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Wyatt: New Holomelina
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Vol.17: no.2
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Disposition of specimens: HOLOTYPE male: — Suffolk, Va., Aug. 4, 1941; ALLOTYPE female: - same locality, July 23, 1941; both in Chicago Natural History Museum. PARATYPES: 5J d, 5$? in Chicago Natural History Museum; 2cf d\ 2 $ $ in collection of Murray O. Glenn, Henry, Illinois; S5dd, 59$ $ in American Museum of Natural History.
My thanks are due to Mr. Murray O. Glenn of Henry, Illinois for his assistance in preparing slides of various specimens and to Dr. Rupert Wenzel and Mr. Henry Dybas of the Chicago Natural History Museum for help in the preparation of this article and the illustrations.
5842 N. Kirby Ave., Chicago 46, 111., U. S. A.
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TWO RARE SPHINGIDAE FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
On 12 July 1961 I took a fresh male Chlaenogramma jasminearum (Guerin) 2 miles east of Morganza at Donaldson's Crossroads in Washington County. This specimen was caught flying around a gas station about 10:30 P.M. on a rainy night. On 30 July 1961, a warm clear night, James Modery took two fresh males at the same place. The year before, he also caught a worn female C. jasminearum just across the highway in July. During 1962, I caught two more male C. jasminearum, one at the same place as mentioned above, on 8 July. The other male, which was worn, was taken 14 July. The surrounding area is residential with small scattered woods. Ash trees are common in the area. According to Tietz (The Lepidoptera of Pennsylvania: 24), the only known records of from the eastern part of the state.
A fresh male of the rare Sphinx franckii (Neumoegen) was taken by myself along Route 19 near Donaldson's Crossroads, Washington County on 6 July 1961. Another fresh male was taken at about the same place on 6 July 1962, and on 14 July 1962 James Modery caught a fresh male two miles east of Donaldson's Crossroads, the above locality. According to Tietz, the only known previous record of S. franckii for the state was in Wayne, near Philadelphia.
The C. jasminearum caught 12 July 1961 and the S. franckii caught 6 July 1961 are both now in the Carnegie Museum.
Richard M. Gilmore, 105 McClintock Dr., Canonsburg, Penna., U. S. A.
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