206 CATOCALA AMASIA. 



that the moth may be often found sitting on the 

 trunks of large oaks, and that it is a native of 

 Virginia as well as of Georgia. The chrysalis is of 

 a delicate lilac tint. (Plate XXVI. fig. 4.) 



The most common of the American yellow under- 

 wings is the Phal. consors of Abbot and Smith 

 (pi. 89), which is somewhat intermediate between 

 the two just described. It measures two inches and 

 three-quarters between the extremities of the fore 

 wings ; the surface of these is greyish brown, with 

 several angular dark lines and ferruginous marks 

 running across ; under wings yellow, with two con- 

 tinuous black bands, very irregular on their edges, 

 extending to the abdominal margin ; the male with 

 black spots on the back of the basal segments of 

 the abdomen. The caterpillar frequents the bastard 

 indigo ( Amorpha fruticosa, Linn.). America like- 

 wise possesses a species nearly allied to our C. Frax- 

 ini, namely, C. Vidua (Abbot and Smith, pi. 91), 

 but it is smaller than the European insect, and 

 wants the broad bluish band across the disk of the 

 hinder wings. 



