278 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [November, 



A larva of Plusia precationis was matured on lettuce leaves 

 and changed to chrysalis, without earth in glass. 



On August gth a pupil brought me a Katydid which is pink 

 in color, not merely tinged with pink, but of a deep reddish 

 pink, very unlike any specimen I ever saw. Are such specimens 

 common?* On the same evening another insect of the same 

 species but of the usual color, except that its "musical instru- 

 ment' was brown, repeated its notes again and again for the 

 benefit of several spectators who had never seen the noise pro- 

 duced, when held by the tips of its wings and allowed to take 

 hold of some object with its feet and then pulled backward until 

 its hold was loosened, the upper forward part of its wings which 

 overlapped produced the usual sound Ka-ty! Ka-ty! very dis- 

 tinctly, and in rapid succession. It seems impossible that so 

 small and simple an instrument should produce so loud a sound. 



On June 2gth a Callimorpha lecontci was started from the 

 grass in an open spot in the woods when a large dragonfly darted 

 down, captured it, and flew to a basswood leaf near by. On 

 another day while looking for larvae a small moth was started 

 when a robberfly immediately pounced upon it. Several times 

 I have noted the large green and gold beetles on sugared trees 

 at night holding moths which they had captured. Spiders often 

 capture moths ; the largest species I have seen them take is 

 Hadena devastatrix. 



A pair of phcebe birds frequent a tree in the front yard and 

 watch for insects. One caught a Pieras rapcc and devoured 

 it, then darted at a Papilio asterias, but was frightened away by 

 its fluttering. A cat one evening proved very successful in 

 catching a specimen of Protoparce celeus. It seemed satisfied, 

 however, to simply play with its prisoner. 



In conclusion, I wish to make note of two rather uncommon 

 butterflies. In June last season one Amblyscirtes samoset was 

 taken, and in same month this year I secured three more. On 

 July 1 2th, this season, a Libythea bachmani was seen ongr. -- 



near sidewalk, but on securing a net was not able to capture it. 

 I have only seen one other specimen of this species and captured 

 that at Farnia, 111., in 1892. 



* A Katydid " of a deep reddish pink" was found in the woods near Wood's Hoil, 

 Massachusetts, on August 12, 1894, by Miss S. E. Ives.. Several years ago, a similar speci- 

 men was exhibited at a meeting of the Entomological Section of the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy. Eds. 



