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ing, and if the seed pods are picked off they can be kept in bloom 

 for three months. 



The most common insect upon this plant is Sphinx Chersis, then 

 Driipiferaruvt, Kalniicc Unchilosa, Hylceus, Harrisii, and, later, 

 Lineata; and of the Noctuids, several species of HeliopJiila are com- 

 mon, NcpJielodes violans, Apainca Nictitans, Drastcria Erecht^, 

 Phisia MortiwruDi, Avipla, Putiiami, and also those which fre- 

 quent the lilac. It is the home of the beautiful RJiodophora Flor- 

 ida, which are found in the morning, tucked away, head down- 

 ward, in the half-closed flowers, the yellow tips of their wings just 

 showing among the stamens. They look so cosy, it seems almost 

 cruel to shake them out into the cyanide bottle, but in this way 

 many perfect specimens may be obtained. They breed so freely 

 upon this plant that it is difficult to preserve the buds entire, as 

 the larvae eat round holes into them, in which they nearly bury 

 themselves. When the buds are all gone they will ieed upon the 

 decaying flowers and the seed pods, boring into them in the same 

 manner. The stalks of this plant also contain a Tineid larva, 

 Lavcrna ? Eloisclla, Clem. Several Geometers are also attracted 

 to the Oenothera, and I have bred Glaucoptcryx Cinnatilisixoxw it. 

 The rare Phisia Striatclla and Piitnavii, and all the more common 

 Plusias, are found hovering over the single white Petunia. The 

 climbing honeysuckle attracts Phisia Balluca and Bimaculata, as 

 well as the common species, and also many of the same Sphinx 

 moths as the Oenothera. I have taken several of the before- 

 mentioned Noctuids also on Perennial Phlox and Annual Lark- 

 spur, and doubtless should find more on these plants were it not 

 for the much mor-e i^'agrant Oenothera and Petunias close by. 

 Possibly other species, might be captured at the flowers, but as I 

 sugar for moths on the garden fence, many may prefer the sugar 

 to the flowers. Mr. L. W. Goodell, of Amherst, Mass., kindly 

 informs me that Datura Wrightii, Nicotiana affinis, Sivect Alyssnm, 

 Szvcct Mignonette, Sivcet William, Verbena Montana, Mirabilis 

 longifiora, and the old Clove Pink, are also more or less attractive 

 to insects. 



A NEW NOTHRIS FROM ILLINOIS. 



By D. W. Coquillett. 



NOTHRIS TRINOTELLA. n. sp. 



Reddish-brown, with three white dots near the center of each 

 fore wing, the outermost dot crossed by a black dash ; expands 

 II m. m. Head pinkish-brown ; basal joint of palpi dark brown 

 outside, whitish inside, upper side of terminal tuft pale pinkish; 

 terminal joint dark brown ; antennae pale yellowish ringed with 

 dark brown, the basal joint wholly dark brown, Thorax reddish- 



