THE LEPIDOPTERIST 95 



Different species, 1223. 



Polyphemus, 2^7 . 



Sphingidae on graj^e, 400. 



Sphingidae on willow and tilia, 278. 



Turnus, 28. 



Cerura species, 22 



Acronycta species, 95. 

 I am in hopes to get at least 500 more larvae before 

 the season is over. 



Included in the number of different species are 

 many Pap. asterias, Arctiidae, Notodontidae, Cucul- 

 liae, Catocalae, and other Noctuidae. Acronycta Am- 

 ericana was found in large numbers, and also another 

 large Acronycta caterpillar which was feeding upon 

 Acer campestris. I don't know yet what species will 

 emerge from these larvae. 



The Sphingidae, feeding upon grape, were ache- 

 mon, thysbe, abbotti, nessus, myron and some 

 which I have not identified. The other Sphingidae 

 were auscitiosa, geminatus, myops, chersis, drupi- 

 ferarum, excaecatus, undulosa and some others 

 which are unknown to me in the larval stage. Many 

 of the polyphemus cocoons are extremely large and 

 heavy. They seemingly do not suffer as much 

 from parasitis as does cecropia. From these I found 

 about 80 full grown caterpillars and not one was free 

 from parasites. The polyphemus were parasitized to 

 only about 2 per cent. 



Sesiidae were numerous this year and I found a 

 copula of a large species with reddish thorax and black 

 spots and the characteristic last pair of legs resem- 

 bling brushes. 



At present the Catocalae are on their wings and my 

 collection has already fresh specimens of nurus, 

 amica ilia, cerogama, cara and unijuga. Abbotti 

 and nessus were flying in larger numbers this year 

 than I ever noticed. Cat. vidua and Apantesis vir- 

 go will appear about the middle of September and a 

 little later Tolype velleda and the two Euthisanotia 

 species. Lineata was not seen the whole summer, 

 but other entomologists probably have met with this 

 species. 



