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sEgeria tricincta, Harris. — In the Canadian Entomologist, XIII., 

 i, I pointed out that the larva of this species occurs in the stems and 

 branches of Populus candicans, and often in enlargements of the stem 

 resembling those made by Saperda mcesta. I have since found the 

 larva in similar galls in the willow. It appears to have the same 

 relation to S. concolor in the latter plant as to mcesta in the former. 

 This larva is at once distinguished from any other ^Egerian known 

 to me by two black conical teeth on the terminal ring. 



D. S. Kellicott. 



Catocala amatrix, Hiibn. — -In July, of this year, I found caterpil- 

 lars of this moth abundant on the Lombardy poplar; also on P. trem- 

 uloides. The full-grown larva is 3.5 inches long, smoky yellowish- 

 gray; lateral fringes brownish. They spun up late in July, the moth 

 appearing in about three weeks. A few caterpillars were observed 

 in August. 



Darapsa versicolor, Clem. — This beautiful and rare sphinx feeds 

 on the button bush {Cephalanthus occidentalis); I have not met it on any 

 other plant. I have for years tried to rear it from the caterpillar; 

 so far I have met with indifferent success. Two years ago I took 

 twenty-one larvae, apparently in good condition, on a space covered 

 with the button bush, not exceeding one hundred square feet. They 

 were treated with much care, but to my sorrow one after another 

 died; at the end of a week only five remained, all of which spun the 

 usual light cocoon at the surface of the ground and changed to 

 pupae; these remained alive until spring, when they, too, one after 

 another died, save one, which in May gave a fine imago. Last year 

 a smaller number of larvae were found; again only one moth was ob- 

 tained. This year, although the larvae were put upon plants grow- 

 ing in flower-pots, nearly all died before transforming. The cater- 

 pillars are usually found on plants growing in shady swamps, but 

 rarely in borders of the same where exposed to the sun. 



I have often taken the moth at " sugar," i. e., upon strings of 

 dried apples soaked in stale beer and molasses. D. choerilus is at- 

 tracted by the same bait, while D. myron I have never taken at 



the same. 



Ph. Fischer. 



