CATABAPIA. 35 



outline, an oblique brown shade above it from costa ; a whitish 

 spot defined bj^ blackish below end of cell, connected bj a sinus on 

 vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is blackish slightly defined 

 on outer side by white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then 

 inwardly oblique, minutely dentate, angled outwards at submediau 

 fold and strongly inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish 

 faintly defined on each side by red-brown, dentate, oblique from 

 costa to below vein 7 ; a series of blackish points before termen 

 slightly defined on outer side by white. Hind wing orange-yellow, 

 the basal and inner areas with some brown hair ; a rather narrow 

 black medial baud, obliquely curved to submedian fold, then bent 

 inwards to above inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; 

 a broad black terminal band ; the termen narrowly yellow towards 

 apex ; cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing pale yellow^ 

 the costa brown, the base tinged with brown, an oblique brown 

 antemedial shade, an oblique black-brown medial band not reach- . 

 ing inner margin, the terminal area black-brown with curved inner 

 edge, the apex grey ; hind wing as above but suffused with red- 

 brown to the medial band. 



Hah. Canada; U.S.A.., Northern and Eastern States, Pennsj'l- 

 vania, Philadelphia, 2 c? • Exp. 60-G-f millim. 



Larva. Food-plant : Hickory. 



7153. Catal)apta nebulosa. (Plate CXCIY. fig. 2.) 



Catocala nebidosa, W. H. Edw. Proc, Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 510 (1864) ; 



Streck.Lep. Rhop. & Het. p. 75, pi. ix. f. 11 ; Smith, Cut. NocL N. Am. 



p. 350. 

 Catocala jxmdei-osa, Grote, Proc. Eat. Soo. Phil. vi. p. 23, pi. iv. f. 2 



(1866;. 



Head and thorax red-brown, the latter with some grey on disk ; 

 tegulse with slight dark medial line ; patagia with some black 

 scales near edges ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with red-brown, 

 the tarsi blackish ringed with whitish ; abdomen red-brown, the 

 ventral surface whitish tinged with red^brown. Pore wing pale 

 grey tinged with red-brown, the basal area suffused with black to 

 vein 1, the terminal area red-brown except at middle ; subbasal 

 line indistinct, black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line black, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique, 

 slight below submedian fold and incurved at vein 1, a faint whitish 

 shade beyond it from oosta to median nervure, reniform faintly 

 defined by red-brown and with its centre defined by rufous, an 

 oblique red-brown bar above it from costa ; an oblique pear-shaped 

 spot defined by black below end of cell, connected by a sinus on 

 vein 2 with the postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards below 

 costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous, very acutely angled out- 

 wards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, angled 

 outwards above vein 2 and strongly at submedian fold, below which 



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