10 THE FLORIDA BUGGIST 
while the moth dashes away, is conducive to language which 
should be reserved for mules, stovepipes, and collar buttons. 
The season of the Catocalas is from the last week in April te 
the middle of June. My earliest capture was of ultronia celia 
on April 11; but Grossbeck (Bul. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 27, 
List of the Lepidoptera of Florida) records ilia as having been 
captured at Lakeland on March 31. He does not record a single 
capture of any species after May 8. This is due, however, not 
to the lack of Catocalas after that date, but to the lack of col- 
lectors. Most of our entomologists have been migratory animals 
which left early in the season. Catocalas are at their height of 
abundance in late May and early June. Only two species have I 
ever captured after July 7: ultronia celia on Oct. 16 and agrippina 
from June 29 to September 13. Evidently the latter does not 
emerge until late June, which accounts for its having been 
missed by collectors. 
THE CATOCALAS OF FLORIDA AND GAINESVILLE 
Grossbeck lists seventeen species and seven varieties from the 
state. To these I can add two species and a variety as follows: 
C. consor, May 25; said to be a rare species. 
C. agrippina from Gainesville and its variety subviridis col- 
lected by Mr. Fritz Fuchs at Wauchula in June. So our Florida 
species now total 19 with 8 additional varieties. Of these I have 
captured about Gainesville but nine species and a variety. 
Sappho seems to be our most common species,‘at least more 
have been captured. This, however, may be partly because its 
large size (often three inches across the wings) and the light 
gray color of its upper wings make it more conspicuous than 
the others. The under wings are dark brown edged with white. 
Both Holland and Barnes and McDunnough say it is rare. Its 
life history is entirely unknown. Its relatives spend their cater- 
pillar days on the hickory and it is probable that this one does 
likewise. It is found only in woods with hickories. 
Another with dark brown under wings is epione. This is 
smaller and the upper wings are mottled dark gray and brown. 
It has been captured only at Gainesville and in late May. It 
is evidently another late-emerging species which has escaped 
the tourist entomologists. Its larva lives on oaks and hickories. 
Agrippina is the third species with dark brown unbanded 
under wings. Its colors are much like epione but it is a larger 
insect, Some measuring 3.5 in. 
