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faiinal zone as relating to the Noctuid genus Papaipema." 

 He dwelt chiefly upon the habits of the various species, and re- 

 lated his experience in discovering their life histories. To 

 date he has worked out the life histories of all the known 

 species in the area treated with the exception of two. The pa- 

 per was illustrated by a box of specimens showing the seven 

 ne\^ species he has discovered within the confines of New 

 York City, together with their larvse, pup^e and parasites, and 

 samples of their work in the plants into which they respectively 

 bore. 



Mr. Buchholz reported the capture, at Lakehurst, of Cato- 

 cala similis June 24 and July 10, Hyperaeschra georgica, May 

 30, and Acronycta tritona, May 30, July 10 and Sept. 3. He 

 remarked that the latter was apparently triple brooded. Cato- 

 cala similis larvae were not rare on a species of scrub oak, all 

 the larvae collected producing very dark specimens of the 

 adults. 



Meeting of October 9, 1910; nineteen members and two 

 visitors, Messrs. Beutenmiiller and Matausch, present. 



Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited a small box of Catocalae on 

 which he commented as follows : 



C. Judith he had previously made a synonym of C. orba of 

 Russia on the strength of Strecker's excellent figure of the up- 

 per side, the two, as he pointed out, being identical above. Up- 

 on the receipt of a specimen of the former species, however, 

 he discovered them to be very different beneath and on struc- 

 tural characters proved to belong to different sections of the 

 genus, orha falling in with the ultronia ^roup while Judith as- 

 sociates with the members of the robiiisonii group. From Tex- 

 as he received a dark form of C. jair which he said may be 

 passing current as C. arnica. C. beutcnmulleri B. & McD., re- 

 cently described, is the male of C. warneri Poling. 



Mr. Buchholz said that the specimen of Catocala jair taken 

 by him at Lakehurst and reported at the April meeting of the 

 Society, was an example of the dark varietal form shown by 

 Mr. Beutenmiiller. 



