Number 2 NEWS

of the Lepidopterists' Society 1 March 1961

. Editorial Committee of the NEWS

J.. W, Tilden, Editor

H, A, Freeman N. W . Gillham L . P. Grey G. Hes selbarth L o G. Higgins

J a C . Hopfinge r T . Iwase L , M. Martin Bryant Mathe r F, W , Pres ton

G. W. Rawson G. van Son P. E . L. Viette E . G. Voss Eduardo Welling

C a L , Remington, ex officio --

THE DOS PASSOS CHECK LIST O F NEARCTIC BUTTERFLIES

(The Lepidopterists ' Society MEMOIR No, 1 )

Although a definite publication date cannot be established at this t ime, ma t t e r s a r e sufficiently advanced for the Society to accept o rde r s from members on a p re - publication basis ,

Pre-publication (members only) $3.50

Pos t -publication I ' . I I 4.25

(Cost to non-members will be higher. )

See Order Blank enclosed herewith for further details

S, A, Hessel , manager Memoirs .r, 4. .L JI .b -..-t..,.-,..,.***>k-**$:

THE ANNUAL MEETING

The Eleventh Annual Meetings of the Lepidopterists ' Society will be held August 7-10,1961, a t the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 27 mi les north of Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. The Meetings a r e scheduled for several days immediately following the regular labor, tory session, A few cabins with cots , pillows and blankets will be available a t nominal cost . Excellent camp si tes and simple hotel facilities a r e nearby, There will be a cooperative m e s s -

hall arrangement for m e a l s , Bring heavy clothing, a s the August nights in this a r e a a r e - cold. The Laboratory i s located a t 9500 f t , , near treeline, in a pass between two mountain

m a s s e s . Both scenery and collecting a r e spectacular, The meeting schedule will be flexible, so that good days can be spent in the field. Fur ther details will appear in future numbers of the NEWS. Pre l iminary indications a r e that there will be a fine turnout. Bring your collecting equipment, trading m a t e r i a l and bug s tor ies , and join the fun:

Call f o r papers , exhibits and photographs will appear soon.

The Editor has received many favorable comments on the l a s t two issues of the NEWS. This can be credited to the Committee, who have sent in the i t ems , and to contributors f rom the general membership. If you like the recent i s sues , continue to send in notes on promotions, changes of position, r e sea rch projects , and other newsy i tems. The excellence of the NEWS depends on the quality of the news i tems that reach the editor. Help make YOUR news le t te r a - good one.

ASSETS

TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1960 Balance Sheet

LIABILITIES

Cash (checkingaccount) $1228.90 Publications Fund $1075.03 Cash (s'avings account) 1075.03 Life Memberships 600.00 Back Numbers Stock (nominal) 1.00 Defer red dues and Accounts Receivable subscriptions 112.50

(Repriilts Vdl. 1 3 ~ 4 ) 155.23 Il lustrations fund (nominal) 1.00 $2460.16 Prof i t and Loss 671,63

$2460.16

INCOME

Sales of Back Numbers Sales of Separates Dues (1960)

Regular Su s taining

Il lustrations Fund Subscriptions .

Statement of O ~ e r a t i o n s EXPENSES (cont'd)

EXPENSES

Secre tar ies ' Office, Ballots, annual meet ing 74.56

T r e a s u r e r ' s Office, dues notices, billing, etc . 108.63

subtotal $183. 1 9

Excess of ~ x p e n s e s over Income: $5 31.97

Colored Plate Fund overrun $ 240.66 Journa l :

Vol. 13:2 $890.08 Vol. 13:3 921.99 Vol. 13:4 844.55 Vol. 14:l (advance) 5 00 .OO

$3156.62 NEWS: (1959) No. 6

No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7

183.19 Total Expenses $4087.13

T r e a s u r e r ' s Comment: 1. The t rend shown in the 1959 Statement continues: expenses a r e increasing a t a f a s t e r ra te than income. The 1961. dues increase was insufficient to offset the increased expenses of publication.

2. As in 1959, a m a j o r sha re of cu r ren t expenses a r e being borne by future income. Thus, the bulk of Volume 14 (1960) remains to be published and expensed, over half of which expense m u s t be borne by 1961 income. The increase in dues and subscription r a t e s for 1960 will naturally help to reduce this deficit.

3. There a r e no unpaid bills and no liabili t ies other than shown f o r Journa l and News - in p rocess .

Respectfully submitted, George Ehle, T r e a s u r e r

RESEARCH REQUESTS Wish to make ar rangements with b reede r s and collectors of Saturniidae. Will need fo r

biochemical r e s e a r c h seve ra l hundred healthy pupae of cecropia , polyphemus, and wes tern Platysamia, i n the fall of 1961. Will gladly pay a good pr ice . P lease wri te now concerning preparat ions f o r the 1961 season, to Dr. G. R . Wyatt, Dept. of Zoology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ,U,S.A.

Wanted- -specimens of Melitaeini of a l l genera f rom Euphydryas to Gnathotriche , both common and r a r e species , Full accurate data essent ia l , including elevation and habitat if possible. Areas of special importance - 7 California: Coast Ranges, northeastern a r e a , southern S i e r r a Nevada. Oregon: southern countles . Texas : western a r e a , Colorado: --- southern and wes tern p a r t s . Need al l specimens f rom New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Alberta , and Br i t i sh Columbia except Phyciodes, Do you have specimens f r o m Northern Mexico? Urgently needed. Write f i r s t . Will buy o r exchange for wanted ma te r i a l , David L . Bauer , P. 0 . Box 431, Heppner, Oregon, U .S ,A ,

Effective immediately: All changes of address should be sent direct ly to the T r e a s u r e r . This will help s t reaml ine the flow of Society business and will resu l t in a saving of postage costs

Abbott, Char les H , (Dr . ), Adams, John Sturgis , Dryjowicz, John J . ,

E m m e l , John P . , F l e s h e r , E = J . , Floyd, Joe C . , Funk, Richard, Gatti , Gregory J , , Gray, Richard, Hartnett , F. D , ( M r s . ), Loren , J . David, Maeki, Kodo (P ro f , ) , Moison, He rve , Mola, Sari ta E d Gomez , Murai , Shozo , Oehlschlaeger , H. F r e d , Philip, John Morgan , Prazeau , A, L = ( M r s . ) , P r i e s t a f , Richard C , , Scott, J a m e s A, , Smith, Eugene S. , Thorpe, D .. 0 (Xev. ), Tsebilcock, Gordon Denis , _Wright, B m , Ze i l e r , Sam H, ,

ADDITIONS TO THE LIST O F MEMBERS

1722 Bay View Drive , Hermosa Beach, Ca l i f , , USA 5'170 Templeton S t , , Los Angeles 32, C.alif, , USA 4th U . S . Army Med, L a b , , Entom. Div. , F o r t Sam

Houston, Texas , USA 5431 West Blvd. , Los Angeles 43, Ca l i f . , USA 2395 Brandt School Road, Pi t tsburgh 37, Penna . , USA 120 Dilly Hill , L a Grange, Ga. , USA MOQ 2703, Camp .T,ejeune, N , C a r . , USA 10150 Brookmoos Dr ive , Silver Spring, Md. , USA Greensboro Rd* , Lebanon, N H a , USA 70 S . Munn Ave . , E a s t Orange, N., J+ , USA 15 15,-* 1 / 2 Arlington Ave , Davenport, Iowa, USA 749 Tamanoi, Ta rmui , Suita-City, Osaka, JAPAN 301 E s s e x St, , Lawrence, M a s s , , USA C / O D r . M. Gomez Bustil lo, 266, Vedado, Habana, CUBA 1 , Eifuku-cho, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 8383 Cheviot Rd , , Cincinnaii 39, Ohio, USA 6201 Cote St. Luc , Rd. , Apt. 25, Montreal, Que, , CANAD4 9027 S;. E = Harr i son , Port land 16, Oregon, USA 692 Andy Lane. Santa Barba ra , Calif , USA 60 E s t e s S t , , Lakewood 26, Colo , USA 58 Winding Lane, E a s t Hartford 8 , Conn, , USA 5001 St . Pau l , Denver 16, Colo . , USA 15, E lm Road, Barne t , Her t fordshi re , ENGLAND 167 Kensington Ave .. , Salt Lake City 15, Utah, USA 11544 S , Kenton, Alsip 58, I l l * , USA

No tic e s

Lepidopter is ts ' Society m e m b e r s m a y use this section f r e e of charge to advert ise their offerings and needs in Lepidoptera , The Edi tors r e s e r v e the right to rewri te notices f o r c la r i ty o r to r e j ec t unsuitable not ices , The Edi tors cannot guarantee any notices but all a r e expected to be bona fide. --

*\ -> -. - - - - - - F O R SALE, o r in exchange for specimens, one newly bound volume of L . G. Higgins, A idescriptive catalogue of the genus Mellicta B i l l b e s , ~ (Lepidoptera. Nymphalidae) and i t s species b 3 5 shill ings- Will se l l f o r $8.00. David L , Bauer , P , 0 , Box 431, Heppner, Oregon

4 ' WANTED: TO BUY LIVING PUPAE O F THE GENUS PLATYSAMIA, Also such specimens of such spec ies a s Attacus a t l a s , Actias selene , Antherea myl i t t a , e tc . Write giving offer ta . --- Tom Tay lo r , 1619 W. Gilber t S t . , P e o r i a , I l l . , U S A .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - O F SPECIAL INTEREST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COLLECTORS: Pupae , ova and adults of Rhopalocera and Macrohe te rocera of Southern Cal i fornia offered in exchange for Lepidoptera of Cent ra l and E a s t e r n United States and Canada. P l ease send of fe r ta l i s t . Richard P r i e s t a f , 692 Andy Lane , Santa B a r b a r a Cal i f . , USA.

. . - - - - - - - - - - - - WANTED: LIVING PUPAE O F NORTH AMERICAN MOTHS, especial ly A. luna , C , r ega l i s , and - - - E . imper i a l i s . Will exchange F lo r ida specimens fo r t hem. Write f i r s t . David Jamieson , - 3728 N. W. 18th Ave. , Miami 42 , F lo r ida , U , S , A .

FOR EXCHANGE; SEVERAL THOUSAND SPECIMENS from nor thern Wisconsin. Macros only, Local sphingids, B . - borea l i s ; F jocosa, F . ma jo r ; G. l in tner i , e t c . All specimens pinned and - - - -- in A-1 condition. L i s t on reques t . H . M . Bower , 601 McIndoe S t . , Wausau, W i s c . , U , S , A ,

- - - - - - - - FOR SALE: BUTTERFLY COLLECTION, - -- e t s with nineteen d r a w e r s , including specimens f r o m a l l p a r t s of the world ~ h e ? k . :ollection of the la te Anton Je l inek . Wri te to H a r r y L . Ohl, 4336 Potamac Ave . , Chicago 5 1 , I l l inois , U , S , A .

WANTED: BUTTERFLIES O F CL~LIFORNIA, by J . A. Comstock, u s e d , a ic Lycaeininae (coppers ) of the world. J a m e s Scott , 60 E s t e s S t . , Lakewood 26, Colo , U.S .A .

WANTED: TO PURCHASE Volumes 1 , 5 , 9 and 1 3 of Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World, English Edi t ion, William Vokoun, Box 84 , Belmont Branch , Downers Grove , I l l inois , U . S . A.

Manuscr ipts f o r fo rma l publication in ihe JOURNAL of the Lepidopter is ts ' Socieiy should be sent to the Edi tor of the JOURNAL, D r . C . L . Remington, Department of Zoology, Yale Univers i ty , NewHaven, C.onn. U . S . A .

Information on membersh ip in the Society m a y be obtained f rom the T r e a s u r e r , George E h l e , 314 Atkins A v e , , L a n c a s t e r , P a . , U , S A o r f rom the S e c r e t a r y , D r . Paul Ehr l i ch , Natural His tory Museum, Stanford Univers i ty , Stanford, Cal i f , , U , S , A. I tems fo r inclusion in the NEWS should be sent d i rec t ly to the Edi tor of the NEWS, D r . J . W. Tilden, 125 Cedar Lane , San J o s e 27, C a l i f , , U S . A .

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