14 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '19 



Erythemis simplicicoUis (Say). Uncommon; Concord river, July 

 to September 3. 



Sympetrum costiferum (Hagen). Rare; Willow, Bateman's pond, 

 August 15 to September 26. 



Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say). Abundant; June 9 to Septem- 

 ber 30. 



Sympetrum rubicundulvun var. obtrusum (Hagen). Rare; Septem- 

 ber 5 to October 5. 



Sympetrum semicinctum (Say). Common; Bateman's, Willow 

 ponds, July 25 to September 18. 



Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen). Common; August 14 to November 7. 



Pachydiplax longipennis Burm. Common; Bateman's, Willow 

 ponds, Fairhaven bay, July 28 to September 9. 



Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, Rare; Willow, Strawberry Hill ponds, 

 June 8 to August 19. 



Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen. Uncommon; Fairyland, Willow, 

 Walden, Goose, Strawberry Hill ponds. May 19 to June 21. 



Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen. Common; May 17 to June 28. 



Celithemis ellsa (Hagen). Common; Willow, Walden ponds, Spen- 

 cer brook, May 19 to June 18. 



Celithemis eponina (Drury). Common; Bateman's, John Brown 

 farm ponds, July to September 3. 



Tramea Carolina (Linn.). Rare; Strawberry Hill pond, June 8 to 11. 



On the Early Stages of Catocala titania Dodge, and 



a Description of Three New Varieties 



of Catocala (Lep.). 



By Ernst Schwarz, St. Louis, Missouri. 



Catocala titania. 



Ovum. — Glossy emerald green, changing in about ten days to liver 

 brown ; rather flat, concave ventrally ; 42 to 48 ribs, many crossribs. 

 Micropyle area rather large, granulated with many hexagonal eleva- 

 tions ; micropyle slightly raised. Shortly before hatching the color 

 changes to transparent blue. 



Larva, Stage i. — Head large; sides of head light brown. Body 

 tapering to the sixth segment, from there enlarging; body color trans- 

 parent bluish. Setae on first four segments only, whitish ; three rows 

 of dark brown tubercles on dorsal portion, each bearing a black spine. 

 Ventral faintly pinkish with the usual blotches dark brown. 



Stage 2. — Head smaller than in stage 1 ; brown. First and second 

 segments a shade lighter than the rest of the body, which is a watery 

 green color; two lateral lines a shade darker than body color. Dorsal 



