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before. Miss Gertrude Wallace was with the collecting party on 

 this trip and took some good "Catos." 



On June 25th saw the first Catocala junctura of the season, a 

 beautiful new specimen. 



On the night of the 25th took at bait in my own yard specimens 

 of Catacola epione, illecta, ultronia, arnica, innuhens, and grynea. 



On the forenoon of the 26th found the woods full of moths, 

 25 to 30 often flying from one tree trunk, but mostly epione and 

 inniibens. Took two fine neogama, three fine palcBogania, the first 

 residua of the season and five Catocala serena, the first senior author 

 ever saw in Missouri. These last were taken on elm, hickory and 

 oak, and when disturbed flew around the tree and alighted a little 

 "higher up," like arnica, hahilis and other small species. Catocala 

 of several species were not uncommon on the shade trees along the 

 streets at Louisiana. 



Another good day was. the 28th, when the senior author, in 

 company with Frank Caldwell and Lowell Pinkerton, took good 

 specimens of neogama, palceogama, residua, epione, innubens, 

 scintillans, arnica, ilia and one junctura, a splendid specimen. The 

 day was somewhat cooler and the moths correspondingly fewer 

 than on the 26th. The best catch was, perhaps, a fine male suhnata, 

 a rare moth here. 



At "Bouncing Bet" flowers, on the same day, took numbers of 

 Deilephila lineata of the largest size, and on the 29th took a good 

 specimen of Hemisesia titan on the same flowers. 



In the woods on the 1st of July, after a steady all-night rain, 

 found no moths on the hillsides, but a few innuhens and scintillans 

 about tree roots in the hollows. Took a perfectly fresh specimen 

 of Ceratomia amyntor of as large size as the species attains. The 

 day was cloudy, damp and threatening rain. 



July 4th was a hot, damp day and "Catos" were plentiful at 

 the bases of the trees. We took flehilis, retecta, cara, palceogama, 

 neogama, residua, and phalanga. Of these flebilis, retecta, cara and 

 phalanga were the first of the season. Miss Wallace and John 

 DeGroodt accompanied the senior author on this trip. 



On the 5th found moths abundant and low on the trees. 

 Weather hot and somewhat damp. Took fine specimens of cara, 

 residua, obscura, subnata, palceogama, neogama and phalanga. 

 Other species were poor. 



