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On the 13th of June "Catacala hollow," as well as the hillside, 

 was full of "Catos," polygama, clintoni, minuta, and many ilia. 

 Took also Vanessa antiopa, Pyrameis himtera, Euptoieta datidia and 

 Feniseca tarqiiinius . 



Catocala? were numerous on the 14th, but fewer on the 15th, 

 due perhaps to the cloudy, cool character of the day. What few 

 moths observed were high on the trees, while on the 7th, 11th and 

 13th, warm dry days, the "Catos" were abundant and at the very 

 bottoms of the tree trunks. 



The first bred imago of Catocala coccinata emerged on the 17th; 

 a minuta on the 18th, and an innuhens on the 19th. 



In the woods on the afternoon of June 19th, found "Catos," 

 very abundant and low on the trees. The day was warm. Both 

 ilia and epione were by the hundreds, but wary. Individuals of 

 the latter species were on both the tree trunks and in the brush, 

 flying up at every step, and often as many as four or five would 

 fly off of one tree. Ilia was hardly less numerous. Polygama was 

 fairly common. On this trip the first grynea, as well as the first 

 innuhens, were taken. Minuta and clintoni were ragged. 



Saw the first of the metallic black and green dragonflies 

 iCalopteryx) along the Creek Bank on June 15th, and heard the 

 first green cicada on the 16th. 



Great numbers of Argynnis cybele, with an occasional idalia, 

 were taken at Asclepias blooms during the third week of June. 

 At the same time hundreds of individuals of Pieris protodice flitted 

 about the fields; in fact, in greater numbers than the senior author 

 ever saw before. Coliads were very few. 



June 21st was a banner day. Took Catocala amica, scintillans , 

 ultronia, neogama, palceogama, and two fine dejecta. The woods 

 were full of moths, low on the trees, but very wary. Both the 

 hollows and hillsides furnished good collecting. The day was hot 

 and dry and the thermometer at 102*^. 



The next day, June 22nd, was hot and cloudy, and moths were 

 again abundant, especially amica, polygama, ultronia and innuhens, 

 mostly along the branch beds. Saw a few scintillans and took a 

 fine specimen with a white discal spot and a splendid female dejecta. 



On the 23rd, after a slight rainfall of the night before, but still , 

 sultry, moths were not scarce, but hardly so plentiful as the day 



