson Ave., West Caldwell, N. J., U. S, A,

Olson, Fra. Walter S t . Stanis laus Seminary, Howdershel l Rd., F lo r issant , Mo., U. S. A.

~ e r k ' i n s , Edwin M. 7630 S. W. Hunziker Rd., Por t land 23, Ore.,,U. S. A.

perkins, Stephen F. 7630 S. W. Hunziker Rd., Por t land 23, Ore., U. S. A.

Thompson, She l don Lee 2927 Harr i son St., W i lmington 2, De I., U. S. A.

Jensen, Steve P. 12075 Joandra Ct., Los Al tos, Ca l i f . , U. S. A.

Levine, Paul A. 1054 Scot t Dr., North Va l ley Stream, N. Y., U. S. A.

Mrs. E. W. Stauffacher, 2208 - 12th Street , Monroe, Wisconsin, a cha r te r member of t h e Society, whose specia l in terestwas Saturni idae, i s reported deceased. The NEWS i s s o r r y t o have no f u r t h e r d e t a i l s o f t h e loss o f t h i s cha r te r member. ---------- For those who plan t o a t tend t h e Annual Meeting, c o l l e c t i n g i n t h e West would seem t o be a t l eas t normal, and i n most areas apparent ly b e t t e r than i n 1961, However, l e t t e r s t o local c o l l e c t o r s j u s t before t h e meetings w i l l g ive f a i r l y re1 i ab le local in format ion about t h e b e t t e r known spots.

NOT l CES

Lep idop te r i s t s ' Society members may use t h i s sec t ion f ree of charge t o adver t i se t h e i r o f f e r i n g s and needs i n Lepidoptera. The E d i t o r s reserve t h e r i g h t t o r e w r i t e not ices f o r c l a r i t y o r t o r e j e c t unsu i tab le not ices . We cannot guarantee any no t i ces but a l l a re expected t o be bona f i de.

WANTED BY EXCHANGE: LIVING LARVAE OF ClTHERONlA REGALIS, a l s o o ther l i v i n g larvae of la rger Eastern moths. (Mrs.) Gladys Conklin, Ch i l d ren ' s L ib rar ian , Hayward Pub l i c L ib rary , 22737 Miss ion Blvd,, Hayward, C a l i f o r n i a , U, S. A. ---------- FOR SALE: LARGE NUMBERS OF FORMOSAN MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIEz45for a r t work. Also r a r i t i e s f o r s c i e n t i f i c s tudies. (Mrs.) Chang Pi-Tzu, P. 0. Box 873,,7dipei, Taiwan (Formosa).

WANTED: LIVING PUPAE OF CECROPIA, POLYPHEMUS and CYNTHIA si lkmoths. Wish t o purchase these species i n la rge quant i t ies , a l s o t o purchase other American and e x o t i c Saturn i idae. D r . D. G.

7 Shappirio, Zoology Dept., U n i v e r s i t y o f Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., U. S. A.

~WANTED TO BUY : LARVAE OR ADULTS OF CALLOPHRYS (SAND I A MCFARLAND I , a I SO I i v i ng pupae o f most Aspecies o f strymonids, Erebia and Oeneis. Please w r i t e f i r s t g i v i n g o f f e r t a . Steve P. Jensen,

12075 Joandra Ct., Los Al tos, Ca l i f . , U. S . A.

CHECK LIST OF NEARCTIC BUTTERFLIES

By Cyril F. dos Passos

The Lepidopterists' Society Memoir No. 1

The Society i s publishing, a s i t s Memoir No, 1 the eagerly-awaited dos Passos Check Lis t , in preparation for many years . The l i s t contains about 3600 names of genera, species, subspecies, fo rms and synonyms. The Memoir will comprise about 130 pages, including a complete index of al l name s o

This i s the f i r s t check l i s t of the Nearctic butterflies to be published since 1938, when the butterfly portion of McDunnough' s invaluable l i s t appeared, The new l i s t reflects current views on taxonomic relationships, many radically different from those held in 19 38. Hundreds of additional names a r e included. An important extension over the style of the McDunnough l i s t i s the inclusion of publication dates and of parantheses around authors' names where any species o r subspecies has been placed in a genus other than the original one.

Please send tne copies of the CHECK LIST OF NEARCTIC BUTTERFLIES by Cyri l F, dos Passos , a t the Pre-publication price of $3.50 (postpaid)

The post-publication price will be $4.25. These reduced prices will be available to individual members in good standing only.

Remittance herewith $

If the demand warrants , an effort will be made to provide a limited number of copies a s loose pages for cutting into labels. If feasible, these will be reprinted on one side only, otherwise a double se t will be furnished. Cost will have to be somewhat higher than member prices above.

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Checks and money o rders should be made out to THF: LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY and mailed with this form to the Treasure r : George Ehle, 314 Atkins Ave., Lancaster , Penna, , U,S.A. ,

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