Oct., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 345 



dorsal half of the prozona of the lateral lobes ; a poorly-defined 

 blotch of the same pale color lies caudad of the dark area, 

 these pale portions being much less clearly defined in the 

 male than in the female. Tegmina mars brown. Abdomen dark, 

 laterad on the proximal segments in the male, generally lined, streaked 

 and blotched in both sexes. Caudal femora of the general colors 

 with very slight indications on the dorsal face of transverse bars, 

 the genicular arches and bases of the lobes seal brown, the ventral 

 sulcus and ventro-lateral face burnt carmine ; caudal tibiae pale bottle 

 green, more or less speckled and clouded with brownish, particularly 

 in the proximal half, spines blackish on their apical two-thirds. Eyes 

 tawny-olive ; antennae cinnamon. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



$ 9 



Length of body 17.2 mm. 24.5 mm. 



Length of pronotum 4. 5.5 " 



Length of tegmen 3. 4.2 " 



Length of caudal femur 10.2 " 13.8 " 



The types are the only adults of the species seen, but imma- 

 ture individuals apparently belonging to this species were taken 

 April 18 and May 8 and n. 



In the rather peculiar coloration, the presence of a sub-apical 

 tubercle on the sub-genital plate and the absence of the furcula 

 this species holds a unique position in the genus and a sub- 

 genus for its reception may have to be erected. 



A CAT ENTOMOLOGIST. Last summer I spent several weeks at North- 

 east Harbor, Maine, and collected Sphingidae quite assiduously, hoping 

 particularly to find S. canadcnsis. The commonest species there is 5". 

 kahniae. I took also chcrsis, eremitus, A. choerilus, and H. diffinis and 

 cimbiciformis. In the local nursery, where the proprietor, Mr. Rothe, 

 kindly allowed me to prowl about, specimens of all of these were 

 fairly abundant at such flowers as Sweet William, "pinks," Larkspur 

 and Snapdragon. One evening I noticed, among the flower-beds, a cat, 

 of the "common or garden" variety, whose movements were so un- 

 usual as to attract attention. A little observation showed that she was 

 catching and eating moths, sometimes jumping into the air to strike 

 down one that hovered above reach. With her vastly keener vision, 

 she could discover them much better than I, and her actions showed 

 that she was quite accustomed to procuring that sort of evening meal. 

 I did not succeed in taking canadcnsis, but think it not unlikely that 

 the cat did. W. C. WOOD. 



