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of the nth was almost duplicated, the species taken embracing 

 nebulosa, vidua, viduata, lacrymosa, angusi and one ragged 

 flehilis. 



One nebulosa and one piatrix on the 15th. 



On the i6th, in company with Mr. George Dulany, took 

 two viduata, one lucetta, five lacrymosa. three of which were 

 paulina, one poor flehilis, the first rohinsoni, a ragged female 

 nebulosa, seven vidua, etc. Added a lucetta on the 19th. 



Although the temperature was 94 degrees, warm and clear, 

 on the 20th, moths were few and nearly all high on the trees. 

 One viduata, one robinsoni, five vidua and one ragged lucetta. 

 On August 28th, took four robinsoni and other Catos. Moths 

 abundant and at the bases of the trees. Saw a vidua, a palae- 

 ogama, a residua and an innubens on the same tree. On the 

 30th, took two viduata, nine vidua, two robinsoni, one lacry- 

 mosa and the last of the nebulosa, a very ragged male. 



September ist, in company with Mr. Dulany, found moths 

 plentiful. Took twenty-six robinsoni, thirteen vidua, four 

 piatrix, one amatrix, one ragged junctura. The moths were at 

 the bottoms of the trees and the temperature was 105 degrees 

 at 2.00 P. M. 



On September 5th, took three robinsoni, besides many other 

 ragged things. The day was like the 1st in every way, but 

 Catocalas were far less abundant. 



Mr. George H. Hosenfelt, of St. Louis, reports September 

 7th as one of the best Cato days of the year. He took viduata, 

 phalanga, evelina, paidina, selica and a splendid marmorata. 

 He captured the last narried on the bare bark of a great elm. 



September loth saw a few ragged robinsoni and vidua in 

 the woods and robinsoni again on the i8th. 



On September 15th Mr. E. A. Dodge, of Santa Cruz, Cali- 

 fornia, reports taking Catocala hippolita on shade elms. 



With the Junior Author, the Catocala season at Vinton, 

 Iowa, hardly began before August and was at its best about 

 the first of September, and the catches included minuta, 

 ultronia, polygama, clintoni, innubens, parta, cerogama, retecta, 

 palaeogatna, neogama, piatrix, cava, amatrix, unijuga, relicta 

 and varieties, one coccinata, arnica and meskei. 



