78 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
Ayrotis normaniana is a prettily marked species, its fore wings 
being marked with gray, buff and black, with the hind wings buff 
and brown. The insect expands an inch and a half. 
Agrotis herilis. Agrotis venerabilis. 
An exceedingly abundant species during August is Ayrotis herilis. 
The fore wings are gray and black, with cream-colored marks and 
spots, while the hind wings are hght brown. Expands about an 
inch and a half. 
Ayrotis venerabilis is a reddish-brown moth, whose hind wings are 
eravish-brown. Expands an inch and three-eighths. 
Calocampa nupera. 
A vather rare moth, and at the same time a prettily marked in- 
sect, is Calocampa nupera. ‘This insect expands two inches and a 
half, and is marked as follows: the upper half of the fore wings is 
gray, darker toward the tips, heht ash-gray nearest the body; an 
interrupted black line runs longitudinally tlivough the middle of the 
wing, on which is situated a black spot; the lower half of the fore 
wing is chestnut-brown:; the lower wings are reddish-brown, with a 
glossy surface; the thorax is dark brownish-purple and the abdomen 
reddish-brown. I have taken this insect occasionally in autumn 
while sugaring trees for Catocala. The larva of this moth is unknown 
to me. 
