28 BULLETIN BROOKLYN. .ENTOM. SOC. VOL!. VIL... = June 1884.4 
In 1881 Prof’ French issued for the use of pupils and students a 
‘Synopsis of the Cafocale of Illinois”. In this, he folkows the sequence 
established by Hubner and followed by Grote. 
No attempt has been made, so far as I know, to bring together the 
descriptions of the larvee of the various species. Abbott and Smith, and 
afterwards Guenee from unpublished drawings and notes by Abbott, gave 
the larvee of various species, though the notes he made use of seem to 
have been regarded by Guenee as unreliable. Since then, detached de- 
scriptions have been given in the current periodicals. . I have endeavored 
to gather all these below in their proper places. 
In the determinations below I use the word varzety to mean a local 
form, which breeds true to itself, but is yet known by intergrades, or 
breeding elsewhere, to be connected with the stem form of the species. 
E. g. carissimz is in this sense, a variety of cara. Through the South, 
it continually breeds true to itself, as cava does. northward; but there is 
a belt of territory where they intergrade. 
I also give variety standing to marked accidental variations, which | 
do not breed true to themselves, but which would not likely be easily 
referred to the stem form. FE. g. p2a/anga is in this sense, a variety of 
paleogama. The more marked of the variations among the Catocale, 
though most not so marked as to b2 worthy varietal standing, have been 
named, and will be referred to in their places. 
My hearty thanks are due, and are hereby given to Dr. Bailey, 
Messrs. Hy. Edwards, Neumoegen, Strecker, Tepper, and the American 
Ent Soc. for the examination of types. And to these, and many others 
for the examination and use of material and for assistance. And especially 
to Mr. John B. Smith, my very kind friend, for his constant encourage— 
ment, and his very many and helpful suggestions as to methods and 
lines of study, as also for his valuable work on the accompanying plate. 
After some thought, [I still persist in my opinion that eh small 
yellow underwings should be catalogued first. It is true the claWs would 
seem to demand they should be placed lowest in the list but Syneda must 
it seems to me precede Cufocala, and these are altogether most closely 
allied to Syneda and its allies. 
BY” 
