38 CATACOLA UNIJUGA. 



Under surface, primaries white, with broad bhick marginal and me:lian bands, sub-basal 

 band of paler color, and does not extend to interior margin. 



Secondaries have inner two-thirds of same red as on upper surface, the costal thii'd is 

 white ; black bands same as above, excepting that the mesial reaches in some examples quite 

 to the margin ; a diseal lunc connects with mesial band on its inner edge. 



Habitat. Canada, New England, ISIiddle and Western States. 



This fine s])ecies, which is rather rare, belongs to the group of which C. Nupta is the type. 



CATOCALA PARTA. Guenee. 



Spec. Gen, Vol. VII, p. 84. 



(PLATE V, FIG. 10 ? ) 



Expands 3 inches. 



Thorax, above, grey ; abdomen ochraceous ; beneath, greyish white. 



Up2)er surface, primaries grey shaded w^ith yellowish brown, the whole surface has a 

 smooth silky look, cpiite ditierent from the squamose powdery appearance of C. Uuijuga ; 

 the transverse lines, which are arranged much as in that species, are geminate, and as well as 

 all the other markings are very distinct and clear. The sub-reniform is large and entirely 

 disconnected from the transverse posterior line ; between the sub-median vein and first median 

 veinlet is a dark longitudinal line or shade, extending from the transverse posterior line to 

 exterior margin ; interior to the reniform is a pale patch ; fringes grey. 



Secondaries bright red ; median band narrow and terminates in a point, two lines from 



the abdominal margin. 



Under surface same as in C. Uuijuga, except that the sub-basal band of primaries is as 



dark in color as the others. 



Habitat. Canada, Xew England and Middle States. 



In many localities quite common ; the larva feeds on various species of Salix and the 

 imago appears middle or end of July. 



CATOCALA PERPLEXA. NOV. ? VAR. 



(PLATE y, FIG. 11 fj.) 



Expands 3j; inches. 



Thorax, above, blueish grey, abdomen brownish yellow ; beneath, white. 



Upper surfoee, primaries dark blueish grey; transverse lines black and distinct as in C. 

 Parta. Two white bars cross the wing, one formed by the intervening space between the 

 transverse posterior and sub-terminal lines, the other by the large sub-reniform and the space 

 adjoining it interior to the reniform ; sub-apical dash black ; fringes concolorous with the 

 gi'ound of wing. 



