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rarely flying away from the hickory or white oak on which it 

 rested, even if disturbed, while lacrymosa took flight at the 

 slightest sound and was hard to trap. 



Associated under the roots of trees overhanging the brook 

 were cara, amatri.r, junctura and nebiilosa, the last named 

 always out of sight, and the wariest of the Catocalae. Mr. 

 Dulany seemed to make a specialty of capturing epione, lacry- 

 mosa and nebulosa, and certainly became proficient in taking 

 them. 



Residua, angnsi and jndith are always at rest on hickory and 

 usually the shell-bark variety. 



Vidua, vidnata, robinsoni, retecta and habilis on hickory or 

 white oak, and occasionally on sugar tree ; arnica on white oak. 



Both Mr. Ernst Schwarz and George Hosenfelt report the 

 capture of Catocala titania about St. Louis in the early part 

 of the season among the crabs and hawthorns. 



On the collecting trips of June 21st, 28th, July 4th, 6th, 12th, 

 13th, 19th, 27th, 29th, 31st, August 2nd, i6th and September 

 1st, Mr. George W. Dulany accompanied the Senior Author, 

 and it was his unerring eye and perseverance that made pos- 

 sible many of the best catches. As a Catocala hunter, he has 

 no superior. 



Perhaps we should call attention to the entire absence of 

 Catocala subnata and insolabilis and the great scarcity of 

 flebilis, amatrix and piatrix in the neighborhood of Louisiana, 

 Mo., in the summer of 1913. 



The attempt to feed the young larv^ae of Catocala aspasia on 

 willow was a failure and the caterpillars that hatched on May 

 5th lived nearly two weeks. 



Resume ot Observations in 1913. 

 June 15 tile eta, rarely taken in the wbods. 



20 first ilia with the white spotted variety. 



21 first ultronia, polygama, innubcns, epione. 



25 first scintillans. 



26 minuta. 



28 coccinata, dejecta, porta. 



29 ultronia abundant. 

 29 aholibah (bred.) 



