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along the posterior margin, grayish olive. The lines are indis- 

 tinctly seen, and the reniform is almost obsolete. 



I $ Newburgh, N. Y. (Miss Emily L. Morton.) 



Catocala Miranda, n. sp. 



Allied to C. Levettei, Grote, and probably confounded with 

 it in collections. It is, however, smaller, with the primaries of a 

 clearer grey, and with the lines sharper and more distinct. The 

 t. a. line is oblique, and very slightly dentated, reaching the in- 

 ternal margin at a point very near the middle, and almost con- 

 nected there with the t. p.. line, which runs into a long tooth on 

 the lower sub-median nervule. The reniform is well defined, 

 gray surrounded by a whitish cloud. Secondaries black, with the 

 fringes clear white, thus presenting a strong point of difference 

 from C. Levettei. The thorax has the collar brown, and well 

 marked. Underside smoky brown, with the apices, a sub-mar- 

 ginal band on the primaries as well as the fringe of secondaries 

 white. 



Exp. wings. 1.75 inch. 



Washington, D. C. 



Type. Coll. Hy. Edwards. 



This interesting species was presented to me by Mr. A. 

 Koebele, who saw two other examples in the collection of Mr. H. 

 Schonburn. With the exception of C. tristis, Edw. this is the 

 smallest of the gray and black group known to me. 



Syneda occulta, n. sp. 



Allied to S. g7'aphiea. Hubn., but differing in its darker color, 

 and the arrangement of markings of the secondaries. The pri- 

 maries have the brownish shade of 5. adnmbrata, Behr., and are 

 very similar to that species. They want the stone colored shade 

 oi graphica, and the whole of the lines and shading is much heav- 

 ier. The t. a. line is much more regular, not toothed, but 

 slightly angled in the middle, and very heavily shaded posteriorly 

 with brown-black. The t. p. line is also nearly straight in its out- 

 line, very slightly sinuate inwardly about the centre, leaving the 

 median space about equal width on the costal and internal mar- 

 gins. It is edged anteriorly with yellowish brown. The sub- 

 oblong pale patch beyond the t. p. line is nearly the same shape 

 as in adumbrata, and not so long as in grapJiica. It has a deep 

 obtuse tooth outwardly, where it is bordered with dark brown, 

 and joins the t. p. line at the median nervule. The submarginal 

 space is deep fawn-drab, and the fringe is the same color. Sec- 

 ondaries rather dull orange, a darker shade than in graphica^ and 

 not so vivid as in adnmbrata. The base is wholly clouded with 

 brownish, giving it a dull appearance. From the middle of costa 

 down to the anal angle, runs a rather broad, dusky, black band 



