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taken from an ant-lion’s pit. Thus, even though they 
came to the place quite casually, they served the com- 
munity. 
Pseudaglossa lubricalis G. [H. G. Dyar]. One speci- 
men was picked up dead at the bank on September 3, 
1917 
A caterpillar belonging to the Noctuidae [S. B. 
Fracker] was feeding on a small plant growing at the 
base of the bank. 
Catocala innubens Guen. [Ernst Schwarz]. During 
the latter part of July, 1918, several of these moths 
sought daytime shelter here. 
Herculia olinalis Guen. [H. G. Dyar]. The caterpil- 
lar of this moth was found walking on the clay bank on 
April 28. On the next day it spun its silken cocoon 
and emerged as an adult on May 22. 
Hymenoptera. 
Pompiloides sp. [S. A. Rohwer]. This wasp was forag- 
ing for spiders in the old bee tunnels during August and 
early September, 1917. 
Arachnophoctonus ferrugineus Say. One specimen 
foraging for spiders on July 30, 1917. 
Pompiloides americanus Beauv. [S. A. Rohwer]. 
This had come to the bank as a visitor on a foraging eX- 
pedition, but had become a victim to the prey which she 
was pursuing and her lifeless remains were removed 
from a spider web on July 30, 1917. 
Tachytes peptictus Say. [S. A. Rohwer]. On July 
21, 1920, two or three of these green-eyed wasps were at 
rest on the vegetation at the edge of the bank. 
