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south of Savannah we believe we saw a Terias 

 nicippe, however, we could not make sure of it. We 

 had now actual summer weather, but our observations 

 soon came to a stop, for it soon became evening after 

 we had passed Jacksonville, Fla., and darkness sets 

 in very quickly in the South. Our entomological 

 activity was limited to investigations around the elec- 

 tric lights at the stations where the train stopped, 

 but with the exception of several Pyralids, Tortricidce 

 and other Microlepidoptera nothing was seen of in- 

 terest. As a matter of fact, there was no powerful 

 light anywhere, always small incandescent lights only. 

 We thought to attract, perhaps, some specimens by the 

 lights on the platform of the observation car; but 

 this was in vain, too. If there were Meter ocera around 

 the speed of the train probably was too much for 

 them. 



{To be continued.) 



New Species of Catocala 



By Samuel E. Cassino, Salem, Mass. 

 Catocala Helena n. sp. In form and general ap- 

 pearance resembles unijuga. Expands 3^ inches. Tho- 

 rax gray, abdomen mouse color. Primaries rather dark 

 gray with dark, and in places black markings. Basal 

 lines not prominent. Space between the thorax and the 

 transverse anterior line a uniform dark gray. T. a. 

 line bordered on the inside by a line of lighter scales. 

 Median shade with two dark patches extending to 

 the discoidal cell, a dash of white between the reni- 

 form and the t. a. line, the reniform bordered 

 on the outside by black scales, a light spot 

 bordered by black scales below the reniform. 

 A dark dash in the median venule extends half 

 across the median space to the tranverse posterior 

 line. Transverse posterior line black, irregularly 

 wavy, quite distinct and margined exteriorly with a 

 more or less indistinct white line. Sub-terminal line 

 very dark gray, extending from costa to the inner 

 margin, bordered on the inside with a line of lighter 



