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A new nearctic species of the genus Catocala Schrank 

 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). 



By 



N. J. Kusnezov (St. Petersburg). 

 (With 4 figures). 



Catocala orba, sp. n. ^). 



(Fig. la, lb; d). 



Fig. la. 



Fig. 2a. Fig. 21i. 



Expanse of male 48 millim.; size of Catocala j ad ith Strecker 

 {levettei Grot e). 



Antennae of male ciliate, gray, scaled above, Avith slight tuftings 

 of hairs below, [l^alju broken off). Frons densely covered with whitisli- 

 gray hairs. Patagia (collar) and front parts of tegulae and mesothorax 

 dark-brown; vertex gray; the rest of tegulae, nota, and crest on nieta- 

 thorax whitish-gray. Upper part, sides, and crests of the abdominal 



^) Orba — orplian. 



Revue Russe d'Kiitum lito;!. .V. ,4-4. (.\oi"i(). 



