ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 433 



List of Catocalae Taken at Louisiana, Missouri. 



By G. M. DODGE. 



Amnica, Ilia, Piatrix, 



Grynea, Cara, Nebulosa, 



Micronympha, Amatrix, Judith, 



Cratsegi, Junctura, Robinsonii, 



Abbreviatella, Epione, Retecta, 



Clintonii, Serena, Desperata, 



Illecta, Habilis, Viduata, 



Censors, Inuubens, L,achrymosa, 



Cerogamna, Palaeogama, .Insolabilis, 



Ultronia, Neogamna, Obscura. 



Coccinata, Subnata, 



Of the thirty-two species of Catocalse named in this list, all 

 but one (amatrix) were taken during the season of 1899, pre- 

 vious to which we had made no attempt at systematic collect- 



ing. 



In addition we have four species as yet undetermined, making 

 a total of thirty-six species for this immediate locality and all 

 taken within the limits of 190 acres of land. 



Of several of these we saw but a single specimen each ; from 

 which we may safely infer that other species \vere overlooked 

 entirely. 



The collector who wishes to make an exhaustive list of the 

 Catocalae of his district must work in more than one way. 



Sugaring is a good method, so is collecting from tree trunks 

 in the day time ; but to employ either one to the exclusion of 

 the other w r ill cause the loss of some specks. There are species 

 that must be sought under sheds and the eaves of hou^-^ 

 while others, again, are found on flowers at dusk. By colled 

 ing the larvae still other species may be had that would rarely 

 or never be otherwise obtained. 



Kven when all these methods are employed no person will 

 succeed in taking all the species of a given locality in one 



season's collecting. 



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