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against small walnut trees, plum trees and apple trees. Neogama 

 has been taken under loose paper beneath walnut bushes and 

 between shingles. Cara, amatrix and others may be found on 

 dead twigs, along vines that climb their food plants or under 

 leaves lying against the trees on which they feed. Hunts for 

 larvae should begin by the first of April, as the eggs of several 

 of the earlier species hatch in March. 



The shingle trap should be early set and many good things 

 can be taken on fruit trees, especially plum and apple. It is 

 probable that half a dozen species can be taken on these trees 

 alone, clintoni, abbreviated, grynea, polygama, crataegi and 

 possibly titania. 



The junior author has found the south east corner of a 

 wood the best collecting ground for imagoes this summer, but 

 it has been the experience of the senior author that the moths 

 are a little eccentric sometimes and just when he has searched 

 all the known haunts and is about disgusted with the search, 

 they turn up in numbers in unexpected places. After much 

 rain, they are low and often, on hot dry days, are high in the 

 trees. On cool days, of course, they are less active and can 

 be more easily taken as they lie sheltered beneath a great 

 limb base or among the foliage of Ampelopsis. 



The peculiar habits of some of the Catocalae make it diffi- 

 cult to take perfect specimens. Epione and piatrix fly low, 

 even alighting on the ground. So also do cara, and amatrix 

 but less often. The whereabouts of illccta and abbreriatella 

 in the day time are more or less mysterious. 



For intelligent assistance in the the preparation of this paper 

 and careful scrutiny of the manuscript in the typing, the 

 authors are indebted to Miss Margaret Haley of Louisiana, 

 Missouri. 



DRS. W. BARNES and J. McDuNNOUGH, of Decatur, 111., who are at 

 present engaged on a revision of the two Lepidopterous families 

 Megathymidae and Cossidae, would be very pleased to receive ma- 

 terial for identification and comparison. Specimens of M. cofaqiti 

 Stckr. are particularly desired, also Hypopta species from the West- 

 ern States. The authors contemplate giving accurate figures of all 

 North American species, and guarantee the utmost care in handling 

 of specimens. 



