l6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '19 



ing-place : this gives the organism ahnost certain protection. 

 In a previous article* on the habits of C. titania, I have men- 

 tioned that the imago rests in its similarly-colored environ- 

 ment in perfect confidence of safety and cannot easily be 

 alarmed. Thus we see that throughout all the stages of its 

 life cycle, this species is protectively colored. 



Catocala titania Dodge, n. var. distincta. 



Primaries. — Ground color whitish gray, sprinkled with brown spots 

 of various shades; lines all prominent. T, a. line doubled, the anterior 

 part faint, the posterior prominent throughout its entire length, but 

 most conspicuous on costal region; median shade prominent, joins 

 anteriorly the reniform. T. p. line ver}' much in evidence, mostly so 

 at "M" and sinus at vein i. Reniform concolorous with subterminal 

 line; subreniform closed, a shade lighter than ground color. Subter- 

 minal space dark brown, merging costally in the ground color ; subter- 

 minal whitish and prominent ; terminal line brownish but faint. In all 

 other respects as in the type. Expanse 39 mm. 



Types : One male and one female in collection of the 

 author. Paratype : One male in collection of R. Lange. Habi- 

 tat : St. Louis, Missouri. 



In general aspect, this variety resembles C. alabama, ex- 

 cept that the forewings of the former are much the narrower. 



Catocala minuta Edwards, n. var. eureka. 



9 . — Thorax silvery gray ; body yellow, concolorous with hind wings ; 

 basal portion to b. h. line concolorous with thorax ; from this point to 

 subterminal line the primaries are blackish brown ; all markings in this 

 space very obscure ; subterminal space very prominent, silvery white ; 

 terminal space light gray ; lunula blackish, centered with silvery dots ; 

 fringes concolorous with terminal space. Expanse 38 mm. 



$ . — The terminal space not so prominent as in the female ; in all 

 other respects as in the female. 



Habitat: St. Louis, Missouri. 



Types: One male and one female in author's collection. 

 Paratypes: One male and one female in collection of Fred. T. 

 Naumann, of St. Louis, Mo. The females and one male bred 

 by Mr. F. Naumann ; the other male taken by the writer. 



Eureka is to minuta what the variety gisela is to micro - 

 nympha, and scintillans is to innubens. 



♦Ent. News, 27:68. 



