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Catocala . ( Plate xliv, fig. 3.) 



Color grayish brown. Head marked witli a wliite spot between tbe eyes. Thorax black, 

 marked by three transverse reddisli Itands. Abdomen dnsky, witli a reddish hue. 

 Forewinccs l)rown, marked with pale cinnamon bands. Ilindwincs l)lack, marked with 

 two c;u-mine zigzag bands, and a snbmarginal one more or less interrupted : edge 

 dressed with carmine. 



Catocala epio.ne. ( p]atc xlii, fig. 8.) 



Thorax and abdomen sooty ash-color. Wings crenate ; the anterior ones dark chocolate, 

 marked with an undulating dark ferruginous line running from tht^ anterior to the 

 posterior edge : anotlier line of the same color crosses the wing near its articulation ; 

 a broad dark patch occupying one-third of the wing's surface, showing within two 

 oval lighter spots. The whole appearance of the wing is nebulous, exhibiting broad 

 belts and dark and ferruginous lines arranged transversely. Posterior wing dark or 

 black, lighter along the abdominal border : cilia white. 

 Inferior side, the anterior wings are dark ashy at the base, and become black towards 

 the outer edges, but the tips are soot-colored : external margin ornamented with 

 seven whitish si)ots, above which there is a white line running IVom the .interior to 

 the posterior margin, and narrowing as it goes. Tliere is a large oblong whitish spot 

 between the line and shoulders. Posterior wings, upon their abdominal margin, ash- 

 color, deepening to black : a faint white streak runs a short distance down the wing 

 from the anterior margin. Spread of the wings 2 inches 6 lines. 



Catocala affinis. Painted Catocalla. ( Plate xlii fi<^. 5.) 



PiiAL/E-NA ( Linnreu.-i). Catocala (Schrank). 

 Antennre filiform, obscurely serrate upon the inferior side : tongue coiled, of a moderate 

 length : feelers thick, hairy and pointed. Anterior wings ashy gray, marked by a 

 wide line or narrow belt of a chocolate color, running from near the base of the 

 anterior margin towards the outer posterior angle, when it becomes a zigzag line 

 terminating in the anterior margin towards the outer angle : outer margin marked 

 by obscure short lines of a choc(date-color. Posterior wings orange, marked In- black 

 or dusky belts parallel with each other ; the outer belt parallel with the jicsterior 

 margin, leaving an orange patch upon the outer angle, and dots posteriorly : a black 

 line runs paralh 1 with the inner margin, terminating at its base. Inferior side marked 

 by alternating belts of orange and fuscous ; margin and base lighter colored : the 

 colors are all dull and faded below. Head and thorax dusky. Abdomen dusky above 

 and light below. Expanse of wing 1| inches. 



