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1961

Journal of the Lepidopterists Society

101

Near Friendsville, Garrett Co. Along Castleman River, near Grantsville, Garrett Co.

Near Green Ridge Mountain, Allegany Go-Near Liverpool Point, Charles Co.

Chesapeake Beach, Calvert Co. VIII-21-48 Baltimore City.

[R.S.S.] 1305 Light Street, Baltimore 30, Md., U. S. A.

and [W.A.A.] 509 Spring Ave., Lutherville, Md., U. S. A.

NYMPHALIS J-ALBUM CAPTURED AT FLUORESCENT LIGHT

IN CHICAGO

After reading the note by W. A. Andersen vol.14: page 62 of the Journal, I remembered that I too had caught a Nymphalis j-album Boisduval & Le Conte at a light. Thus, looking back among my field notes I came upon the following notation: "On the morning (about 9:00) of Aug. 20, 1952 one of the girls that worked in the laboratory where I work came to me in the Animal Room all excited and exclaimed, "Come quickly there is a large moth flying about the lights in the lab." I had visions of perhaps a Cecropia or something which had possibly emerged late in the season so went right away to see what it was. The "moth" turned out to be a large nice perfect specimen of N. j-album and with some difficulty I managed to capture it by climbing up a stepladder. The butterfly was very active, flying at the fluorescent light in the ceiling of the laboratory. This is the first time I have ever observed N. j-album in Chicago."

I might further add that I have not seen any since that time anywhere in the Chicago Area. The specimen now resides in my private collection. I would also like to mention here (this is from memory only) that back in about July 1946 I saw 6 or 7 Pieris rapse L. flying about a street light at night in Le Claire, Iowa.

Leonard S. Phillips, Armour Res. Foundation, 111. Inst. Tech., Chicago, 111., U. S. A.