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not otherwise colored than the light brown head. Lateral 

 black dashes on the head very distinct. True and prolegs light. 

 Lateral row of short setae. These larvae hide under paper 

 in the bottom of the jar in day time, except on rainy or cloudy 

 days when they remain on the twigs of their food plant. It 

 is thus probable that one would have more success larvae hunt- 

 ing on rainy or cloudy days. 



The first larva of C. neogama taken in 1910 was trapped 

 between shingles leaning against a small walnut tree and, since 

 the larva was past the second moult, it must have been seven 

 or eight days old. Later, many other larvae of neogama were 

 taken and proved quite healthy, contrary to last year's ex- 

 perience. The first imagoes of C. illecta emerged from bred 

 pupae on the 26th of May. The larvae of these chrysalids be- 

 gan spinning on the I5th of April. Allowing five days from 

 this date for the change to the pupa state, the length of the 

 life of the chrysalis is over a month. Many of the later species 

 of Catocala require less time to complete the pupal period. 



Illecta is thus one of our earliest Catocalans, plentiful here 

 but rarely seen. In fact the senior author has never seen one 

 in day light, though Mr. Dodge reported starting them out 

 of thistles as he walked through a clearing near the woods. 

 It is probable that the much rarer clintoni is quite as early as 

 illecta. 



When sugaring on the night of the 29th of June, 1906, we 

 took fresh specimens of grynea, polygama, ultronia, the one 

 parta and one consors. The Illectas and clintoni taken were 

 ragged and faded. Ilia is hardly later than illecta and clintoni 

 and then comes innubens. 



Insolabilis is another of the early moths, probably occurring 

 in June though a St. Louis collector reports taking one speci- 

 men late in May. 



June 6, 1910 a full grown larva of C. ultronia taken between 

 shingles leaning against a "wild-goose plum tree," was two and 

 one fourth Inches long, dark brown, exact color of plum bark. 

 Tubercles distinct with brown tips. Middorsal band hardly 



