86 [June 



lav line which is also discontinued after traversing about one-fourth of 

 the entire breadth of the wing. Under surface of both pair somewhat 

 lighter shaded, without markings except a faint median shade line on 

 the anterior wings. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen and legs dull cine- 

 reous, same shade as posterior wings, without markings. % and 9 , 

 similar. Exp. lyt^ to 1 /jj inches. Coll. Eat. Soc. Philadelphia. 

 Hab. Eastern and Middle States. Not uncommon. 



Amphipyra inornata. nov. sp. 



Anterior wings silky, pale-blackish mixed with greyish, resembling 

 in ornamentation those of A. pyramidoides Guenee. In the present 

 species the orbicular spot appears more reduced, the transverse poste- 

 rior line more bent, and the costa more convex. Posterior wings cu- 

 preous, blackish-grey along the costa to 3rd superior vein, rest of the 

 wing with a faint, pale reddish tinge, ill-defined superiorily along exter- 

 nal margin, which latter is more excavated than in A. pyramidoides. 

 in which the posterior wings appear proportionally larger. Thorax 

 gi-eyish mixed with dark brownish ; tegulae and disc paler than in A. 

 2}yrnmidoides. Abdomen pale greyish above, marked with black and 

 white at the sides as in its congener, but with a more testaceous anal 

 tuft. % . Exp. IJ inches. Coll. Mr. Wm. Saunders. 



Hah. Canada West. 



In the markings of the anterior wings this species nearly imitates 

 A. pyramidoides. the costa is however perceptibly more convex, the 

 coloration paler and the designs more effaced. The coloration of the 

 posterior wings is quite different and they appear at first glance almost 

 concolorous ; these differences, together with its smaller size, prevent 

 me from considering it as a variety of A. pyramidoides^ which latter 

 is moreover a very constant species. 



Catocala phulanga, laov. sp. Plate 3. fig. 1. % . 



Var. "A."' C. palcEogama Guenee, Noct. .3. p. 97. 

 Anterior wings slightly produced at the apex, blackish, suftused 

 with pale bluish grey on the 3uperior half of the median space, trans- 

 verse posterior line followed by a distinct black coincident baud. Ex- 

 treme base greyish ; basal line black, distinct; sub-basal space large, 

 entirely suffused with black. Transverse anterior line irregularly un- 

 dulate, black, distinct, forming a sub-costal tooth • median space pale 

 bluish grey, almost whitish anterior to the reniform spot, sprinkled 



