112 WM. H. EDWARDS. 



DeMcription ora new species orCATOCALA Troiu ArizouH. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS. 



Catooala Kdifha. 



Midf. — Expands 3.3 inches. Primaries lif^ht gray brown, crossed 

 longitudinally from base to a point just below apex by a blackish brown 

 stripe; the transverse lines distinct; the basal nearly entire from the 

 costa to middle of sub-median interspace, and there serrated in the 

 form of the letter W, the middle serration being very small; the 

 elbowed line has two prominent teeth, the upper one projecting about 

 one-tenth inch ; following these a deep ob-ovate sinus that reaches 

 nearly to the basal line; on the lower edge of this sinus the line is 

 twice serrated and then forms a re-entering angle to submedian ner- 

 vure ; a wavy gray serrated stripe crosses the extra discal area, ante- 

 riorly following the course of the elbowed line, but posteriorly nearly 

 parallel to the hind margin; within the margin a series of brown 

 points in the several interspaces, each on a gray streak coming from 

 the margin ; reniform bright brown, edged on the basal side with 

 black. Secondaries bright rosy red ; the median band rather broad, 

 contracted on the middle on the outer side, even edged and with a 

 circular curve on the inner side, terminating in a blunt point a little 

 within the abdominal margin ; the marginal border broad, and some- 

 what sinuous within posteriorly; the margin narrowly edged with yel- 

 low white, with fringes of same color. 



On the under side the red shade covers rather more than one-third 

 of the wing, but is partly wanting on the submedian interspace out- 

 side of the median band. 



From a single specimen taken in Sonoto Valley, by Mr. Henshaw, 

 July, 1874. 



