94 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On June 6th I had a fair take at light of SphingidEe — albescens, 

 exccecatus and cerisyi. 



About the i6th the genus Acronycta came out strongly, several 

 species coming to sugar, and the genus continued to be well represented 

 for several weeks, some new species being added to my collection, 

 including revellata, Smith ; albariifa, Grote ; /eporifia, an Old World 

 species which does not appear in Smith's list (1891) ; hasttilifera, S.& A.; 

 nodivaga., Grt. ; super ans, Gn.; inodica, Walk., and oblinita, S. & A. 

 Thyatira scripta, Gosse, also appeared rather freely. 



On the 22nd I noticed a large Sphingid hovering over my sugared 

 trees just at dusk, and netting it, I found it to be Ampelophaga chcerilus. 

 Cram. On subsequent nights I secured one or two more, but it is a 

 most difficult insect to take, as it imbibes the sugar while on the wing, 

 without settling, and darts away on the tree being approached. I have 

 never taken this species at light, nor any other Sphingid at sugar. 



On June 24th Zale horrida, Hbn., and Badena miseioides, Gn.,came 

 to sugar, and a few days later Diphthera fallax, Hbn. 



On July 2nd, among other things at sugar, I secured my first and 

 only specimen of Copablepharoii subflavidens, Grt. 



The best catch I had at light was on the night of July 5th. In the 

 earlier hours I look Notodonta dhnidiata, H. & S. ; elegans, Strk., and 

 stragula, Grt.; a Cerura, several Schizura, Schinia, Eubyia; Platypteryx 

 arcuata, Walk.; Dasylophia anguina, S. (!*c A., and a few Arctias and 

 Plusias. From i to 2 a. m., on the 6th, Triptogon occidentalism Hy. Ed., 

 was almost a nuisance. I believe if they had only charged together they 

 would have broken my windows. I have to woik outside, and defy the 

 mosquitoes, with my lamp inside the glass. I notice that while the other 

 Sphingids, albescetis, geminatus, cerisyi^ exccecatus and tnyops, appear 

 from 10 to II p. m., Triptogon hardly ever shows up till after midnight. 

 I did not take an example of Cressonia juglandis, S. tS: A., which is 

 generally rather plentiful. The genus Plusia was very sparingly rep- 

 resented last season. 1 hardly took any, tiie most notable catch being a 

 ?,'\ng\e. precatiojiis, which is a decided rarity hereabouts. Arctias were not 

 so abundant as usual, but I took several vii'i^o, Linn., which hitherto had 

 been represented by a single example in my cases. 



About this date several beautiful specimens of Alaria JIo7'ida, Gn., 

 were bottled off the window. 



The genus Mamestra was well represented at both light and sugar. 



