AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 13 



35. < atoeala antinympha, Hubner sp. 

 Catocala melanympha, Guenee. 



% 9 • — Smaller and slighter than C. muliercula. Primaries dead black, with 

 velvety black lines defined by very narrow pale shades. Reniform with pale 

 center and internal annulus. The brown color of the subterminal space fills in 

 the large and open subreniform, within which the pale external edging of the 

 t. p. line becomes more evident. The pale grey serrated shade before the s. t. 

 line is tolerably distinct, as are the interspaceal terminal double, black and 

 pale points. Hind wings light bright yellow with black basal hairs and an 

 even well continued median band. Fringes black, whitish at apex. Expanse 

 54 mm. 



Middle and Eastern States. Rare. 



36. Catocala serena, Edwards. 



% 9 . — Dusky ashen. Head, collar and costse of primaries, more or less suf- 

 fused or shaded with a darker blackish ashen tint. Lines fine. T. a. with a 

 fine costal tooth, thence slightly waved to internal margin. T. p. line finely 

 dentate, with a single slightly projected tooth opposite the cell. Reniform 

 small, inconspicuous, single. Subreniform open, pale, formed by a deep sinus 

 oft. p. line, which runs again deeply inwardly at internal vein. The pale ser- 

 rated subterminal shade is evident, preceded and followed by dark shades. 

 Hind wings rather light yellow, with a narrow angulated continued black me- 

 dian band tapering to internal margin. Basal hairs dusky. Marginal band 

 broad, its inner edge even, angulated or elbowed. Beneath the bands are broad, 

 leaving narrow yellow interspaces ; body dark. Expanse 58 to 60 mm. 



Several specimens from Pennsylvania examined. My good friend 

 Mr. Sanborn has sent me a specimen from Massachusetts. 



37. Catocala illecta, Walker. 



%. — A broad winged, moderately stout species, recalling C. concumbens in 

 appearance and color of primaries. Forewings and thorax pale grey, lightly 

 shaded, evenly colored; collar marked with brown linear shades. Lines fine 

 and black. Reniform small. T. p. line acutely dentate, with a single strongly 

 projected tooth opposite the cell (the usual lower tooth reduced), the moder- 

 ate subreniform open, formed by a deep sinus of the t. p. line which is 

 again rather deeply inflected on the internal nervure. Subterminal shad- 

 ings very inconspicuous. Hind wings bright golden yellow without darker 

 basal hairs. Median band proportionally narrow, once constricted, even, 

 squarely and abruptly terminated much before the margin. Terminal band 

 narrow forming a disconnected spot at the angle ; fringes whitish. Abdomen 

 yellow. Beneath, body and wings grey. Disc yellow; bands narrow ; on se- 

 condaries median band discontinued superiorly, forming a discal lunule on the 

 cell. Expanse 75 mm. 



A single specimen without locality in Mr. Edwards' Collection. 



38. Catocala Clintonii, Grote. 



Catocala Clintonii, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 3, p. 89. PI. 3, fig. 4 J , (1864). 



I have fully illustrated this species, of which I have seen but few 

 specimens from New York aud Massachusetts, as above cited. It is 

 rare in Collections and I have not yet seen the male. 



