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abuiulaiit and less wild than the typieal retrrta, tliouji:h 

 the latter was quite eommou. Have taken the former 

 also in the Piedmont region of South Carolina There are 

 several intergrading forms found here. 



(\ ilesperata Gu. Very common towards end of season (late 

 August), rarer in July. Easily seen and easily captured ; 

 frequently, after clapping the lx)ttle over one, it wouM 

 have to be roused by moving the Iwttle agaiust it. Even 

 after l^eing rapped up only ordinary caution is necessjiry 

 for a setiond approach. 



C riduaUf (in. {mxestosa Halst.) This handsome Southern 

 giant I found quite; frequently this summer, though it was 

 not common. Its habits are the same as in the Southern 

 swamps ; it shows a preference for grey-barked trees, is 

 not hard to see at rest, sits quietly and is not hard to 

 lx>ttle, and when startled by rapping often lights ag-ain 

 on the other side of the sjime tree. The streets of 

 Columbia, S. C, with their double and often quadruple 

 rows of aged water and willow oaks and hack berry 

 trees, are a paradise for Catoecda.s. A stroll down these 

 shaded streets in August, with the mercury about 100 

 degrees, will reveal such a quantity of C. Hdiiata and 

 other nice Catoeala, to say nothing of the swarms of Ajxi- 

 titrm, eeltis and vJyton. and noctuids iunumenible, and with 

 all the conditions for easy capture so perfect that one day 

 alone in such a place throws all other Catocala collecti ng 

 into the shade. Here have I taken rUhtata in such pro 

 fusion that the desire to capture seemetl almost to pall, 

 and there would I direct any one wishing to know what 

 Catocala collecting is at its best. 

 ('. lachrifmosa Gn. Fairly common, in emlless variety, and 

 very wild ; probably the Avildest species. They often 

 start up before the tree is closely approacheil, and a <*au- 

 tious chase from tree to tree often ends in their ascending 

 out of reach. They seem to prefer dark-barked trees. 

 mppho Strk. T saAV and captured two this summer, in 

 September, and late in the evening ; these are all I have 

 seen here, and are smaller a trifle than the only other one 

 I have vseen alive taken in South Carolina. 1 r..und no 



