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you - Sent a lot to Fitch - splendid Catacollas
- Look sharp on the shade trees and in
the woods for Catacollas - they stick close to the
body of the tree and look like the bark -

I will try and come to Chicago when your
Nat History Society has another meeting.

I have got LeConts Cicindella paper
the plates are well executed, good monograph
just what we needed.

I have read your description of Regina Kirtlandi
Good - We have a large pet Scotophis
vulpinis
- drinks milk like smoke - knows
what is good - feed him on tadpoles & milk -

Jenny gets on in music remarkably well
reads the notes right off

Albert wishes to know whether you have
the Papillio ajax abundant - here they are
not in great numbers -

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MosquitoMike

"Catacollas" is likely a misspelling for the Catocala moths, which looks like tree bark when the wings are closed.

The Grove National Historic Landmark

9/26/2023 Initial review complete. CE
Action: Changed "cotacollas" to "catacollas" in lines 1 and 3.