2.S4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [D^C 



r C. parta Gu. Late in Septeiiil)er several .veal's a^o I t<x>k a 



^ few on oak trunks ; have not seen it since. 



f^ C concunibens Wa\li. Apparently very rare. Only one taken 



^ in dayli|S^ht in oak woods. 



1/ C. cam Gn. Also very rare^ which seems strange; I have 



taken but one here, in daylight, in a dark hallway. 

 ^ ('. amatrix Hbu. I have only seen this occasionally here ; all 

 large, handsome specimens, like those from Southern 

 swamps. One was secured after a twenty -foot climl) up 

 a hickory, the ^' catcher" holding on by his knees while 

 he bottled the fly. Xeediess to say the " shinning'' pro- 

 gress up the tree was slow and cautious. 

 (\ epione Dru. Xot rare ; taken in apple orchards and among 

 ^ small oak undergrowth. 



1/ C. hahllis Grt. J^Tot rare ; rests very quietly on large trunks, 

 and is easily seen — by the initiated — and taken. 

 C. paJeoijama Gn. Most abundant ; usually one-third of the 

 <lay's catch ; found in many varietal forms, the beautiful 

 \ ariety phalanga being the rarest. It is wonderful how 

 diflftcult it is to see such a strikingly marked form as 

 phalanga, but I usually rapped them up before I could detect 

 them ; while the uniformly colored normal form was read- 

 ily detected at rest. 1 found this Hy very restless, often 

 flying up when I was two or three yards away, but after 

 lighting again it could readily be bottled with average 

 caution. J noticed with interest how often, especially in 

 the afternoon, a moth of this species, startled from i one 

 t ree and flying to another, would light directly on or very 

 near another of the same species, startling the second and 

 often several others away. 

 C. noogama S. & E. Quite common ; freciuently roused from 

 the smooth brownish trunks of small dog- wcxkI trees, with 

 the color of which it closely harmonizes. A'ery wary 

 when once startled. 

 fj. Hubnata Grt. Frequent. I have never seen piafri.r here, 



which seems odd. 

 C. rdimimnii Grt. 1 have only taken it once here ; l>a\c also 



taken it once near Charleston, S. G. 

 C. reteeta Grt. and var. Jlebilis Grt. I found flehiUs more 



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