l6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '09. 



are as follows : parta either high or low, usually head up, 

 much the wariest of Catocalae, hearing well, and taking flight 

 at the snapping of leaves underfoot ; cerogama low on linden, 

 head down ; ilia and its varieties occasionally on linden, oft- 

 ener on oak, very sluggish ; ncogama and palaeogama on white 

 oak and linden, rather low ; Ultronia and its varieties 

 on hickory and linden, rather low; grynea on linden; 

 arnica on oak and linden, retccta on oak, moderately low 

 concumbens on elm and linden, at the very base of the tree : 

 pura ( ?) on linden, both high and low ; relicta on burr oak ; 

 amatrix on linden and elm. Both amatrix and cara are often 

 found about porches, sheds and even on the side of the house. 

 Mr. Dodge says junctnra, like cara, is to be found about sheds. 

 This is probably true of walshi also, while luciana takes ref- 

 uge in holes in the bank, as deserted swallow nests, on the 

 prairies of Nebraska, on the authority of Dodge again. 



A concumbens was taken on the i6th of August on a very 

 large elm tree, the lower part of which was moss covered. 

 Some bits of the moss were torn off and in one of these places 

 sat the moth hardly distinguishable from the bark. 



Many good amatrix, cara and concumbens were taken on 

 willow and aspen covered with Ampelopsis along the edge of a 

 slough in an open place. 



The first relicta were taken August 25th, low on aspen and 

 white oak. 



After a hot, dry spell of some weeks, it rained on the 28th 

 of August, and after that there were more Catocalae about 

 Vinton than at any time during the summer. Relicta was 

 especially numerous. In addition to the latter, cerogama, 

 habilis, vidua palaeogama, retccta, piatrix, arnica and 

 grynea. Most of these were fresh as if just from chrys- 

 alids. The fresh relicta were always near willow trees. On 

 oak they look like lichens, on aspen they assimilate with the 

 bark. 



On September 4th several fresh specimens of parta were 

 taken, a month or more after their first appearance. 



Amatrix was very abundant in September, and specimens 

 were taken on the nth and I2th at the base of burr oak, elm 



