March, '09! ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 135 



The larva of Catocala angnsi is so much like that of C. hab- 

 ilis as to be easily mistaken for it. Hardly so red, not so slick 

 looking and with a less distinct or broken stigmatal band. From 

 chrysalids of this species I obtained one normal angnsi and two 

 small lucettas in early August. 



On the 3d of August, Mr. Dodge took a fine viduata and a 

 splendid paulina, while I took a gigantic subnata, species all 

 rare here. On August 4th, Ralph Dodge took a fine viduata. 

 On the same day I took my first and only nebulosa of the sea- 

 son. On most of our trips Mr. Frank Caldwell accompanied 

 us. 



The summer ranked fairly with the past six or seven seasons 

 with no more Catocalae than usual, but we closed the year by 

 securing great numbers of eggs of this beautiful genus of 

 moths. 



In trapping for larvae of Catocalae I used the same devices 

 as last year, and added to them shingles which I leaned against 

 the trees. I found that if two shingles slightly separated were 

 leaned together against a bush or shrub the chances of secur- 

 ing a larva between the boards was greater than if a lone shin- 

 gle was used. Dead twigs are favorite resting places for young 

 larvae. 



On mornings after nights of rain I was sure to find larvae, 

 driven down by the water, no doubt. 



CORRECTIONS. 



In my article. "Notes on the Study of Some Iowa Catocalae" in 

 the January ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, occur a few mistakes which 1 

 wish to correct. 



The fourth word on the twentieth line of the thirteenth page should 

 be chrysalids not chrysalis. 



The first word on the twenty-fifth line of the same page should be 

 found not formed. 



On the fifteenth page, thirty-second line, the fourth and fifth words 

 should read females instead of two males. This is rather a ludicrous 

 mistake. 



The above mistakes might be passed without notice since the reader 

 would readily recognize them as typographical errors, but the next two 

 corrections are of more serious mistakes. 



On the seventeenth page the thirty-fourth line should read "The 

 egg of amatrix small, depressed, almost" instead of "The egg of 

 cara is small dark brown, with almost white." 



For the top line on the eighteenth page substitute "The egg of 

 Catacola cara, dark brown with almost white." 



