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neogama, vidua, palczogama, retecta and innubens in numbers. 

 They flew from the roots and tree trunks by the scores. Took 

 ten viduata, and saw many more. Moths were very scary and 

 hard to take, flying at our approach. Everything was at the 

 bases of the trees and flew low. Even viduata flew from tree to 

 tree, which is unusual, as they fly from side to side of the same tree, 

 and all were within one and a half feet of the tree bases, and several 

 were seen on other than white oak. Took three vidua, and saw 

 more. Saw many habilis, and took one lacrymosa. 



Compared with the 19th, 20th and 21st July, there were ten 

 Catocala? on the 24th to one, and they were in the hollow and on 

 the hillside alike. Never saw so many Catocalae in one day before. 



On the 25th the senior author visited "Catocala hollow" in 

 the forenoon, starting at seven and returning at noon. Found the 

 hollow and hillsides full of moths, fully as plentiful as on the 24th. 

 Saw a number of nehulosa, taking two. Saw a very large red moth 

 with front wings lighter than those of cara. It looked larger than 

 any other "Cato" the senior author ever saw. It was probably 

 amatrix. One nehulosa that escaped the collector was larger than 

 cara. On the hillside took ten viduata and seven vidua, three 

 lacrymosa, and saw specimens of other species in abundance. The 

 moths were at the base of every tree and very numerous. Retecta 

 was everywhere and palceogama by the hundreds. A few "Catos" 

 were three or four feet above the tree bases, and all were wary as 

 on the 24th, although the days were very unlike, the 24th being 

 sunny and the 25th close, cloudy and threatening rain. Vidua 

 was on almost all kinds of trees, white and black oak, sugar maple 

 and hickory. Lacrymosa was usually on black oak, palceogama 

 and retecta everywhere. Viduata almost always on white oak. 

 Habilis everywhere 



On the 20th of July observed a Limenitis astyanax ovipositing 

 on wild crab. An egg that was taken home hatched on the 25th 

 of July and the young larva readily feU on apple. It pupated 

 Aug. 16th, and gave an imago August 21st 



July 27th, p.m., thermometer above 100°. Catocalse as 

 plentiful as on previous days. Along the hollow, took four fine 

 nehulosa, four cara, four lacrymosa. On the hillside took seven 

 viduata, three vidua, and saw many habilis, ilia, palceogama antl 



