Number 5 NEWS

o f t h e Lep idop te r i s t s ' Society 15 July 1963

H. A. Freeman L. P. Grey R. Heitzman G. Hesselbar th L. G. H igg ins

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 L. M. Mar t i n B. Mather L. D, M i l l e r E. J. Newcomer

F. W . Preston G. W. Rawson G. van Son [

P. E. L. V i e t t e E. Wel l ing

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

The Annua I Meet i ng i n San Antonio, he l d Ju l y I and 2, 1963, was excel l e n t l y p lanned. The Committee, most e s p e c i a l l y M r . Roy Kendal l , i s t o be complimented on the e x c e l l e n t manner i n which t h e meeting was hand led. The attendance, whi l e no t unusual l y large, was en thus ias t i c , and those who were f o r t u n a t e enough t o a t tend found the Meeting both i n s t r u c t i o n a l and in fer- e s t i ng .

******** The Meeting o f t h e Western Sect ion of t h e L e p i d o p t e r i s t s ' Society w i l l be held, as pre-,

v i o u s l y sta+ed, August 24-25 i n Santa Barbara, C a l i f , The Western Sect ion hopes t h a t members from o ther sec t ions may a t tend as we1 I .

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A f t e r un for tunate delays, good progress may now be repor ted i n t h e f i n a l stages of pub- l i c a t i o n of t h e dos Passos Synonymic L i s t o f Nearc t i c B u t t e r f l i e s . P u b l i c a t i o n under 1963 date i s c o n f i d e n t l y expected.

*******9* Special Not ice : Senor Car los Gomez de Aizpurua, San Sebastian, Espana, T e r c i o San Miguel no 10 - 40 I zda, w r i t e s t h a t he wishes t o ob ta in specimens of insec ts from t h e Uni ted Sta tes f o r t h e Muse( de San Telmo i n San Sebastian, a t which he i s Chief o f t h e Sect ion o f Entomology. Th i s looks l i k e a f i n e oppor tun i t y f o r members t o o b t a i n European ma te r ia l and a t t h e same t ime he lp a C O ~ 1 - eague. Senor Gomez o f f e r s exchange of European mater i a 1 , especia l l y from Spa in . He wishes correspondence w i t h museums and u n i v e r s i t i e s , as wel l as w i t h i n d i v i d u a l s who have ma te r ia l f o r exchange. Wr i te d i r e c t l y t o Senor Gomez i f you a re in te res ted .

*****%*** Robert Pyle, o f Aurora, Colorado, i s a p a r t i c i p a n t i n t h e Summer Seience T r a i n i n g ~ r o g r a m

a t Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, du r ing t h e summer o f 1963. He i s a l s o t h e r e c i p i e n t of a g ran t i n support o f a p r o j e c t on Colorado Satyr idae, and p lans t o study t h e Cercyonis o f Colorado.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1963 I I

Pres i dent H. B. D. K e t t l e w e l l (England)

F i r s t V ice President Don B. S t a l l i n g s (U. S. A.)

V ice Presidents C. M, de Biezanko (Braz i I ) S , G. K i r i a k o f f (Belgium)

Execut i ve Counc i l Members Shigeru A . Ae ( Japan 1 L, P. Brower (U. S, A.)

******** Charles V. Covel l , Jr, Dept, o f Entomology, V i r g i n i a Po ly techn ic I n s t i t u t e , Blacksburg, Va.,

has an ex tens ive supply o f common and s1 i g h t l y second specimen* o f b u t t e r f l i es which he w i l l 5 send f ree t o anyone send ing a postpa i d package i n which he can sh i p them, so t h a t he w i l l no t W-I need t o supply t h e boxes and pay postage on insec ts he i s o f f e r i n g f ree . T h i s i s a good chance, $!,especial l y f o r beginners, t o o b t a i n spacef i l l e r s un t i l they a re ab le t o g e t o the rs more pe r fec t .

M r . Covel l suggests he w i l l send f i f t y o r so specimens on a f i r s t come f i r s t served basis, as long as they l a s t .

The f o l l o w i n g members are reported deceased: Dr. Donald W . Farquhar o f New York, a student o f d i s t r i b u t i o n and l i f e h i s t o r y ; M r . S. W. Kay, Fresno, C a l i f . ; Mme. Vera M. Muspratt, Jean-de-luz, France, a student of l i f e h i s t o r y and migrat ion; Gordon R. Ste inhof f , Sepulveda, Cal i f . , and M r . H. G. T h i r k e l l of Cowra, Aus t ra l i a , No d e t a i l s are known on any o f these members.

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Adams, 6ordon L. A l b e r t i , B. (Dr.)

Austin, George T. ( L i f e ) Barcant, Malcolm Bennett, Dwight Beshear, Ramona J . Boucher, David V. Braun, Car l Br inkman, Barton B. Brown, K e i t h S.,Jr. (Dr.) Bryant, Robert S. Cushing, Carl R. De Bra, A l b e r t Fore, Cl yde Garrison, Rosser W. Harrison, C. L. Herbert, Pau l Hovanitz, W i l l i am (Dr.) Jacobs, Kenneth C. Johnson, K u r t D. Kingery, Donald S. Larrabee, Nea l Lawrence, Dona l d A. Lopez, Francisco Gonzales McCluney, George McCorkle, David W. McKeithan, J. G., Jr. Mackie, Richard A. Mensing, Diane Murray, D, (Rev.) Neff, Richard H. Percy, Marie Porter, James W. Rabinowitz, Joe Roman, Stephen J. Seeley, Col leen Sel f , S. J. Stewart, Robert Su l l i van, J. B o l l i n g

Sumpter, Lonn i e Vanecek, Wil l iam, Jr. Van Der V l i e t , Leon, S r . W i l I iams, J. G.

1817 N. C u t r i g h t St . , Ch i l I icothe, I I I,, U,S.A. Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt-Universitat, lnva l idenst rasse 43,

B e r l i n N4, East Germany 5077 Eugene Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. 7 1 , Freder ick S t . , Port-of-Spa in, T r i n idad 2808 F i r s t Street , Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A. Route 3, Box 307, McDonough, Ga., U.S.A. 44 Lebanon H i l l , Southbridge, Mass., U.S.A. 25435 West Fremont, Los Al tos, C a l i f . , U.S.A. 1 1 109 Ogden St. , Denver 33, Co l o., U. S .A. Chemistry Dept., Stanford Un ivers i ty , Stanford, Cal i f . , U.S.A. 522 Old Orchard Rd., Balt imore, Md., U.S.A. 2146 - 34th S t . , Los Alamos, N. M., U.S.A. 713 Ar thur Lane, Leh,igh Acres, Fla,, U.S.A, 79 N. McLean Blvd., Elg in, I l l . , U.S.A. 206 Bane St,, Smyrna, Tenn,, U.S.A. 336 Bay S t . N., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 4 Baxter Ave., Westbrooke Heights, Ontario, Canada 1140 W, Orange Grove Ave., Arcadia, Ca l i f . , U.S.A. 474 Jacklyn Ave., Memphis 6, Tenn., U.S.A. 932 Chadron Ave., Chadron, Nebraska, U.S .A. Hampton Lane Rt . 2, A l l i son Park, Pa., U,S.A. 13038 V is ta del Val l e C t . , Los A l t o s Hi l Is, Cal if., U,8.8. 108 N. Poplar St . , Carbondale, I l l . , U.S.A. Norte, 6, V a l l e de Escambreras, Cartagena, Prov. Murcia, spain 890 John Anderson Dr ive , Ormond Beach, Fla., U.S.A. Burke Memorial Museum, Univ. o f Washington, S e a t t l e 5, Wash., U.S.A. 2323 Metts Ave., W i l m i ngton, N .C., U. S .A. 2026 Finch Lane, San Diego 23, Ca l i f . , U.S.A. 20 Mar t i n Rd. South, Bethpage, N.Y., U.S.A. The Lodge, Stoke Goldwing, Nuneaton, Warwick, England 208 N. Quees St . , Shi ppensburg, Pa., U.S.A. 519 West Forest, Pi t tsburgh, Kansas, U.S.A. 162 Hampden Park, T i f f i n , Ohio, U.S.A. 903 H i l l c r e s t Drive, Richmond, Texas, U.S.A. 75 Midd lev i l l e Rd., Northport, N.Y., U.S.A. 47 Woodside Ave., Oneonta, N. Y e , U.S.A. 2470 Jenn ings Rd., Augusta 2, Ga., U. S .A. 734 Woodland Terrace, Sharon H i l l , Pa., U.S.A. Genetics Foundation, Dept. o f Zoology, Univ. o f Texas,

Aus t in 12, Texas, U.S.A. 143 E. Creath, San Antonio 21, Texas, U.S.A. 404 Russel l S t . , Lebanon, Ore,, U.S.A. 5230 Byron St . , Chicago 41, 1 1 I,, U.S.A. P.O. Box 729, Nairobi , Kenya, E. A f r i c a

The Very Rev. J. C. E. R io t te , Toronto, Ont., w r i t e s s t a t i n g t h a t t he Lepidopterorum Catalogus, e d i t u s ab Embrik Strand, no t a v a i l a b l e s ince World War I I, may now be obtained from Zent ra l Ant iquar i a t der Deutschen Demokrati schen Repub l i k, Ta l s t rasse 29, Lei pz i g C I, Germany/D. D. R., from l i s t no. 507, item 239. These seem t o be new uncut copies. (Le ipz ig i s i n East Germany. Prospect ive buyers should i nqu i re as t o how t o remit , )

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The Bayer ischen Entomologentag was he ld i n ~Ljnchen, 5 t o 7 Apr i I 1963, w i t h a d i s t i ngu i shed program. A copy o f t h i s program w i l l be f i led w i th t h e Soc ie ty 's l ib rary . The ~ r i h j a h r s t r e f f e n

;der Entomologen Nordwest-Deutsbhlands was he ld i n Hannover, 9-10 March 1963. On t h e evening of March 9, Herr Noack spoke on C o l l e c t i n g i n t h e Peleponnesian reg ion o f Southern Greece. On March 10 a large Insect Bourse was held, Th is news i s from Gerhard Hesselbarth, who t h i s year *co l lected i n Morocco and i n Spa in.

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NOT l CES

Lep idop te r i s t s ' Society members may use t h i s sec t ion f r e e o f charge t o adver t i se t h e i r o f fe r i ngs 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 no t i ces f o r c l a r i t y o r t o re fuse unsu i tab ie not ices , We cannot guarantee any not ices, bu t a l l a re expected t o be bona f ide.

WANTED TO BUY: BlOLOGlA CENTRAL[-AMERICANA BY GODMAN AND SALVIN. ALSO in teres ted i n other lit- e ra tu re usefu l i n s tudying t h e fauna of Costa Rica, (Dr.) McDonald Fulton, Chief, Bacter io logy 'Sec-f-ion, ICMRT, Apartado 688, San Jose, Costa Rica, A. C. --------- INTERESTED IN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE WORLD. S e l l o r Exchange. Emily Henriksen, 1027 Tacoma Ave., Sunnyside, Wash,, U.S.A. --------- SPECIAL, NOTICE: FOR SALE, by non-Member, COLLECTION OF 20,000 European B u t t e r f l i e s , p lus n u m ~ r o u s ~ e x o t i c species. L i f e t ime c o l l e c t i o n of c o l l e c t o r who l i v e d in Salzburg, Aust r ia , where t h e :colAlect ion i s c u r r e n t l y s tored i n t h e natura l h i s t o r y museum o f t h a t c i t y , The present owner,'-Fh6'daughter of t h e c o l l e c t o r , has no t f i xed a p r i c e on t h i s c o l l e c t i o n b u " r i l l consider h o n e s t ' o f f e r s from Museums, Un ive rs i t i es , in teres ted p r i v a t e c o l l e c t o r s and o thers in teres ted i n buying f o r cash. The E d i t o r i s i n c l i n e d t o t h i n k t h a t i f t h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s i n good con- d i t i ~ n , t h i s may be a rea l oppor tun i ty fo r some museum, u n i v e r s i t y o r large p r i v a t e c o l l e c t o r . Wr i fe d i r e c t l y t o : Gertrude K. Masic, 604 Fordomatic Drive, Nashv i l l e 9, Tennessee, f o r de ta i 1s.

RESEARCH NOTICE: WANTED - TO OBTAIN GEOMETRIDAE OF THE NEARCTlC AND NEO TROPICAL REGIONS. I can o f f e r North American B u t t e r f l i e s and some North America moths i n exchange, Charles V a

Coveld, Jr., Dept. o f Entomology, V i r g i n i a Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e , Blacksburg, Va., U.S.A. ---------

BLACK LIGHTS f o r moth c o l l e c t i n g can be purchased post pa id i n t h e Uni ted States, 20 Watt l i g h t and f i x t u r e , no t rap , f o r $10.00, from Ceramic Service, 9 R iver Street , Oneonta, N.Y. Th is n o t i c e i s being inser ted as a serv ice t o members i n response t o numerous requests f o r a dealer i n b lack l i g h t s , Note sent i n by Col leen Seeley, 47 Woodside Ave., Oneonta, N.Y,, U.S.A.

FOR SALE: DITTOED 28 PAGE BOOKLET, "MOTHS OF THE WOODSIDE", exp la ins use o f b lack l i g h t t o catch moths, c h a r t s of t imes and p lan t foods of moths, methods o f r e a r i n g and housing larvae; main ly f o r t h e beginner. $1.00 postpaid i n t h e Uni ted States and Canada. Col leen Seeley, 47 Woodside Ave., Oneonta, N.Y,, U.S.A.

FOR SALE: LARGE QUANTITIES OF LIVING MATERIAL AVAlLABLE FROM GEORGIA-FLORIDA-CAROLINAS t h i s year ?Send names t o be placed on regu la r m a i l i n g l i s t , Larvae of e x o t i c s a t u r n i i d s May through Sept., h i t h foodp lant l i s t s . W i l l exchange fo r C, promethea ova. Wr i te i n advance. Also, FOR SALE: Ti00 Burmese, $9.50; Teinopa b u s imper i a l is, $1.90; Amrnand i a l idderdal i, $4.75; "Uran i a r iohaeus", ?$I .00, C i theron ia vo lqe r i , $1.95 per p a i r ; South American Saturn i idae 10 f o r $4,00. W i l 1 ex- change f o r U,S. & Canadian b u t t e r f l i e s . Many more ava i l ab le . 25@ postage. James C. Brooks, 194 R i l e y Avenue, Macon, Ga., U.S.A. ---------

FOR SALE: INSECT PINS. $4.00 per thousand, 406 per package (100). Please include a small postage and m a i l i n g charge on small orders. L. C, Armin, 417 Palm Ave., Reedley, Ca l i f . , U.S.A.

STILL AVAILABLE from t h e MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN: "An annotated l i s t o f t h e Moths o f Michiqan exc lus ive o f f ineo idea" by Sherman Moore (Misc. Pub. no. 881. A lso a v a i l a b l e : "A Revised annotated l i s t o f t h e B u t t e r f l i e s o f Michisan", by S. Moore (Occ. Paper No. 617, 19601, Pr ices $0.90 and $0.75, USA, respect ive ly , payable t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Michigan ( a t t e n t i o n : Mrs. J, W. Hodgman, Secretary) .

FOR SALE: REVOLUTIONARY NEW INSECT COLLECTORIS TRAPPING MACHINE, u t i l i z e s c i r c l i n e b lack l i g h t tube and screened fan inducted a i r , Can be used f o r a l l orders inc lud ing Lepidoptera. Espec ia l l y pro- duc t i ve f o r hard- to-br ing- in species; can be used w i t h cyanide k i l l i n g j a r s anywhere. For f u l l p a r t i c u l a r s and l i t e r a t u r e please w r i t e t o : J. H, Newman, 9821 Peer Rd., South Lyon, Mich., U.S.A.

--------- FOR SALE: ASSORTED INDO-AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLMS, 15 Formosan, $1,00, 15 Ph i l i pp ines , $1.00; I 0 New Buinea, $3.00; 0 r n i t h o ~ t e i - a nriamur e & fernale ( p a i r ) , $6.00; Paoil fo ulvsses, $3.50, O w l B u t t e r f l y (Taenaris), $1,00, asher, R.D. Route 2, Box 44, G a r r e t t s v i l l e , Ohio, U.S.A.

Membership i n t h e Lep idop te r i s t s1 Society i s open t o a l l persons in teres ted i n any aspect of Lepidopferology. Prospect ive members should send t h e Treasurer t h e f u l l dues f o r t h e c u r r e n t year ($6.00 U.S,A. together w i t h t h e i r fu l l address and specia l lep idoptero log ica l i n te res ts . Remittances i n d o l l a r s (U.S.A.) should be made payable t o t h e Lep idop te r i s t s1 Society.

A l l members i n good standing rece ive t h e NEWS of t h e L e p i d o p t e r i s t s ' Societv, which i s issued e i g h t t imes a year and which inc ludes t h e b ienn ia l Membership L i s t , and t h e JOURNAL of t h e L e p i d o ~ t e r i s t s ' Society, which i s issued quar te r l y , -

Manuscripts f o r formal p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e JOURNAL of t h e L e ~ i d o p t e r i s t s ' S o c i e a should be sent t o t h e E d i t o r o f t h e JOURNAL, D r . C. L. Remington, Dept. of Zoology, Yale Un ive rs i t y , New Haven, Conn., U. S .A.

In format ion on membership i n t h e Society may be obtained from t h e Treasurer, George Ehle, 314 A t k i n s Avenue, Lancaster, Pa., U,S.A,, o r from t h e Secretary, D r . Paul R , Ehr l i ch , D i v i s i o n I

o f Systematic Biology, Stanford Un ive rs i t y , Stanford, Cal i f . , U.S.A. Changes in address should be sent t o t h e Treasurer only. Information on missed issues of t h e JOURNAL o r NEWS may be obtained from t h e Treasurer, Requests f o r membership, changes of address, and requests f o r in format ion on missed issues should no t be sent t o t h e E d i t o r s of t h e JOURNAL o r t h e NEWS.

ltems f o r i nc lus ion i n t h e NEWS should be sent d i r e c t l y t o the E d i t o r o f t h e NEWS, D r . J . W . Ti iden, 125 Cedar Lane, San Jose 27, C a l i f . , U.S,A.

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