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The 6th was hot and close and the Catocalae were abundant 

 on the hillside facing the east and in the branch bed, but were few 

 higher on the hill. The flight of scores of innubens and palceogama, 

 disturbed by the collector's approach, scared other and better 

 things away. Took a splendid female subnata near the head of the 

 hollow, and on the hillside, took the first viduata of the season, a 

 male dejecta and other good moths. Residua were abundant, and 

 cara and battered specimens of ilia common. 



On the afternoon of the 8th found "Catos," especially palceo- 

 gama, innubens, and residua very abundant and neogama fairly 

 common. Among other things, took a fine female subnata and a 

 ragged female isolabilis. The day was close and hot. 



July 12th was a red-letter day in moth collecting. Weather 

 intensely hot and dry. Took the first nebulosa, habilis and lacry- 

 mosa of the season. The last named, a variety of singular beauty 

 with both pairs of wings black and the front ones having a broad 

 outer and posterior band of white. The colours much more 

 intense than in paulina. Took also three fine viduata, cara, neo- 

 gama, two faded serena and palceogama. The lacrymosa was a 

 female, and so was the nebulosa. 



Moths were mostly low on the trees and abundant everywhere, 

 even at the mouth of the hollows where there was but little shade. 



The 13th was dry and hot, and moths were not scarce. Took 

 a paulina, cara, palceogama, neogama, retecta, phalanga, residua and 

 ragged examples of ilia were very abundant. Miss Wallace took 

 a second junctura on this date. 



July 15th took six Catocala viduata, all males, four retecta, 

 one brand-new ilia and a ragged dejecta. 



Weather hot and dry. Few Catocala in the hollow, more on 

 the hillside. Viduata is almost always at rest on white oak trees 

 and usually under the leaves of vines, but rarely nearer the ground 

 than four feet. When scared out of their resting places, they 

 simply fly higher or around to the other side. They seem lazy. 

 Innubens and palceogama stay near the bottoms of the trees in dry 

 hot weather, and so do neogama, cara, innubens, nebulosa and 

 junctura under roots along the little brooks. Junctura rests also 

 under porches, in deserted sheds and under bridges. 



(To be continued.) 



