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nigra, and have known it to be found on chestnut. Ceratomia 

 amyntor also feeds on B. alba and nigra. SmerintJms excczcatus 

 also feeds on these two. A friend had several hundred cocoons 

 of Attacus cynthia which were collected in 1890; all were kept in 

 the same box and came from the same locality. Some emerged 

 in the Summer and some in the fall, and over a hundred living 

 pupae are not out yet (February, 1892). Hyperchiria io, I think, 

 is sometimes double brooded on Long Island. 



In 1888 I found two male specimens at the electric light late 

 in August. Caterpillars of this moth are sometimes found late 

 the fall after all the leaves have been destroyed by the cold 

 weather. Nadata gibbosa caterpillars I frequently find on Primus 

 virginica. This is also double brooded on Long Island. Lima- 

 codes scapha larvae were quite common in 1889 on chestnut and 

 hickory, and at Elizabeth, N. J., I found them on Myrica cerifera. 

 Amphion nessus may be destructive to grape vine. The larvae 

 keeps on the ground in day time. It is also common on Virginia 

 Creeper. It can be trapped by placing a board on the ground, 

 under which is put dead leaves or moss. 



Harrisimemna sexg^Mata larva on Ilax. It wears a cap, or 

 some long hairs. It is carried for protective purposes and is 

 shaken when the larva is disturbed. The larva eats quickly into 

 solid wood to pupate and closes the opening with a door which 

 looks like lead. 



Papilio turnus, common on cherry and tulip trees. I have also 

 found them on magnolia and lilac. I have reared five specimens 

 of glaucus from Long Island larvae. Papilio troilus, common on 

 sassafras at Ridgewood, L. I. ; all found on low bushes and as 

 many as eight larvae on a bush. I had over 100 pupae, but about 

 half were parasitized. Smerinthus modesta very common, and 

 many on every willow, but very local. A friend had 400 pupae 

 in one season. They proved very destructive to the foliage, but 

 mostly to. large trees and the upper branches; they are hard to 

 find before being full grown, after which they strip the branches. 

 If it had not been for our collecting I think they would have 

 greatly damaged the willows in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. 

 Ceratomia undulosa, very destructive to lilac at Ridgewood. I 

 collected all stages, from a few bushes, over 400 caterpillars, and 

 the leaves were nearly all eaten. Deidamia inscriptum is de- 

 structive to Virginia Creeper, and may sometimes prove fatal to 



