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where tlie cypress ami gray moss made a Iwiligbt at midday, 

 where Swainson's jwarbler hopped among the eane and the 

 .Vuhing-a birds soared over the black pools, and where Catocahi 

 carmima spread her gorgeous wings, as she Hew from the brown 

 bark of the pine trunks, or from the flat earth masses torn up 

 by the roots of some prostrated tree known as a " hnrrioane 

 root.-' 

 The following are the species cjiught here : 

 f^ ('((tovala tnihiJis Hbn. Very common; appearing late in May. 

 One of the few Catocahv pitching readily upon gi-ass or 

 weeds, of any description; comes readily to light. 

 CHonymphu Hbn. Apparently mre. 1 have taken it luit 

 once, in daylight, resting on oak. Very abundant in 

 lower South Carolina. 

 C. meamUna Gn. Only one specimen, taken at light. 

 (\ iimicn. This and its varieties very common, usually on 

 oak trees. It has a cunous habit, when startled, of flying 

 around to the opposite side of the same tree, and, when 

 followed, of repeating the performance, unless captured, 

 again and again, getting higher and higher, until out of 

 reach, but seldom flying off" to another tree. 

 C. niinuta EdM. Only one specimen, taken at light. 

 1^ C. ffrifnca Cr. Xot common; <M>casionally taken at light. 



C. mioronympha (tu. Xot common ; a few taken on trunks 



and among branches and leaves of hawthorn and small 



'' wild goose" plum trees. I have never seen it on trunks 



of larger trees. 



('. cratwgi Saund. A few taken at light and among ciatwyuH. 



Ir ('. iiKronia Hbn. Common in thickets <if wild plum, on whi<*h 



>^ trees the larvie fee<l. 

 d^ C Uia Cr. Quite common in its various varieties ; have sel- 

 dom seen two alike; freriuently starts off l^efore the tree 

 is closely approache<l ; is starte<l readily by i-apping ; 

 shows a preference for dense thickets of small trees, and 

 lights in brush heads as well as on large trees ; when 

 once startled it is very wan and must be approache<l 

 with great caution, equaling C laehri/mosn in this respect, 

 in the South the larvse feed on live oak. 



