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1898, and somewhat less so in 1899 ; since then I have not 

 seen any. Dates : 1899, May 2, 4, 7, 10, 16, 19, 25, 27, 28, 

 June 4; 1900, May 12, 14, 22, 26, 28, and one in June; all 

 bred from cocoons found during the previous winter, The 

 cocoons were commonest on sassafras, but were also frequently 

 found on tulip poplar, and an occasional one on a number of 

 other species of trees. Newly emerged females attracted the 

 males, sometimes in some numbers, twelve being the largest 

 number in one afternoon, no males came to the females earlier 

 than 4 P.M., nor later than 6 P.M. I bred an Ophion from a 

 cocoon May 26, 1900. 



Callosamia amjulifera Walk. 



May 27, 1903, a male picked up in my garden. 



Tropaea lima L. 



Larvae very common on sweetgum {Liquidambar) in the 

 fall of 1901, much less common in 1902 and 1903. In 1900 I 

 found a larva on sweetgum, on September 29 ; it spun Octo- 

 ber i, and the moth emerged May 4, 1901. 



Telea polyphemus Cram. 



Very common, the larvae and cocoons being found most fre- 

 quently on elm and maple, also occasionally on oak and birch. 

 In 1903 moths emerged from cocoons found in winter, on the 

 following dates: May 10, n, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 

 July 14, 26, 27, 29, 31, August 2, 5, 6, 8 ; the cocoons were 

 all kept out-of-doors in a rather cool place. 



Automeris io Fab. 



The larvae of this species seem most commonly to be found 

 on cotton in this locality and are usually known as the Cotton 

 Stinging Worm. From larvae taken in the fall of 1902 a num- 

 ber of moths were bred which emerged on the following dates 

 in 1903 : June 23, 30, July 3, 7, io, u, 15. 22. 



III. CERATOCAMPID^:. 

 Anisota stigma Fab. 



A number of larvae found on oak in the fall of 1902. Moths 

 were bred from these on the following dates in 1903 : July 17, 

 23, 28, August 2, 3, 4, ii. 



