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have had specimens from New England, Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas and 
Virginia. 
Although common, Catocala concumbens is a very attractive insect. 
Its forward wings being a soft gray, while two bars of black and two 
of pink adorn the lower wings. This moth may be taken 1 )y sugar¬ 
ing, and it will also come to a light, and is a pretty creature for one 
to see coming in at his window fluttering its wings of black and 
pink just in front of his face. This insect is probably found over a 
large part of this country, as I have specimens from many, localities. 
Stone walls or heaps of rocks in the woods seem to be favorite 
haunts of this moth; and as the bright pink lower wings are covered 
by the gray' upper ones when at rest, it" is not easily discovered. 
Two and three-quarters inches is the expanse of wing of a good- 
sized specimen. The caterpillar lives on willow. 
Catocala epione. 
A number of the Catocala have no bands of bright color on the 
lower wings, but these members are simply black or dark brown 
with a white fringe, while the upper wings are very like those 
insects I have been describing. The present species is one of this 
class, and there are a large number so closely related that their 
separation into species is not an easy matter. 
