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These "worms" were ij4 inches long, rather dark brown with a 

 narrow middorsal lighter band which was almost white on the two 

 abdominal segments in front of the tubercle and the one behind. The 

 tubercle darker than the body color. The head flattened and lobed above 

 as in cara and with an encircling black line (from the right side of 

 the mouth around to the left side). Inside the black line at the dorsal 

 lobes are yellow lunules. A heavy lateral fringe of setae. These larvae 

 differ from the normal larvae of grynea but as they all died as chrysa- 

 lids, there is doubt of their specific affinity. 



Larvae and chrysalids of ultronia from the same source gave 

 a few imagoes. 



From two larvae of Agnomonia anilis on wild crab June loth, 

 secured one imago July 7th. 



The last vidua larva died June i5th. 



The first imagoes of C. innubens emerged from chrysalids 

 on the if.th of June. These were specimens bred from the 

 egg, two in number, one normal and one scintillans. Many 

 other innubens emerged later. This is our healthiest Cato- 

 cala 



The last of the cara larvae died on the 26th of June. 



The distinctive features of the larva of Catocala retecta is 

 the distinct greenish tinge of body color, the four midventral 

 black spots set in beautiful red patches, there being a more or 

 less distinct red patch for every thoracic and abdominal seg- 

 ment, the ones on the 8th, and 9th abdominal segments being 

 faint. The first imago of retecta to emerge July nth, spun its 

 cocoon on the i6th of June. A second on July i2th spun on 

 the i8th of June. A third on July I3th, spun June I7th. 



Accompanied by Mr. Harold Davenport, the senior author 

 visited "Catocala Hollow" on the 7th of July and found C. 

 cara, innubens, and scintillans quite common, while palaeo- 

 yama, neogama, ilia and retecta were less abundant. Good 

 specimens of residua and one fine one of flebilis were taken. 



On July 9th in company with Lowell Pinkerton two fine 

 phalanga and one arnica were taken, in addition to species cap- 

 tured on the previous trip. 



But two or three arnica were seen during the entire sum- 

 mer. In fact, this species, so common most years, has been 

 very scarce for two or three years past. 



