62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



Parasa viridas Reak. (PI. iv, fig. i8.) 



My reasons for naming the species of Parasa, as above, will 

 appear in the full article in Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 



Monolenca snbdentosa n. sp. (PI. iv, fig. 21.) 



Allied to semifascia, but perhaps a little smaller. Upright band 

 silvery -white, narrow, twice regularly angiilated, not crossing 

 median vein nor extending onto fringe. The space between this 

 and the base of the wing is filled in with an ocherous brown 

 shading, paler than the rest of the wing. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



Figs. I, 2 and 3, Euclea cippus, var. delphinii Boisd. 

 " 4, 5 and 6, Euclea cippus, var. querceti Her.-Sch. 

 " 7 and 8, Euclea cippus, var. interjecta Dyar. 

 " 9, 10 and II, Euclea cippus, var. monitor Pack. 

 *' 12, Euclea elliotii Pearsall (^. 



" 13, " "9. 



*' 14, Euclea pcenulata Clem. cf. 



" 15, Euclea nana Dyar <^. 



" 16, Euclea incisa Harv. (^. 



" 17, " " 9. 



" 18, Parasa viridus Reak. ^f. 



" 19, Parasa chloris Her.-Sch. (J*. 



" 20, Monoleuca semifascia Walk. ?. 



" 21, Monoleuca subdentosa Dyar $. 



" 22, Packardia elegans Pack. (^. 



" 23, Packardia geniinata Pack. ^\ 



" 24, Packardia aldipunclala Fack. $. 



" 25, " " d'. 



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HUNTING CATOCALvE. 



BY JAS. S. JOHNSON. 



I have been frequently asked, where do you find so many 

 Catocalae ? And my answer invariably is, in the wood. Yes, 

 but how and when ? To these questions I write this answer. To 

 the young collector in entomology his first care is to be a close 

 observer of the habits of insects; I think I can safely say that 

 almost every butterfly and moth has its own peculiarity of flight 

 or resting, or something that distinguishes it from its companions 

 of another species. In hunting for Catocalae during the day-time, 

 it is well known that when disturbed they will fly generally only 



