134 Mr. Butler's descriptions of 



the orange central j^atcli rejjlaced by a smaller pale straw- 

 coloured patch; under-surface of primaries shining greyish bronze- 

 brown, with the basi-costal border, a diffused spot at the end of 

 the cell and the external border, Avhity-brown ; secondaries 

 whity-brown, with golden reflections; a dot at the end of the 

 ceil and a disco-submarginal belt blackish. Expanse of wings 

 46 mm. 



Fujisan (H. Pryer). 



Catocalid.e. 



Catocala sancta, n. sp. 



$ Intermediate between C. dissi7]ulis and C. actcea; primaries 

 above grey, tinted here and there with lilacine, the costal two- 

 thirds also irrorated with whitish, three oblique zigzag lines of 

 velvet-black across the basal third, the second and third filled in 

 (so as to form an oblique black band) from costa to just below 

 median vein; an elongated oval snow-white spot in the cell 

 aud a broader white spot, only separated from it by the 

 median vein, at the base of the first median interspace; below 

 the latter again is a large elongated velvet-black patch, ou 

 the interno-median area, extending to the discal hne; two 

 ill- defined black irregular sti-eaks extend downwards from 

 costa to end of cell ; discal black line of the usual zigzag type 

 (as in C. lava) and bounded externally at centre of disc by a 

 large pyramidal white spot; several longitudinal black dashes 

 extending outwards to the white-edged black sub-marginal dots; 

 apex and fringe brownish ; secondaries with the basi-abdominal 

 half brown but the apical half blackish; an abbreviated tapering 

 snow-white band from costa as in C actcea, but shorter; a Avhite 

 apical spot as in C. d{s.'<i))iili.^ ; a Avhitish dot on interno-median 

 area not far from outer margin nearly as in C. actcva ; fringe 

 varied with white; body and under-siirface of wings nearly as in 

 the latter species excepting that both blackish and white bands 

 are more angular, and the base of the wings is not bluish. Ex- 

 panse of wings 55 mm. 



Yesso, 1882 (H. Pryer). 



This is one of Mr. Pryer's most beautiful discoveries, and 

 really an important one, as tending to show how C. acta'a is 

 connected with the N. American types of black Catocala; a link 

 between C. uciaa aud the C. J'raxini group still remains to be 

 discovered. 



