SATURNIA GALBINA. 105 



Secondaries, discal ocellus same as on primaries, but a little smaller; sub-marginal brown band narrowest 



in the middle. ' . , , , , , ■ i , , i- ■ ^u u 



Under surface much as above, but the sub-marginal bands have a white, undulate line running through 



them from inner margin to costa. , , , , , t^ r-i v.- i w 



The female expands 2f inches, and was evidently the only sex known to Dr. Clemens, as his description, 



which I here append, applies to it and not the male. 



" \ntenna> luteous. Bodv and head rather dark brown. Fore wings yellowish-brown, with a rather faint, whitish angnlated 

 band at' the ba.e On the discal nervare is a round, black ocellus having a central subvitreous streak containing a yellow circle, and 

 toward tie We of the wing a slender blue crescent. A whitish band cro.sses the middle of the nervules, with a taint wavy one between 

 and the hind margin. In the apical interspace is a black si,„t, with a crimson streak to the tip ol the wing. The marginal porUon 

 of"t e win^ is vhuLl and is tinged in the terminal edge with pale yellowish-brown. _ Hn,l wings similar in color and ornamcn ation 

 to ull fore'wings! tiie ocelli being somewhat smaller. On the under surjace, which is similar in hue to tlie upper, the famt wavy l.ands 

 of the fore and hind wing.s are very distinct. 



" Texa.s. Collection of Capt. Pope." 



Thniigh in the above, which is all the author says, there is nothing to indicate which sex was described, nor is the important item 

 ,,r«i7p mentioned still I have no doubt that this is the species alluded to. , , ■„. ^ , , . r ^u i, <• 



I received six examples, live c^, one ?, from south-western Texas, on the border of the Eio Grande but most of them before 

 cominVfnto mv , ossessio i had suflered to such an extent, from the ravages of mites or other insect depredators, as to be utterly worth- 

 lesr In "he ^fu e°im of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington, are also examples which, I believe, are from the same locality. 



T i spec^ s exceedinglv rare, the ex^unples cited being, as far a.s I am aware, the only ones extant in any collec ion. As tar 

 as mvknowled-e extends, this isthe onlv true Saturnia, Schranck, known to occur in the western hemisphere ; and, though of a somewhat 

 slighter form, cloBely resembles the common European species, especially Spini, S^chitt. 



HEPIALUS THULE. Nov Sp 



(PLATE XII, FIG. 6 ?.) 



Female. Expands 3 inches. , . , . i ,i i j- u u 



Upper surface vellowish-white. Primaries, costa from base to two-thirds its ength reddish-brown, 

 within which colour, 'about equidistant from each other, are three n shaped yellowish-white marks; the brown 

 colour of costa extends into the discal space, at its base there enclosing two small silver spots, the one nearest 

 the costa beincr the largest; directlv beyond the outer extremity of the discal space, the brownish colour also 

 extends the same distance, likewise enclosing two closely-connected silver spots ; two sub-marginal bands com- 

 posed of rather small, reddish-brown spots, the innermost extending from near inner angle to costa near the apex, 

 the other not reaching to the costa, but connected with the first at the last sub-costal nervule ; half way be- 

 ween the innermost sub-marginal band and the brownish costal space is a brown line extending from costa 

 inwards as far as where the sub-marginal bands connect; a marginal row of small brown spots; on inner 

 maro-in near the termination of the sub-median nervure, is a. small brown spot j u i ■ „i 



Secondaries tinged with reddish on the costa, and very slightly so on c.llim of exterior and abdominal 

 margins ; otherwise immaculate. 



Under surface same colour as above, with the markings iaintly repeated. ,.,... i^t v v> 



From a single female sent me from Montreal, Canada, by my excellent entomological friend, Mr. i^ . ±5. 

 Caulfield, who stated that it was captured in a park in that city. 



It is the only example of this grand insect I have ever seen or heard of, and is so far probably unique. 



NOTES ON VARIOUS SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



Lyc^na Reoia, Boisduval, Lep. Cal., p. 46 (1869), is Lyccna SonorensU, Felder, Eeise Nov., Lep. II, p. 281, T. 35, f. 3, 4 (1865). 



Lyc^na Rh^a, Boisduval, Lep. Cal., p. 51 (1869), is a synonym of Lyc^a Catalina, Reakirt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., 

 p. 244 (1866). 



CATOCALA LEVETTEi, Grote, in' advance sheets of Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. (under date of September, 1874), is identical with 

 C. Judith, p. 96, T. XI, f. 5, in this work (printed August, 18,4). 



Catocala Anna, Grote, 1. c, is Catocala Amestris, 1. c. 



Catocala Adoptina, Grote, 1. c, is Catocala Delilah, 1. c. 



the coloratLn of abdomen' met'athorax and posterior wings, readily distinguishes the present from Hams species. 



