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Vol 15: no.l
FIELD NOTES
SATYRIUM BEHRII (LYCJENIDJE) IN NEVADA
A small collection of Lepidoptera taken last summer in the Toiyabe Range, central Nevada, proved to include two specimens of Satyrium behrii (Edwards). Both were males, in good condition.
H. K. Clench, describing the range of S. behrii (in P. R. & A. H. Ehrlich, How to know the butterflies: p.192; 1961) states: "... strangely unrecorded from several states where it should occur: Oregon, Montana, Arizona and Nevada." It is therefore interesting to be able to record the presence of this colony of S. behrii resident in central Nevada.
The date of capture was 18 July 1960. The location was Kingston Forest Camp in the Toiyabe Range, Lander County, Nevada — a public campsite in the Toiyabe National Forest. The following data are for the benefit of any who may wish to visit the colony henceforth. It can be reached by taking route 8A south from its intersection with U.S. 50 a few miles east of Austin, Nevada. Just over 13% miles from route 50 there is a gravel road heading west to, and then along, Kingston Creek. The campsite is about 53A miles from route 8A, at an elevation of 7100 feet. A careful examination of the rest of Kingston Canyon (the road continues up the canyon, crossing a pass at about 8650 feet, and descends the west side of the range) might prove rewarding.
One of the above specimens has been deposited in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.
Kenelm W. Philip, 146 Garfield Ave., Hamden 18, Conn., U. S. A.
BUTTERFLY RECORDS FROM BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
A female of Papilio ornythion Bdv., and a melanistic male of the same species, were collected at Brownsville, Texas, August 14, 1960. These specimens were determined by Dr. A. B. Klots and are now in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. They appear to be the only known specimens of their kind from the United States.
Also from Brownsville are the following: Melitgea theona bolli Edw., reared from larvae taken on Leucophyllum frutescens, several adults; Strymon pastor Butl. & Druce; S. simzethis Drury (subsp. sarita Skinner); S. beon Cram.; and S. melinus (app. subspecies jranki Field). Determinations are by Dr. Klots.
Jack E. Lipes, 1774 Greenbrier Ave., Brownsville, Texas, U. S. A.