THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CATOCALA NEBRASKA, Dodge. 



BY G. M. DODGE, GLENCOE, DODGE CO., NEBRASKA. 



Expanse. 2.70 inches. Primaries scalloped, apparently brown, being 

 densely sprinkled with black scales on a reddish gray ground. Reniform 

 tinged with red, clouded anteriorly with black, and having a black central 

 spot, Sub-reniform indistinct. Terminal line nearly obsolete, the grayish 

 band which precedes it showing plainest on the costa. All the transverse 

 lines are black, and a curved row of seven black dots appears on the 

 interspaces along the outer margin. Fringe dark, tipped with white. 



Secondaries red, of about the same shade as appears in C. parta. 

 Median band not much curved, and of nearly the same width as appears 

 in C. unljuga , excavated anteriorly at the extremity of the discal cell, 

 slightly constricted just after crossing the first median venule, and ends 

 abruptly at the submedian vein ; a few scattered scales appear beyond. 

 Marginal band of medium width ; even on inner edge, excavated opposite 

 the termination of the median band, and ends about half way between 

 the submedian and internal veins. Apex white, tinged with red. 



Fringe white, spotted with black, which color predominates at the 

 anal angle. Thorax same color as primaries. Abdomen clear brown, 

 three of the segments tipped with white. Beneath, the general appearance 

 much as in allied species. Median band of secondaries ends at sub- 

 median vein. 



Taken at Crlencoe, Dodge County, Nebraska, in August, 1874. Mr. 

 Orote informs me that this species seems to be related to Catoea/a 

 California!. 



NOTE OX CATOCALA NEBRASKA, BY A. R. GROTE, BUFFALO, X. V. 



Mr. Dodge has sent me a specimen of this species, recently discovered 

 by himself. It is closely allied to the European C. nupta. It differs by 

 the greater obliquity of the t. p. line and the shallower submedian sinus. 

 The fore wings are otherwise quite similar in color and design, while the 

 lines are more deeply black marked in Nebraska'. The hind wings differ 

 by the greater narrowness of the terminal band, and notably by the nar- 

 rower, more rounded and non-angulated median fascia. The species 

 seem to be related somewhat as C. elocata of Europe and C. Walshii of 



