Five new species of the genus Leucania Ochsenheimer in Central America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

Five new species of the noctuid genus Leucania in Central America are described: L. mopan Adams and McCabe, sp. nov.

A REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD MOTH GENUS ATHYRMA HBNER (LEPIDOPTERA: EREBIDAE).

The genus Athyrma Hbner, [1823] 1816 is revised, with a generic re-description and transcriptions of original descriptions (with translations) of all described species provided. Sixteen Athyrma species are recognized in this paper. Nine species are new: A.

Biodiversity elements vulnerable to climate change in the Catskill High Peaks subecoregion (Ulster, Delaware, Sullivan, and Greene Counties, New York State).

Climate change is expected to affect biodiversity elements in the Catskill High Peaks subecoregion of New York State with effects that are difficult to predict. The present communication details the species and communities of greatest conservation concern in this portion of the state and makes recommendations for monitoring the most pressing climate change-biodiversity vulnerabilities. Specifically, we present sites for monitoring representative old-growth and successional stands of red spruce/balsam fir and northern hardwood matrix forests, cliff communities, ice cave talus communities, and both minerotrophic inland poor fen and ombrotrophic perched peatlands.

Hydrogeochemistry of the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Major ion chemistry of Catskill region groundwater is characterized on the basis of 207 analyses compiled from three sources, including a web-based U.S. Geological Survey database, state agency regulatory compliance data, and sampling of trailside springs performed by the authors.