9(5. BULLETIN OF THE BROOKLYN ENT. SOC. 



Catocala Oisela, n. sp. 



Expanse i$i inches. Head grayish black; thorax gray with black 

 spots; palpi pale, tip brown; abdomen brown, beneath somewhat lighter, 



Upper surface. Primaries reddish brown, somewhat lighter at the 

 base, with a broad silvery border at the exterior margin. Reniform dark 

 edged with black Transverse lines very indistinct; the t. a. line visible 

 across the wing^ but the t p. line only observable at the main denta- 

 tions. 



Secondaries; ground color yellow with broad external black bor- 

 der and somewhat broad interior black band, leaving a very narrow band 

 of yellow between the two bands of black. The yellow is rather indis- 

 tinct because of black, mixed with it. 



Habitat Georgia. 



One specimen in my collection, and another in Mr. Ft. Tepper's of 

 •Brooklyn. The above species has on the primaries much the appearance 

 of Cat. Scintallans, with the hind wings much as in Cat. Polygama but 

 darker. 



Julius L. Meyer. 



Catoeala para, n. sp. 



Expands three inches. Head gray; palpi gray, black on tips; 

 thorax gray, collar and tegulse edged with indistinct shading; body gray, 

 with a brownish tinge; anal tuft lighter. 



Fore wings with ground color very light, giving much the same 

 general appearance as Semirelicta; surface squammose; markings generally 

 indistinct. Base a little more darkly marked making an indistinct basal 

 dash; subreniform closed; t. p. line with the two main dentations spread- 

 ing and not largely produced, the lower especially and with the dentations 

 beneath these somewhat exaggerated giving an irregularly serrated appear- 

 ance; submarginal line quite distinct and against the white surface color 

 showrng very clearly its serrations; fringe gray. 



Hind wings red as in Briseis, median band as in Californica, but 

 narrower and prolonged hardly more than two thirds across the wing; 

 fringe pure white; there is no shading of red on the outer edge or -the 

 apex of the wing. Underneath the wings ate much as in californica but 

 with the median band narrowed and ending posteriorly in a round bulb. 



