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< 1 . jxirtd (in. Late in September several years ago I look a 

 few on oak trunks; have not seen it since. 



C. coiK'iniihciiN Walk. Apparently very rare. Only one taken 

 in daylight in oak woods. 



('.<><! (\\\. Also very rare, which seems strange; I have 

 taken hut one here, in daylight, in a dark hallway. 



('. dtiKitri.!' llbii. 1 have only seen this occasionally here; all 

 large, handsome specimens, like those from Southern 

 swamps. One was secured after a twenty-foot climb up 

 a hickory, the u catcher" holding on by his knees while 

 he bottled the fly. Xeedless to say the "shinning" pro 

 gress up the tree was slow and cautious. 



('. <'j>ioe Dru. Xot rare ; taken in apple orchards ami among 

 small oak undergrowth. 



('. /nth/Us Cfrt. Xot rare; rests very quietly on large trunks. 

 and is easily seen by the initiated and taken. 



C . paleogamq Gen. Most abundant ; usually one-third of the 

 day's catch ; found in many varietal forms, the beautiful 

 variety phalanya being the rarest . It is wonderful how 

 difficult it is to see such a strikingly marked form as 

 phala)if/<(, but I usually rapped them up before I could detect 

 them ; while the uniformly colored normal form was read 

 ily detected at rest. 1 found this tly very restless, often 

 flying up when 1 was two or three yards away, but after 

 lighting again it could readily be bottled with average 

 caution. I noticed with interest how often, especially in 

 the afternoon, a moth of this species, startled from one 

 live and flying to another, would light directly on or very 

 near another of the same species, startling the second and 

 often several others away. 



C. iH'oyama S. & K. Quite common ; frequently roused from 

 the smooth browuish trunks of small dog- wood trees, with 

 the color of which il closely liarmoni/es. Very wary 

 when once startled. 



('. Hithnata Grt. Frequent. I have never seen i>i<ilri.< here. 

 which seems odd. 



('. 1-ohhixonii (irt . I have only taken it once here; have also 

 taken it once near Charleston, S. C. 



('-. retecta (irt. and var. /Irhi/is < i rt . I found Jh-hili* more 



