128 TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT ON TEE STATE MUSEUM. 



by a quick, muscular action, are folded over to their natural position 

 against the surface on which it rests (if an extended one), and the 

 insect has attained its full maturity. 



In a search made for Luna cocoons beneath a number of hickories 

 (Carya alba) at Schoharie, on May 9th, nine were found in a space 

 of eight feet square. Of eight others collected at this time not more 

 than one was found tinder a tree. The first imago from these cocoons 

 emerged May 18th, a male, followed by three other males, after which 

 females and other males appeared. 



From the following record in my note-book, it would seem that 

 the season of 1857 was very prolific in Luna moths at Schoharie: 



" June 27th. Fine specimens of Attacus Luna are brought to me 

 almost daily, most of which have been taken when the moths had 

 but recently emerged and were resting on trunks of hickories. In 

 three instances where seemingly fresh examples were pinned out of 

 doors in the evening, males were found in the morning copulating 

 with them." 



"July 2d. In a walk of two hours, four females of Attacus Luna 

 were found resting on trunks of hickories, at about two feet from the 

 surface of the ground." 



