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39. Catocala nuptialis, Walker. 



Catocala nuptialis, Walk. C. B. M. XIII, p. 1206 (1857). 



This species I have not identified. The description in the British 

 Museum Lists agrees in some points with the succeeding, without coin- 

 ciding. 



" United States." 



40. Catocala abbreviatello, Grote. 



^ £ . Primaries smooth pale grey, but little shaded, a little darker termin- 

 ally. Basal half line fine. T. a. line black, very broad and distinct, straightly 

 outwardly oblique to below median nervure opposite the subreniform, thence 

 entirely lost and obliterate. Eeniform moderate, annulate, with a black spot in- 

 teriorly. T. p. line faint, obliterate, plainest opposite the disc, without promi- 

 nent teeth, encircling the open subreniform, the inner edge of which latter, 

 approximate to the extremity of the black portion of the t. a. line and superior- 

 ly touching the lower part of the reniform, is alone marked and distinct. Sub- 

 terminal shades vague ; sub-terminal space faintly tinted with brown. Hind 

 wings bright yellow. A rather narrowed, slightly constricted median black 

 band expires much before the margin. Hind border not wide, interrupted 

 and forming a prominent spot at anal angle. Beneath, the median band is 

 aborted superiorly. Thorax pale grey, collar with a darker stain. Abdomen 

 dust color, pale. Expanse 46 mm. 



Two specimens from Texas (Belfrage). 



Resembles no species known to me in the peculiar appearance of the 

 ordinary lines of the primaries. 



41. Catocala freclerici, Grote. 



£._ Front, between the eyes, narrowly longitudinally dark brown. Ter- 

 minal palpal joints dark brownish, mixed with grey on 2nd joint. Basal joint 

 pale. Vertex, collar and thorax very pale testaceous greyish or whitish, without 

 markings; collar faintly olivaceous. Abdomen clear bright yellow : beneath 

 paler. Legs pale greyish, tarsi annulate with black. Anterior wings with ob- 

 literate markings, somewhat dark olivaceous, but overlaid everywhere with 

 pale scales, through which the lines are faintly visible. All the lines are dull 

 olivaceous blackish, most strongly marked on costa. Basal half line distinct. 

 The t. a. line appears widely geminate, the outer component line broadly tri- 

 gonately marked on costa. Median shade irregular, perpendicular. Ordinary 

 spots obsolete. Eeniform apparently large and circular, succeeded by an ir- 

 regular darker shade. T. p. line even, regularly scolloped and brought into re- 

 lief by a coincident narrow very pale shade. Subterminal line dark, evenly 

 dentate, slightly projected opposite the disc. A distinct terminal series of in- 

 terspaceal black points and short pale streaks. Fringes pale. Secondaries 

 largely clear bright yellow. A narrow black median band tapering inferiorly 

 and discontinued shortly beyond its inward projection, expiring much before 

 internal margin. Terminal band narrow, especially at apex where it is even 

 and leaves a broad yellow apical space below which it is externally evenly 

 scolloped. It is discontinued abruptly at 2nd nervule. At vein 1 on the mar- 

 gin is a faint black spot. Beneath both wings are clear yellowish with narrow 

 terminal and median bands. Expanse 57 mm. Length of body 28 mm. 



