30i FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



beyoudthe transverse posterior line. Hind wings black; fringe white. Expands 

 7.5 to 80'"'". Middle and Western States. Curvata is the name given to the form with 

 basal and apical dashes. (Hulst.) 



58. Catocala retecta Grote. 



The caterpillar feeds on the hickory, according to Angus, and Dr. 

 Kellicott has reared it from a caterpillar found on the hickory June 28, 

 which changed to a pupa in July, the moth appearing July 27. 



This moth has been raised by Dr. Kellicott, who originally by mistake 

 referred it to G.Jlebilis. (See Ent. Amer., June, 1886, p. 46.) 



Larva. — Gray, with a greenish tinge ; dorsal line rather faint, made up of closely 

 placed lines of black dots; subdorsal line wider and more conspicuous; on each abdom- 

 inal ring is an illy-defined ^ — or <^ situated in this line ; the stigmatal line or stripe 

 is still more distinct and continous ; the large, black-ringed, elliptical spiracles are 

 situated, except the first, wholly in this line. The papillse are white, each bearing a 

 fine brown hair; those on the first thoracic ring, however, are dark or black ; on the 

 abdominal rings the posterior pair are situated in the augle of the > — referred to 

 above. Head flattened, bluish gray, with Hues of confluent whitish spots so arranged 

 that the surface has the appearance of watered silk; on the top of the head are four 

 brown dots placed at the angles of a square. There is a black line extending from 

 the articulation of the jaws half way up the cranial lobes in front of the cells. Feet 

 ornamented with black slashes. Lateral fringes hoary. Under side of the body 

 bluish white, with black and flesh-colored spots. Length 58™™ (2.32 inches). 

 (Kellicott.) 



Moth. — Fore wings pearly cinereous, a dash at the base and at the sinus of the 

 transverse posterior line ; lines distinct ; M of transverse posterior line strongly 

 produced ; teeth nearly equal. Hind wings black ; fringe white. Expands 70 to 

 75™™. Middle and Western States. Flebilis has a diffuse black shading, reaching 

 from the base longitudinally across the wing to the apex. (Hulst.) 



59. Catocala luctuoaa Hulst. 



The food-plant of this species is probably the hickory, according to 

 Mr Hulst. 



Moth. — Fore wings like C. retecta in markings, but with apical shadings ; wings 

 broader aud outwardly more rounded, and more or less generally covered with a 

 brownish shading, often with a violet tinge. Hind wings black, with fringes broader 

 and dull white, and marked with black at ends of the veins. Expands 75 to 80™™. 

 Middle and Western States. (Hulst.) 



60. Catocala insolabilis Guen^e. 



This moth has been bred by Mr. Angus from caterpillars found on 

 the hickory, but they have not been described. 



Moth. — Fore wings light blue gray, heavily powdered with black; clouded with 

 black along the inner margin ; generally on the median space, just anterior to this 

 black margin, a triangular pale or white space ; basal dash always turned downward 

 outwardly. Hind wings black, fringes dark. Expands 75 to 85™™. Middle, Western, 

 and Southern States. (Hulst). 



