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where till* c\ press and gray moss made a twilight at middax. 

 where Swainson's -i warbler hopped among the cane and the 

 Anhinga birds soared over the black pools, and where <'<itncl<i 

 riirixxiiiHi spread her gorgeous wings, as she Mew from tlie l>rown 

 bark of the pine trunks, or from the Hat earth masses torn np 

 by the roots of some prostrated tree known as a " hurricane 

 root." 



The following are the species caught here : 

 ('<tlwal<i inthilis Him. Very common ; appearing late in May. 



< >ne of the fexx ('a local if pitching readily upon grass or 



weeds, of any description; comes readily to light. 

 (\ <'/<nii/n<p/i<t Ilbn. Apparently rare. I have taken it 1ml 



once, in daylight, resting on oak. Very abundant in 



lower South Carolina. 



('. iiH'XMifhm (In. Only one specimen, taken at light. 



('. tunica. This and its varieties very common, usually on 

 oak trees. It has a curious habit, w hen startled, of Hying 

 around to the opposite side of the same tree, and, when 

 followed, of repeating the performance, unless captured, 

 again and again, getting higher and higher, until out of 

 reach, but seldom thing oil' to another t ree. 



('. iiiiinitti Kdw. Only one specimen, taken at light. 



('. f/r/fHca i Y. Not common ; occasionally taken at light. 



<'. micronympha Gn. Xot common: a few taken on trunks 

 and among branches and leaves of hawthorn and small 

 "wild goose" plum trees. I have never seen it on trunks 

 of larger trees. 



('. rrdhrf/i Saund. A few taken at light and among rr<il<t</nx. 



<'. ii/tronio Him. Common in thickets of wild plum, on \\liich 

 trees the larva- feed. 



<'. Hi (Y. Quite Common in its various varieties ; have sel- 

 dom seen two alike; frequently starts oil' before the t ree 

 is closely approached ; is started readily by rapping : 

 shows a preference for dense thickets of small trees, and 

 lights in brush heads as well as on large trees; Avhen 

 once startled it is very wary and must be approached 

 \\ith great caution, equaling (\ hirliri/innsn in thU respect. 

 In the South the larva- feed on live oak. 



