THE LEPIDOPTERIST 



Two New Forms of Catocalae 



By Rudolf C. B. Bartsch, Roslindale, Mass- 

 Catocala ilia var. normani forma NOV. A very 

 beautiful and strikingly marked variety of Catocala 

 ilia, Cramer. Primaries : Ground color dark brownish 

 gray, suffused with blackish scales- Lines not 

 prominent. Area between the T. A. line and the 

 S. T. line heavily suffused with blackish brown. A 

 prominent white spot inside of the S. T. line below the 

 second large tooth of the T. P. line. 



Secondaries : It is on the secondaries that the most 

 marked variation occurs. Median band as in normal 

 form. Marginal band broader, the internal edge very 

 irregular with toothed shadings toward the median 

 band and joining the median band just above the 

 elbow, dividing the orange red color into two parts. 

 Underside as in the typical forms. Plate No. 1. 



Type 1 $ ; Concord, Mass. July 15, 1914. 

 Collection of the author. 



Catocala coccinata var. ciiiquita forma nov. 

 This variety has for it congener the form diana 

 Hy. Edwards, of Catocala concumbens Walker, having 

 a rose-colored adbomen instead of the normal yellowish 

 gray adbomen of the typical form. 



Type 1 9 ; Concord, Mass. July 18, 1914. 

 Collection of the author. 



Lepidopterological Items from Massachusetts 



By Wm. Reiff. Jamaica Plain, Mass- 

 The collecting season of 1916 was quite different 

 from that of preceding years. Butterflies were in 

 abundance all the season, not one of the species usually 

 found in this State proved to be scarce. Several in- 

 teresting abberations were found, some of a very 

 extreme aberrant character, as for instance Vanessa 

 antiopa var. hygisea, Colias philodice abber., a form 

 parallel to the form nigrofasciata of the palaearctic 

 Colias hyale. A more detailed description of this 



