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on the ventral side reaches from the head case to lower end of wing 

 cases, and the abdomen has orange bands between the segments ; on the 

 wing case a curved black band crosses longitudinally, and in this the 

 nervules of the wing are orange ; there is also a row of black dots or 

 small spots about the hind margin ; the tubercles orange, and nearly all 

 have a black crescent on the anterior side ; on the posterior side of the 

 abdominal segments are also small black spots. The coloration varies 

 much, and some examples are almost deprived of the black markings, 

 while retaining the orange. 



NOTES ON CATOCAL^. 



BY A. R. GROTE, 



Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



Catocala junctura Walk. 



Dr. Bailey has taken near Albany a little larger form than unijuga, with 

 rather paler primaries and much the same markings. The hind wings are 

 a little more pinkish, without the dusky basal hairs of unijuga. The band 

 is a little narrower than in unijuga and terminates much before the internal 

 margin. It tallies with my recollection of Walker's type oi junctura in 

 the British Museum, and I am disposed to think that junctura is now 

 rediscovered. 



Catocala Anna Grote. 



Mr. Thos. E. Bean has taken this species in Illinois. It varies slightly 

 in the terminal band being sometimes entirely broken before anal angle. 



Catocala Frederici Grote. 



This species, described by me from types in the Royal Museum at 

 Berlin, taken by Friedrichs in Southern Texas, has now been rediscovered 

 by Belfrage in Bosque Co. Mr. Belfrage sends me a specimen under the 

 number "672,"' taken on pine, which agrees perfectly with the original 

 description and with a water-color drawing made from the Berlin speci- 



