CATOCALA. 439 



lines ; a marginal series of dark striae. Hind wing with the basal 

 half pale, the outer fuscous brown, with marginal series of dark 

 striae. 



Type in bad condition. 



Hab. "N. India." Exp. 30 millim. 



Genus CATOCALA. 

 Catocala, Schrank, Fauna fioica, ii, 2, p. 158 (1802). 



Type, C.fraxini, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Nearctic and Palaearctic regions ; Himalayas ; Nilgiris ; 

 Ceylon. 



Palpi reaching just above vertex of head, the 2nd joint thickly 

 scaled ; antennae of male fasciculated ; thorax smoothly scaled ; 

 abdomen with dorsal ridges of coarse hair on proximal segments, 

 which are sometimes developed into tufts ; fore tibiae more or less 

 hairy; hind tibiae spined. Fore wing with the apex nearly 

 rectangular; the cilia crenulate. Hind wing with the cilia 

 crenulate ; vein 5 from below centre of discocellulars. 



Larvce with four pairs of abdominal prolegs. 



SECT. I. Hind wing yellow. 

 A. Mid tibiae of male with a tuft of long hair from the base. 



2358. Catocala rama, Moore. Lev. Ceyl. in, p. 128, pi. 160, fig. 6; 



C. % S. no. 2282. 

 Audea macula, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 84, pi. 146, tig. 21. 



Head and collar reddish ; thorax and abdomen grey. Fore 

 wing grey, irrorated with black ; a short subbasal line ; an oblique 

 antemedial waved black line; the reniform spot indistinct and 

 pale, with a fuscous patch on the costa above it ; the postmedial 

 line extremely irregularly dentate and highly angled beyond the 

 cell. Hind wing yellow, with a curved medial black band not 

 reaching costa or inner margin ; the outer area black, with 

 irregular inner edge, and pale patches at apex and anal angle. 

 Underside with a medial dark band, and the outer area of both 

 wings dark. 



In the form macula, from the Nilgiris, the abdomen is yellow, 

 and the black medial band of hind wing is reduced to a spot. 



Hab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 72 millim. 



B. Tibiae of male without tufts. 



2359. Catocala patala, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 112, fig. 23; a $ S. 



no. 2279. 

 Catocala inconstans, Butl 111. Het. vii, p. 76, pi. 132, figs. 2, 3. 



