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of the nth was almost duplicated, the species taken embracing 

 nebulosa, vidua, viduata, lacrymosa, angusi and one ragged 

 flebilis. 



One nebulosa and one piatrix on the i5th. 



On the i6th, in company with Mr. George Dulany, took 

 two vidnata, one lucetta, five lacrymosa, three of which were 

 panlina, one poor flebilis, the first robinsoni, a ragged female 

 nebulosa, seven vidua, etc. Added a lucetta on the iQth. 



Although the temperature was 94 degrees, warm and clear, 

 on the 2Oth, moths were few and nearly all high on the trees. 

 One viduata, one robinsoni, five vidua and cne ragged lucetta. 

 On August 28th, took four robinsoni and other Catos. Moths 

 abundant and at the bases of the trees. Saw a vidua, a palae- 

 o gain a, a residua and an innubens on the same tree. On the 

 3Oth, took two viduata, nine vidua, two robinsoni, one lacry- 

 mosa and the last of the nebulosa, a very ragged male. 



September ist, in company with Mr. Dulany, found moths 

 plentiful. Took twenty-six robinsoni, thirteen vidua, four 

 piatrix, one amatrix, one ragged junctura. The moths were at 

 the bottoms of the trees and the temperature was 105 degrees 

 at 2.00 P. M. 



On September 5th, took three robinsoni, besides many other 

 ragged things. The day was like the 1st in every way, but 

 Catocalas were far less abundant. 



Mr. George H. Hosenfelt, of St. Louis, reports September 

 7th as one of the best Cato days of the year. He took viduata, 

 phalanga, evelina, paulina, zelica and a splendid mavmorata. 

 He captured the last named on the bare bark of a great elm. 



September loth saw a few ragged robinsoni and vidua in 

 the woods and robinsoni again on the iSth. 



On September I5th Mr. E. A. Dodge, of Santa Cruz, Cali- 

 fornia, reports taking Catocala hippolita on shade elms. 



With the Junior Author, the Catocala season at Vinton, 

 Iowa, hardly began before August and was at its best about 

 the first of September, and the catches included minuta, 

 ultronia, polygama, clintoiii, innubens, parta, cerogama; retecta, 

 palaeogama, neogama, piatrix, cara, amatrix, nnijiiga, relicta 

 and varieties, one coccinata, arnica and meskei. 



