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DRAWER XLII. 



Catocala promissa Esp. 



2685 New Forest. 1875 (Spiller). 



2684 „ ' „ 



1829 ,, viii. 1874 (Spiller). 



1828 



1830 



Ground colour and markings decidedly ochreous in tone. 



Catocala serenides Stand. 



Sunk in Dr. Staudinger's 'Catalog,' 1901, as being a 

 variety of C. bella Biitl. 

 6399 Chabarofka, Amurland, 1881-1886 (Graeser's expedition). $ 

 6398 „ „ „ „ 6 



Catocala puerpera Gioma. 



5775 Switzerland, 1885 (Staudinger). 

 5776 



The hind wings orange-red rather than ' pale crimson ' 

 as described by Kirby. (?) var. pallida Alph. 



Catocala pacta Linn. 



3086 Germany, 1876 (Staudinger). 

 3087 



Catocala optata God. 



3829 South France, 1877 (Staudinger). 



3830 



The blackish-brown basal streak and sharply-pointed 

 second line less pronounced than in the preceding. 



Catocala neonympha Esp. 



3524 Continent, 1876 (Staudinger). 

 3525 



Catocala f ulminea Scop. = paranympha Linn. 



Catocala nymphaea Esp. 



4740 Continent, 1880 (Staudinger). 



4299 „ 1879 



4300 



Kirby states that this species ' has fore wings like 

 those of C. conversa.' But the difference is con- 

 siderable, especially noticeable being the pronounced 

 character here of the ' sub-reniform ' stigma, and the 

 absence of the black trifid mark where the second 

 line meets the inner margin. 



Catocala conversa £s/).=uxor Hub. 



5752 Greece, 1885 (Staudinger). 

 5753 



= } 



Var. agamos Hub. A melanic form : ground colour 

 of the fore wings darker, and the yellow of the hind 

 wings suffused with smoky-brown. 



Catocala diversa Hub.-Gey. 



4061 Continent, 1878 (Staudinger). 



4854 „ 1880 



4855 



