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found resting up to seven feet above the ground. All speci- 

 mens taken so far were males. On the I5th with similar 

 weather conditions to those of the I2th I took five males and 

 my first female. It is a beauty, about one-fourth larger than 

 the males. All males taken this day were resting from two 

 to six feet high, and the female on a branch about seven feet 

 from the ground. The I4th and I5th brought me nine more 

 males and two females. This closed the season for titania, 

 as rain set in, with a north wind, which means here much 

 pooler weather. Only a few battered specimens were seen 

 after this. The two females taken on June I5th I placed in a 

 paper bag with the object of procuring eggs from them. This 

 proved a failure both died the second day of captivity. 



On June 25th, 1915, I took two females and one male. Ar- 

 riving home I placed them in a glass globe, such as is used 

 to cover street gas lights, about 18 inches high by 16 inches in 

 diameter. In this I put a one inch twig of Crataegus crits- 

 galli to which I pinned some bark of the trunk. The bark of 

 crus-galli is quite shaggy and, I considered, would be an ideal 

 thing for titania's egg depository. 



At 8.30 that evening I observed the male courting the fe- 

 male, much like a sparrow, trying to make itself attractive by 

 many peculiar antics, such as running from one side of the 

 female to the other with wings half extended, exposing the 

 beautiful color of the hind wings. In all these performances 

 the wings were vibrated violently. 



In searching for a suitable place to deposit her eggs the 

 female runs about head up or down but oviposition takes place 

 head up. The eggs, from one to sixteen in a batch, are placed 

 beneath the outer layer of the bark. 



These observations were made with the aid of an electric 

 light, which was turned on and off at short intervals. 



Summary. Catocala titania always rests with head down 

 on Crataegus crns-galli, in cool weather very low, often shel- 

 tered by weeds or grasses. In warm weather they rest up to 

 seven feet high, always in plain view ; there is no need to hide 

 themselves from sight as their color harmonizes with that of 



