212 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, ’12 
found in an overlapping cluster on the underside of the bark 
of shell bark hickory and were white in color and discoidal in 
shape. 
The description of this larva is given with the hope that the 
life history may be worked out from captured caterpillars, 
probably not uncommon under hickory bark in the early sum- 
nier. 
Another hickory larva from a dark red brown egg or 
June 20th was 234 inches long, dark brown with light, almost white 
tubercles. Two pairs of dorsal black dots or short marks on each 
Ist and 2nd abdominal segments. Legs body color. Head somewhat 
lighter than the rest of the body. A black dash on either side of the 
head. No row of lateral setae. Behind the cross ridge on the 8th 
abdominal segment are black lines or shades, one to each of the two 
tubercles. Underside pale with the midventral black spots. One larva 
is almost a light prune color. Like the other hickory larvae just men- 
tioned, these also died without pupating, but when fully grown. Species 
unknown to the writer. 
The intense heat of the latter part of June played havoc 
with the Catocala larvae, the last of the white-egged species 
dying on the 24th. 
The first larva of Catocala grynea was taken between 
shingles on apple on the 25th of May. It was almost white. 
Eggs of Catocala amatrix hatched on May 28th and the last 
of the larvae died on June 24th. 
The last of the ilia larvae succumbed to the heat May 27th. 
A second larva of grynea was taken on apple, May 2oth. 
Larvae of C. neogama and piatrix were as abundant as usual 
and the former seemed healthier than for several years past 
but many of them died after pupating, as did also the 
pratrices. 
At first the piatrix “worms” thrived, but later many of them 
died. Full grown larvae of the species were found on June 
6th. 
Tlie first stage of Catocala illecta came from its chrysalis on 
June 3d. 
On the oth of June, the senior author received from the 
junior a full grown larva of a Catocala taken on apple and a 
few days later two or three more. 
