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more, and passed its second spring moult ioth May. On 16th inst. two 

 more waked up and passed their second moult 22nd inst., and then went 

 on through the remaining stages without farther delay and reached chry- 

 salis 1st and 3rd June, and butterfly 13th and 14th, or two months after 

 the first chrysalids of the brood had given butterflies. The first examples 

 of Nycteis seen in the fields this year were on 20th May. 



Several of this lot of chrysalids I put in the ice box, temp. 33 Far., 

 time of exposure 12 to 18 days. Most were killed by the process, but 

 three gave butterflies. They were not altered in color, and I had no 

 especial reason for supposing they would be, as the species is not season- 

 ally dimorphic, but I thought it probable the colors might be made to 

 run, as in case of Tharos chrysalids exposed to similar degree of cold, in 

 1877. 



Nycteis here feeds on Actinomeris squarrosa, but will eat Aster, though 

 it prefers the other plant decidedly. I tied 4 % in a bag upon Actino- 

 meris, and as many on Aster the same day. The former gave at once 

 three batches of eggs, but the others had laid none in 24 hours. I then 

 transferred these to Actinomeris, and before night two of them laid. But 

 I have nevertheless obtained eggs on Aster and raised the larvae 

 exclusively on this plant. The change in the food produced no difference 

 on the larval coloring. In New York this species feeds on wild sunflower. 

 There are three annual broods in this district — the first being in May and 

 June, of which about one-third the larvae hybernated ; the second in mid- 

 summer, of which about two-thirds the larvae hybernated, and the third in 

 autumn, all the larvae hybernating. 



August 1, 1878. 



CAPTURES OF NOCTUID^ AT CLYDE, WAYNE CO., N. Y. 



BY W. L. DEVEREAUX, RESIDENT. 



It is hoped the following list of Noctuae, taken principally at bait, will 

 prove of some interest to readers of the Can. Ent, although it is not a 

 complete expose of the fauna of this locality, having been compiled from 

 but two years' catches — '75 and '76. During the season of '75 the 

 weather was very favorable for sugaring, as there were always two or three 



