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Hind femora unspined. 



Vertex very broad and blunt, one-half as wide or wider than the 

 distance between the eyes; tegmina and wings usually abbrevi- 

 ated; cerci of male long, acuminate at \xp.Xiphidium occidentale. 



Vertex less than half aswide as distance between eyes; tegmina and 

 wings variable, but covering whole of abdomen or more; cerci 

 of male short, strongly depressed at tip. .Xiphidium vicinum. 



MORE ABOUT THE RED-WINGED CATOCAL^. 



BY G. H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 



At the time of writing my article* on the " Red Wing" species of 

 Catocalse I was in doubt about a few forms, as there were some I had 

 not seen. Since writing that, Mr. O. C. Poling, of Quincy, 111., kindly 

 sent me for examination some of these, and many others from his large 

 collection ; besides enriching my cabinet with several species it did not 

 before contain. To bring the " Red Wings " into what seems to be their 

 proper relationship my last article needs a revision, which I will here 

 make before taking up the " Yellow Wing " forms. 



Marmorata should probably precede Concumbens, where it may be 

 found in this series. Mr. Poling's new species, Fre//chii, should follow 

 Calif omica and its varieties. Mr. Henry Edwards described both 

 Jessica and Portia as related to Califomica. These, with Mr. Poling's 

 species, Hippolyta and Luciana, it seems to me should constitute what 

 might be called the Ca/ifomica group. 



Next I would place the Junctura group, from 32 to 38. This 

 group has been a puzzle to all students of the genus from the time Mr. 

 Grote began working on it to the present. From a careful study of Mr. 

 Poling's large series, what my own cabinet contains, and some from the 

 cabinet of Supt. A. J. Snyder, of Belvidere, 111., I believe I have identi- 

 fied the forms so far as names are concerned. As to their value as 

 species, that can not be decided definitely without breeding, nor can 

 breeding decide the question unless we know what forms a brood make 

 after they are bred. I have bred one of these, Stretchii, and have in my 

 series a good representation of its variations. I would place Cassandra 

 just before this, a species that is also somewhat variable. I have taken 

 Walshii here for more than twenty years, and Walker's description of 

 Junctura does not fit any specimen I have ever taken. It seems to me 



* Can. Ent., XXXIII., 12 (Jan., 1901). 



