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The moths appeared also on Staten Island in considerable 

 numbers, and I collected a few as samples at St. George on 

 July 17. I was fortunate in finding a single female among the 

 lot, for the sparrows had pulled the wings off of and eaten the 

 bodies of all the moths that they could find. The sparrows were 

 also busy about the Custom House and the N. Y. Produce Ex- 

 change, and the white wings of the moths were common objects 

 on the sidewalks. . . 



During my entomological experience I have seen two other 

 species of geometrid moths quite common on the lower part of 

 Manhattan Island, or in the thickly settled parts of Staten Island. 

 In June, 1884, the very pretty Rheumaptera hastata L., a com- 

 mon species some distance to the north of New York City, was 

 quite plentiful in the city, and often flew into the windows. 

 During the same year it was plentiful on Staten Island. Cingilia 

 catenaria Drury is often seen in great numbers in September in 

 the more rural parts of Staten Island, but on occasions after a 

 storm I have found the moths sticking to the fences and house- 

 sides at St. George, for the unfortunate insects were blown 

 against and had adhered to the wet boards. 



