Noctuidae 



The insect is found from Pennsylvania southward and west- 

 ward to Texas. 



(50) Catocala muliercula Guenee, Plate XXXII, Fig. \i,$. 

 (The Little Wife.) 



The insect is an inhabitant of the central portions of the 

 Appalachian subregion. 



(51) Catocala delilah Strecker, Plate XXXIV. Fig. 4, $. 

 (The Delilah Underwing.) 



Syn. adoptiva Grote. 



The range of this species is from southern Illinois and Kentucky 

 southward to the Gulf and westward to Kansas and Nebraska. 



(52) Catocala desdemona Henry Edwards, Plate XXXIV, 

 Fig- 5 3 (The Desdemona Underwing.) 



The species is found in the southwestern States. 



(53) Catocala andromache Henry Edwards, Plate XXXIV, 

 Fig. 2, $ . (The Andromache Underwing.) 



This species is found in southern California and Arizona. I 

 am indebted to Mr. O. C. Poling for the fine specimen of this 

 rare moth which is figured upon the plate. It is closely allied to 

 the preceding species. 



(54) Catocala illecta Walker, Plate XXXIV, Fig. I, 6 . (The 

 Magdalen Underwing.) 



Syn. magdalena Strecker. 



The moth is found from Indiana to Nebraska and southward 

 to Texas. 



(55) Catocala serena Edwards, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 14, $ . 

 (The Serene Underwing.) 



The insect ranges from Canada and New England westward 

 into the valley of the Mississippi. It is said to also occur in 

 eastern Siberia, but this is doubtful. 



(56) Catocala antinympha Hiibner, Plate XXXII, Fig. 8, & . 

 (The Wayward Nymph.) 



The moth is reported from Canada to Maryland and west- 

 ward as far as the Mississippi. I have found it very abundant at 

 Saratoga, N. Y., and even more abundant on the summits 

 of the Allegheny Mountains about Ctesson Springs in the month 

 of August. 



(57) Catocala badia Grote & Robinson, Plate XXXII, 

 Fig. 10. ? . (The Badia Underwing.) 



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