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130 NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES, &c. 



Catocala Stretchii, Belir. The several examples of what I am almost certain is this species I have not been able to compare 

 with the unique type in the coll. of Dr. Belir in 8an Kraneisco, but I have received from that savan a beautifully coloured figure made 

 by Stretch from the type ; with this fif,''"'^ these A rizona examples agree exce])! that in them the mesial band of .secondaries is narrower 

 and some of the red ground colour extends beyond the outer edge of the black submargiiial band ; there is also some difierence in the 

 red colour, that on the figure being a litlle darker, but I scarce think I am wrong in deciding the.se Arizona examples as Stretchii. Dr. 

 Behr's type was taken by Mr. Stretch in Nevada and was described in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, III, p. 24, (1870). 



Besides the above and the rare species to be de.scribed and illustrated in succeeding pages were received Papilio Daunm,* Colias 

 Edwardsii,i Anth. Greusa,X Julia,'). Lycaena Oro,\\ Heleronea,'] Zeroe,'^* TheclaCi-ysatus,fi Niphon var. Eryphon,Xl Acadica,'i'i Apodemia 

 iIormo,\\\\ Argyn. JVoioHiis.'i'l Aphrodite,*** Hefperis,ffi Edujnrdsii,tXt elvar. Nevademis,i'/M Coronis,\\\\\\ ./l/yrtna,1| 1' ^ MeUiaea I'alla var. 

 Whilneyi,**** Xvbigei>a,jj-\+ Salyrus Xephde lar. Atiane.XXtt Famphila Ottoe,^,^, Lita 5RM(>7n'i/a,|||||||| Syneda &cia,'I"''i'i Adwn- 

 hrata,***** H(mlandii,\\\-\^ Goiytodea Trilinearia,Xtit+ and sundry others which time has not yet enabled me to examine fidly. 



The iollowiiio- (le.'^ciipliDn.s (if Now i>(|)i(l((i(tcr;i are I'roiii examples cajjlured by Mr. J. Boll, mostly in the 

 vicinitv of .New Braunf'els and San Antonia, Southwestern Textis : 



Mki.itaka Imitata, n. sp. fj* expands 1 inch. Wings narrower ami more elongate proportionally than in 71/. Veala which is 

 probaiily its nearest ally. IJpper surface much as in Fcs/a but the blackish markings especially of seconilaries nuich lieavier; in the 

 prinuiries there is no notable difU-rence, but the secondaries have a broail marginal black border comprising fully the outer third of the 

 wing ; within this Ixu-der are two rows of fulvous crescents, those of the outermost one being the smaller. The under surface is peculiar, 

 resembling unuh that u( M. JIarrisii both in slyie and colouration. The inner half of primaries is paler fulvous than above; the outer 

 margin has a narrow darker fulvous band, interior to this is a broad black band, irregular on ils inner edge and broadest at cosla; 

 within ibis band are two rows (jf cresi'cnls of various sizes ; the outermost row is pale yellow, the other fulvous; this l]|ack margituil 

 band is succeeded inwardly at some distance by a very irregular narrow band or line of imequal width which extends from costa to 

 inner margin; between this latter band and the base of wing are .several lilack lines of the usual style; fringes black cut with wiiite 

 between the veins. Secondaries, outer margin narrowly fulvous as in primaries, ihence one-third of the wing is black ; within this 

 latter colour towards outer margin is a row of pale yellow hmules, the ones nearest to apex and anal angles small, the others large and 

 with the exception of the third from anal angle, which is the greatest, much of the same size. This broad black sulimarginal space or 

 band is succeeded by an irregular pale yellow mesial band divided transversely by a black line and bordercil inwardly by another ; 

 the rest of wing interior to this is fulvous, having a yellow spot in discoidal cell; between this spot and the base is an irregular yellow 

 band lined on both edges with black also a yellow band lined with black at base. Body black or blackish brown above, below pale 

 yellow; antennae black ringed with white. 



9 a litlle larger and with the black markings not ipiite as heavy. 



Met.itaka Lauunda, n. sp. Kxpands 1' inches. Wings even more elongate than in the preceding. Upper surface fulvou.s, 

 not dark. Fringes whitish, grey at terminations of nervules. A fuscous band on exterior margin of all wings; tliis band is almost 

 entirely occU])icd wilh lunules of the same colour as ground of wings ; on the i)riniaries three of these lunule.s nearest to the inner angle 

 are largest and nearly of ecjual size, the remaining four are smaller and the one nearest to apex is a mere dot. On .secon<laries the 

 lunules nearest apex and anal angle are the smallest, the others do not differ nuich in size. Interior to the.se marginal lunules on 

 primaries are two irregular partly obscletc black lines extending from cosla to inner margin, heaviest near costa ; in the discoiilal cell 

 and at ba.sal part are some more irregular blackish lines. On basal half of secondaries a few faint abbreviated wavy lines. Under 

 surface; jirimarics uuich the same colour as above ; a narrow darker fulvous baud on exlerior margin succeeded inwardly by a row 

 of lunules; the first six from costa arc pale yellow edged with blackish, the remaining two at iinier angle are fulvous and merged into 

 the narrow margin of same colour; at some distance interior to this row of lunules is a blackish line heaviest at cosla and not 

 reaching quile to the interior margin ; five other abbreviated lines extend from costa inwards to the median nervure. Secondaries 

 fulvous wilh a marginal row of seven pale yellow lunules, the ones nearest apex and anal angle are the smallest, ihe third one from 

 anal angle the largest, and the other four are nearly of ecpial size; an irregular pale yellow mesial band lined inwanlly with black 

 and divided through the middle by a black lijie and further at the costal third by another black line; a ]>ale yellow spot in the dis- 

 coidal cell, between which and the base an irregular (lale yellow band edged wilh black extends from cosla to inner margin ; at ba.se 

 of wing also a narrow yellow band edged outwardly with black. Fringe white with grey at terminations of nervules. 



In spite of ils diminutiveness this litlle s]iecics, which is one of the most remarkable yet discovered in tliis country, brings 

 strongly to mind certain species of Aeraea such as Violcc, Fab., and Rahira, Jidl. 



LlliYTHEA Larvata, n. sp. (^ size and shape of ^acAman;; Ihe black and fulvous colours of upper surface arranged nearly 

 the same as in that species, but the shape and colour of the subapical spots and bars are difierent ; these are washed with fulvous in ihe 

 present species whilst in Baehmani they are pure while; in the latter the while discal bar is on both surfaces entirely disconnected and 

 distant from the while spot near the middle of exterior margin, neither is it in a line with it ; the present s))ecies difiers entirely ihere- 

 froin in the arrangement of these spots, as follows: besides the subapical one, which is quite small, an interrupted band composed of 

 three spots extends from middle of cosla nearly lo the middle of exlerior nuirgin ; Ihe first of ihe.sc spots is small and is on the costal 

 nervure, the second which does not quite join it is large and at ils lower point nearest ouler margin is joined by innermost angle, near- 

 est costa, of the last spot which is si|uare. Under surface, primaries have Ihe chain of Ihree spots nearly as above but a little larger and 



*P. Daunus, Bdl., Sp. Oen. I, p. ."vl2, (188(;). 

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So. Ill, p. SS, I IS(i3). tttt-1/. NnbifjeTia, P.ehr, 1. c. p. 91. tttt-Sa'yru* Ari«ne, Bdl., Ann. Soc. Enl, Fr., 2me Ser. X, p. 307, (1852). 



•eMP"mpl"lo- Oiloe, W. H. Edwds., Proc. Ent. Soc. ^'I, p. 207, (1867). ||||||||Lj(rt Sexsigmila. Harvey, Buff. Bull. II, p. 2.S0, (1875). 



y^m] Syneda Socia, Behr, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Ill, \i. 27, (1870). *****S. Advmbrata, Bebr, 1. c. ttttt'S'. Howiandii. Grote, Proc. 



Ent. Soc. Phil. Ill, p. 533, t. VI, (1864). XXtttOorytodei THlinearia, Pack., Havden's Geo. Survev, X, p. 202, t. IX, f. 33, (1876). 



