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resembling C. Marmorata, Edw. Beyond this is a brown band, bordered by a 
faint serrated, grayish line, which is edged without by black. Reniform, 
black; sub-reniform, brown. 
“Secondaries, rosy red, nearly the same shade as in Marmorata. Median 
band, narrow, almost straight, contracting in the middle, and terminating 
abruptly two lines before the margin. Border somewhat sinuous towards the 
anal angle. Apical spot, white, tinged with reddish. Fringe long and white. 
On the under side of secondaries, the red shade occupies two-thirds of the 
wing. From Yreka, Cal.’,—W. H. Epwarps, loc. cit. 
I have two undoubted examples of this species, both, however in bad con- 
dition, one of which was taken near Prescott, Arizona, and the other at Car- 
son City, Nevada. 
Catocala Cleopatra. Hy. Edw. na. sp. 
Primaries, dark bluish gray, powdered with brown atoms, transverse lines 
rather indistinct, slightly olivaceous; the t. a. edged with black exteriorly, 
and with the indentations rather small; t. p., delicately shaded with brown 
and olive, with two teeth on third and fourth nervures, strongly marked with 
black. Reniform, indistinct, olivaceous; sub-reniform, whitish, somewhat 
angular, its longest angle pointing outwardly; above it, and interior to the 
reniform, is a dull whitish patch; and above the reniform, and touching the 
costa, is a strongly marked brownish shade. Submarginal line, gray, whitish 
and broadest towards the apex, Fringes, white, with brownish scales, except 
where crossed by the nervures where they are black. 
Secondaries, bright rosy red, with fawn-colored hairs at the base. Median 
band moderate; broadest in the middle, not toothed interiorly, and terminat- 
ing two-tenths of an inch from the inner margin. Marginal band, not broad, 
except at the anterior angle, slightly sinuous as it approaches the inner mar- 
gin. Fringes, broadly white, flecked with brown scales. Those of interior 
margin, long, dark drab, paler towards the base. 
Under side. Primaries, white, with the usual black bands, the basal one 
oblique, shading into the median a little below the middle. Median, moderate, 
narrowest towards the posterior margin. Marginal band, broad towards apex, 
shading into fawn color at extreme margins. 
Secondaries. Two-thirds of the interior portion, rosy red, as in the upper 
side, shading into white towards the anterior margin. Fringes, white, a little 
yellowish at anterior angle. Head and thorax dark gray, mottled with 
browu and olive scales, whitish on the disc, where the scales form an «lmost 
triangular white mark, edged posteriorly with a black line. Abdomen smoky 
brown above, paler beneath, and there dotted with fine brown scales. 
Expanse of wings, 2 60 inch. 
‘Length of body, 1.00 inch. 
Berkeley, Contra Costa County, Cal. (One ¢’. Coll. Hy. Edw.) 
This species may be easily recognized by the bluish gray tint of the prima- 
ries, dashed with olivaceous, while the almost regular median band of second- 
aries, recalls the European C. Pacta, and the Atlantic and Canadian C. Con- 
eumbens, Walk. Like all our Californian species, it appears at present to be 
exceedingly rare. 
