204 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '13 



insolabilis and saw a specimen of ultronia. The insolabilis 

 were taken on a small linden tree. 



The first Catocala piatrix larva spun on July 9th. The first 

 imagoes of C. rctecta emerged on July loth, about thirty-five 

 days from burrowing or thirty days from pupation. 



The first imago of Citheronia regalis emerged on July 4th. 



A second regalis slipped its chrysalis skin on the 9th of July. 

 On July 5th, in company with Ralph Dodge, the senior author 

 took, in the woods, C. inniihens, scintillans, arnica, neogama, 

 palacogama and a fine porta. Ralph captured two fine nebu- 

 losa and a number of ilia and polygama. 



The first C. neogama from a chrysalis was on July nth. 



Captured a fine male regalis at light on July 20th. 



The senior author took a few Catocala residua in the woods 

 from July 20th to August loth. The pupal state of Catocala 

 relicta is about sixteen to eighteen days. 



Moths of the second brood of imagoes of polyphenius from 

 July 20th to 26th, the eggs having been laid in May. The 

 imagoes of the second brood are redder than those of the first 

 or spring brood. 



The first Catocala cara taken in the woods in 1912 were cap- 

 tured on the 27th of July. The first lacrymosa on the same 

 day, a fine ei'elina, and saw the first viduata. The first 

 retecta was taken on July 29th, as also the first phalanga and 

 habilis. 



On the same date took three other lacrymosa and a splendid 

 viduata. 



On the 29th, the senior author took in the woods, thirteen 

 species and two good varieties of Catocala. 



The cocoons of the second brood of polyphemus gave 

 imagoes in from twenty-five to twenty-seven days from the 

 time the larvae began to spin. 



July 29th was the best Catocala day of the season. The 

 weather was warm, dry and cloudless and numbers of the 

 moths were low on the tree trunks. On the 31st. a day in 

 every respect a duplicate of the 29th as to weather, few moths 

 were to be seen in the woods, and they were mostly high on 

 the trees. 



