A New Form of Catocala Minuta 



MiNUTA FORM HISERI F. NOV. 



Plate VI Fig. 4 



This form is readily distinguished from minuta and 

 its varietal forms, parviila and mellitula by the com- 

 paratively uniform coloration of the superiors. In 

 the twenty-five specimens I have examined the color 

 is a brownish grey while the other forms are Van 

 Dyke brown. 



The reniform is obsolete, but the sub-reniform is 

 clearly discernible. There is no indication of a basal 

 dash. There is a slight tendency to a darker shade 

 under the sub-reniform and outside the t. a. line but 

 the dark maculation in the inner margin of mellitula 

 and parvula is abesnt. 



The t. p. line apparent but obscure except near the 

 costa, where it is narrow but well defined. The me- 

 talic lustre seen in most specimens of minuta seems 

 to be entirely lacking in this form. The black bands 

 on the underside are appreciably darker than in the 

 other forms of minuta. 



Type $ in the author's collection. 



ParatypeslO 5 9 9 in the author's collection all taken 

 at Nevada, Iowa, by Mrs. O. F. Hiser, (for whom the 

 form is named,) from June 5th to June 13, 1917. 



The Food-Plants Of Catocala 



B\ JVilliam Beutemnullcr, Xezv York. 



The following notes on the food-plants of Catocala 

 may prove of value to collectors wishing to rear the 

 species from their eggs. I would suggest that col- 

 lectors having additional notes publish the results of 

 their observations, in order to prepare a more complete 

 list of the food-plants, a number of which are still 

 unknown. 



