68 SPECIMENS OE 



paler ; the suhreniform spot open. Hind wings 

 pinkish red, like Ifeskei ; the middle band narrower 

 than in Brisels, and more transverse, less rounded . 



Catocala Beaniana, Grote, Can. Eut. x. p. 195. 

 Catocala Beaniana^ Hy. Edw., Bull. B. E. 8. iii. p. 55. 



In ' Papilio,' i. p. 16i, I gave a list of the North- 

 American species of Catocala described by myself, 

 from which the present form was accidentally 

 omitted. Almost all of these were published by 

 me some time ago, and are now recognized gene- 

 rally in collections. The species of this genus have 

 attracted the attention of collectors from their 

 gay colours and usually large size ; and much has 

 been published upon them since the date (1872) of 

 my general paper on our species in the Trans- 

 actions of the American Entomological Society. 

 Of a few of the following kinds the opinion has 

 been expressed that they are " varieties." It is 

 now nearly twenty years since I described Cato- 

 cala JPlatriv; and since that time I have ex- 

 amined a very large material in the genus, so that 

 I am reasonably confident that the following list 

 contains none but valid species, constantly recur- 

 ring forms which do not intergrade with others. At 

 the outside there are but two or three of which I 

 have not seen many specimens, as, for instance, 

 Dulciola, of which, however, Mr. Pilate assures me 

 he has taken a certain number of perfectly con- 

 stant examples. C. Alabama? is a Southern form, 

 allied to, but perfectly distinct from, Grynea, and 

 which I have recently seen again in a collection 



