Cjje dHanabian d^ntomologfei 



VOL. V. LONDON, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1873. No. 9 



ON THE GENUS CATOCALA. 



BY AUG. R. GROTE., BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Catocala Mcskei, Grote. 



Forewings dentate, pulverulent, of a rather lighter grey than C. 

 unijuga. Median lines black, single, not very distinct. A whitish space 

 before the large bisannulate concolorous reniform ; sub-reniform likewise 

 whitish, closed, joined to the t. p. line, the latter jagged but without very 

 prominent discal teeth, making a deeper and narrower sinus above vein 

 than in C. unijuga. Subterminal upright, dentate, shade (preceding the 

 blackish line) distinct. Terminal line appearing as black lunulated inter- 

 spaceal marks. Hind wings bright red, somewhat pinkish. The black 

 median band is straight, not regularly curved as in C. parta, and straighter 

 than in C. unijuga, rather narrow, nowhere greatly excavate, rounding and 

 narrower on the interspace between veins 1 and 2 opposite the excavation 

 of the marginal band, arrested at vein 1, but a few blackish scales mark 

 its continuance towards internal margin. Marginal band narrower than in 

 C. unijuga. Ciliae white, with a few red scales at base, especially at 

 apices. Beneath the median band of the hind wings is narrower than 

 above, with the same peculiarities, constricted at veins 2 and 5, and con- 

 tinued by scattered scales beyond vein 1. Expanse 78 m. m. 



Lent me by Mr. O. Meske, after whom I name the species, from near 

 Albany, N. Y., and who writes me that it has been taken in considerable 

 numbers by a collector in that vicinity. 



Note i. — Mr. Walker's description of C. junctura applies to the 

 secondaries of C. meskei, but the color is not "red lead, orange-red 

 towards the base," nor is there any " large elongated apical spot," nor 



