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18. Catocala amatrix, Hubner sp. 



Catocala selecta, Walker. =var. Catocala nums, "Walker. 

 % 9 . — A fine large species with soft brown primaries, the lines and 

 spots indistinct. Sometimes the wing is suffused longitudinally with 

 blackish from the base outwardly ; this is Mr. Walker's C. nurus. 

 Secondaries bright rose pink ; the median black band broad and even, 

 terminated before the internal margin. Expanse 74 to 86 mm. 



Of common occurrence in various localities throughout the Eastern 

 and Middle States. 



19. Catocala cara, Guenie. 



% 9- — Primaries deep blackish-brown above. The lines narrow, velvety 

 black, better marked superiorly, tending to become obliterate towards internal 

 margin. Ornamentation much as in C. amatrix; the lines and veins are 

 shaded and marked with olivaceous scales. Hind wings deep intense rose red 

 with an unusually broad and even black median band continued to internal 

 margin. Basal hairs black. Expanse 85 to 90 mm. 



A still more beautiful species than C. amatrix, to which it is allied, 

 but C. cara is stouter and more brilliantly colored than its ally. 



In the same localities with foregoing and occuring as frequently. 

 Also from Southern States. 



20. Catocala coucnmbens, Walker. 



% 9 • — Also allied to C. amatrix but a much smaller species. Primaries 

 pale brownish evenly frosted over with whitish scales. Collar soft brown, dis- 

 colorous with the cinereous thorax. Ordinary lines black, narrow and distinct 

 Reniform vague, whitish, with a dark internal annulus. Subreniform open. 

 Secondaries bright pink with a broad abbreviate median black band ; fringes 

 white. Beneath, the band is narrower and more irregular. Average expanse 

 68 mm. 



More common Northward ; my specimens are from Canada and 

 the Eastern States. Abundant in some localities. The larva has 

 been described by Mr. Wm. Saunders. 



21. Catocala marmorata, Edwards. 



I have seen the type of this large species which I regard as allied 

 to C. ilia. My detailed description is now lost and I forwarded the 

 specimen to New York to be figured, so it is now inaccessible to me. 

 The species is from Yreka, California. 



With regard to the specific name this is already used in the Noctu- 

 idae for a species of Hadena. It has been hitherto the custom to re- 

 ject such names, but this should not be done where, as in the present 

 case, there is no danger of confusion. 



