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cell ; postmcdial line black defined on outer side by some white 

 scales, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, 

 acutely angled outwnrds above and below vein 5, then inwardly 

 oblique, dentate, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards 

 at vein 1, a red-brown band beyond it before the vei-y indistinct 

 waved whitish subterminal line which is oblique from costa to 

 below vein 7 ; a series of black points before termen defined on 

 outer side by white. Hind wing yellow, the inner area suftused 

 with fuscous; an obliquely curved black medial band, its outer 

 edge excurved at vein 5 and submedian fold ; the terminal area 

 black, its inner edge incurved at vein 2 ; a small apical yellow 

 patch ; cilia brownish white at apex, then fuscous black with a few 

 whitish scales. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique blackish, 

 shade from costa before middle to the obliquely curved black medial 

 band narrowing towards inner margin and with its outer edge 

 excurved at vein 5, at inner area, terminal area blackish, its inner 

 edge oblique from costa to vein 4 ; hind wing as above but the 

 costal area irrorated with brown, the inner area without fuscous. 



Hah. Canada ; U.S.A., south to Maryland and east to Mississippi 

 Valley, New York {Qrote), 4 d* , 1 $ • Rn^. 54^60 millim. 



*7150. Catabapta ? denussa,. 



Catooala deimssa, Ehrraan, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. i, p. 152 (1893). 



($ . Head brown ; palpi black ;; thorax brown irrorated with 

 grey; tegulae edged with pal§ fawn colour; abdomen pale fawn 

 colour, darker towards extremity. Pore wing black-brown with a 

 silky gloss ; sijbbasal liue grey-white ; ante- and postmedial lines 

 very fg,int ; reniform minute and hardly traceable; an oblique 

 elliptical whitish spot below end of cell ; subterminal lifie absent. 

 Hind wing orangQ-ygllow ; some brown suffusioij on basal area ; 

 a very narrow, black, obliquely curved irregular medial band, 

 angled outwards at vein 5 ; a terminal black band, its inner edge 

 sinuous ; the termen yellow towards apex arid with yellow spots 

 between veins 6 ai)d 2 ; cilia yellow slightly interspcfed with 

 blackish at veins 6 and 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an 

 oblique black band from costa before middle to the curved black 

 postmedial band at inner margin, the terminal area black, 



JIab. U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Allegheijy Co, E.vy. 70 millim. 

 This species is unknown to mo, 



7151, Catabapta consprs. (Plate CXCIII. fig. 10.) 



Flialcena consort, Sniith & Abbot, Ins. Georgia, ii. p. 177, pi, 89 (1797) ; 

 Streck. Lep. Rhop. & Het, p. 75, pi. is. f. 10 ; Snijtb, Cat. Noct. 

 N. Am, p. 336. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; palpi whitish 

 towards base ; tegula3. with slight dark medial line ; pectus and 

 legs whitish and brown, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen 



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