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Catocala Mariana. Hy. Edw. na. sp. 
Primaries, dark iron gray, with bluish tinge, especially towards the mar- 
gins. T.a., only slightly dentate, shading into black on the costa, and term- 
inating on the interior margin in a whitish patch. T.p., commencing at 
about one-third the length of costa, then running outwardly into two strong 
indentations, marked interiorly with black, and towards the interior margin, 
sinuate into a long and narrow tooth, terminating in white patch on the in- 
terior margin. Sub-terminal, whitish. Posterior margins, paler gray, with 
a row of well defined black dots in the intro-nerval spaces. Reniform, black- 
ish and indistinct. Sub-reniform, open, resting on whitish space. Fringes, 
dull white, mottled with brownish. 
Secondaries, rose color, with basal hairs and fringe of anal margin brownish. 
Median band, moderate, constricted in the middle, forming rather a sharp 
angle outwardly near its center, which is its widest part. It does not narrow 
into a point at its termination, but ends abruptly about three-sixteenths of an 
inch from the abdominal margin. Marginal band, with deeper sinuations, but 
otherwise resembling the previous species. Fringes, clear white, very slightly 
mottled with brownish. Head and thorax, iron gray. Abdomen, smoky 
brown, paler beneath. 
Under side, as in C. Cleopatra. 
Expanse of wings, 2.50 inch. 
Length of body, 1.00 inch. 
Vancouver Island. Hy. Edw. and G. Mathew. 
Closely resembling C. Cleopatra, and the Atlantic C. Briseis, but differing 
from the former by the darker color of the primaries, the duller and more 
scarlet red of secondaries, and by the less regular median band; and from 
Briseis by the broader band of secondaries, and by its abrupt termination far 
from the abdominal margin. 
Catocala Faustina. Strecker. Lepid. Rh. et Heter., No. 3, Page 21. 
‘Male. Expands 25% inch. 
‘* Body above, gray; beneath, white. 
‘‘Upper surface. Primaries, bluish gray, powdered with brown atoms; 
marginal spots, transverse lines and bands, well defined. Reniform, distinct 
and surrounded by an outer circle, which is produced in two points on ex- 
terior. Sub-reniform, white; above this, and interior to the reniform, is a 
white space. Fringe, light gray. 
“‘ Secondaries, scarlet. Median band, moderately wide, angulated at center 
outwardly, and terminating somewhat abruptly about two lines from the ab- 
dominal margin. Marginal band, with a deep indentation between the first 
and second median nervules. Apical spot and emarginations, rosy. Fringe, 
on exterior margin, white; on interior margin, gray. 
‘Under surface. Primaries, white. 
‘¢ Secondaries. Interior two-thirds rosy; towards costa, this color becomes 
lost in white; almost imperceptible indications of a discal lune.’’—StTREcKER, 
loc. cit. 
Arizona, Wheeler Expedition, 1871. Coll. H. Strecker. Dr. H. Behr, 
Nevada. , 
