INSECTS INJURING OAK-LEAVES. 179 
250. Catocala polygama Guene"e. 
This species has been bred from the oak by Professor Kiley, and the 
following description has been drawn from the blown specimen in his 
collection. The caterpillar pupates in a loose cocoon among leaves. 
" May 7, 1872. About full-grown ; found under shelter at foot of 
blackjack oak. Color preserves well. Some paler than others. They 
lie very flat on the twigs. 
" It prepared for pupation May 10, and changed to pupa May 16, 
the moth issuing June 6.'' (Riley's unpublished notes.) 
Larva. — Body of the usual shape, with no spines or large tubercles. Head as 
usual, black on the sides of the front and vertex. Body ash brown, lineated, with 
two broad dark dorsal stripes, succeeded below by a narrower but similar stripe. 
Sides of the body above the base of the legs dark ash. On each abdominal segment 
are four light, distinct, small tubercles, and four on each side arranged in a rhom- 
boid. A row of large black ventral patches edged with orange on each segment, 
becoming largest between the first and second pair of abdominal legs. Length 65 min . 
Pupa. — Of the usual form, the body frosted over with a whitish powder. Length 
25 mm . 
Moth.— The four wings slightly greenish gray, powdered with dark ferruginous 
scales, especially beyond the outer line, where this shade forms a dentate submar- 
ginal line. The outer or extradiscal line is more finely waved, and above the sub- 
median vein it passes into a black spot bordered with rust-red. The edge of the 
hind wings are indented with yellow at the outer angle. 
251. Catocala coccinata Grote. 
The caterpillar of this moth has been bred from the oak by Mr. D. 
W. Coquillett, of Illinois. His specimen spun its cocoon June 6, pro- 
ducing the imago the 30th of the same month. 
Larva. — Body dark gray, a curved fleshy proiection on top of segment 8 ; segment 
11 slightly raised, with two tubercles on the top ; a row of small prickles on the 
dorsal space, sixteen legs, a black spot beneath each of the segments which bear the 
four pairs of abdominal legs ; head gray, bordered with black. Length 62 mm . 
(Coquillett.) 
Moth. — A little smaller than C.parta ; clear cinereous ; before the reniform, which 
is smaller and paler than in C. parta, the wing is whitish and occasionally allows 
the crimson underface to be reflected. Subreniform spot whitish and large. Hind 
wings bright crimsou. (Grote.) 
The following species are geometrids, or species of the lepidopterous 
family Phalcenidce : 
252. Eutrapala clemataria Hiibner. 
The caterpillar of this moth occurred on the live oak at Crescent 
City, Fla., in April. My specimens were left to be bred in the office of 
the IT. S. Entomologist, at Washington, but died. The following notes 
were copied for me by Mr. Pergande. 
1 The larva had not eaten anything for some days when received, and drank' 
greedily some water when placed near some drops, and soon after commenced feed- 
ing on leaves of white and other oaks. It cast a skin two or three days after and 
became quite dark brownish. It died April 27 of diarrhea. 
