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quarter of an inch long, oval in shape, and were found in the earth close 

 by the nearly consumed pupa of the Sphinx. From a cocoon of S. Vir- 

 ghiica I have obtained those of a parasite, probably a Chalcis, the insects 

 having escaped through an aperture in the jar in which I had placed the 

 cocoons. They are about a quarter of an inch long, of a bright red color, 

 and are attached to the outer surface of the cocoon of the moth. Judging 

 from what has transpired among my collection of larvee made at Oak Hill, 

 New York, the past summer, I am led to believe that the parasitic visita- 

 tion to that locality must have been numerous, promising to the agricul- 

 turist rather than to the entomologist a better reward for the industry of 

 the present season. 



A NEW CATOCALA. 



BY G. H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 



Catocala Sara, n. sp. 



Expanse 3.10 inches. A form in size and general appearance resem- 

 bling C. Aspasia, Streck,, but having much darker colored fore wings, 

 besides other points of difference. Primaries blackish gray from the base 

 to the t. a. line, along the posterior margin to the subterminal line, and 

 from this in a broad band to the costa, the inner part of this band running 

 along the inner side of the reniform. This color is formed of a black or 

 brownish black ground, sprinkled with white scales. This leaves a pale 

 space between the stigmata from the median vein to the costa, and the 

 whole end of the wing beyond the dark space spoken of. T. a. line indis- 

 tinct, of the ground color, but with less white scales ; t. p. line distinct 

 anteriorly, one large and one small tooth opposite the reniform. Subter- 

 minal space scarcely tinged with brown, the subterminal line white with a 

 sprinkhng of black scales. Orbicular indistinct, black with a few white . 

 scales, reniform with a few white scales and an annulus of gray. Terminal 

 space gray. Secondaries rosy red, the median band very much as in the 

 form VValshii, not reaching the inner margin, a Httle constricted opposite 

 the disc, beyond this a little enlarged, after which it narrows to less than 

 half the costal width. Terminal line like IValshii, with an internal exca- 

 vation before the anal angle that reaches half through the band. In 

 Aspasia this excavation extends almost or quite through the band. Ter 

 minal fringe white, internal gray with a few blackish hairs at the base of 



