slaty brown ; collar touched with orange ; abdomen metallic 

 blue above, white beneath ; legs white inwardly. Expanse 38 mm. 

 Indian River, Fla. Collection of Mr. Hy. Edwards, aft^^whom 

 this interesting species is named. wB 



Parasa fraterna, n. sp. W 



This differs from clitoris, which is evidently Reakirt's viridtis, 

 by the absence of the brown dark spot on the terminal brown mar- 

 ginal band of primaries, and by the greater width of that band, and 

 the narrowness of the green median band. Else the species are 

 very similar, but the difiference is striking in comparison. Fraterna 

 is slighter than its ally, and the larva, found by Mr. Tepper, is 

 quite distinct from that of c/itoris, as I am informed by Mr. Tep- 

 per. Thorax and vertex green ; hindwings yellowish at base, with 

 darker border ; fore wings with an inwardly oblique median green 

 band, not extending over costal edge, and reaching to the base of 

 the wing along internal margin. N. Y., Mass., Mr. Roland Thax- 

 ter ; also in Mr. Tepper's collection. 



Mamestra sutrina, n. sp. 



This species is similarly sized with the Californian cuneata, 

 but a little slighter-bodied. It is deep brown, cut and lined with 

 white and wants all yellowish markings, and is thus differently 

 colored from its ally. It differs in markings by the absence of 

 the dots following the t. p. line, and by the white lunulate s. t. 

 line. ^Lines double, filled in with white. Reniform and orbic- 

 ular subequal, approximate, white-ringed. Claviform outlined 

 in black, beyond it a white spot. A dark line upon submedian 

 fold. Median lines lunulate, uneven, approaching inferiorly. 

 Black interspaceal marks precede the white s. t. line. Half-line 

 marked ; t. a. line nearly perpendicular, marked by a black outer 

 line and preceding white shade ; t. p. line outwardly bent above, 

 drawn in below vein 4, well removed outwardly. Beneath fus- 

 cous ; hind wings irrorate with whitish, with discal dot and trans- 

 verse line ; above, secondaries with darker border and slightly 

 paler base. Eyes hairy; body tufted. Expanse o 30 mm. Col- 

 orado. 



CATA|it>L,j^ULCIOLA, n. sp. 



A new spares of Catocala (I do not now think we have to do 

 with a variety), has been collected by my friend, G. R. Pilate, of 

 Dayton, Ohio, in his neighborhood. It is of the size o{ crataegi 

 and has its paler color ; it is pale greenish gray, the primaries 

 with a slight reflection recalling, praectara. It is intermediate 

 between atabamae and cratacgi. It differs by the anterior line, 

 forming a moderate arc, being more even and without the usual 

 indentation on vein i. The line^ are black, the t. p. line fine. 

 The veins are marked with black over the terminal space. The 

 median shade is indicated by a dentate^ black costal mark, a 

 black basal dash. The basal space is darker than the rest of the 



