58 xocrriD.i;. 



tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen reddiah brown, the 

 ventral surface white. Fore wing blue-gre^' suffused with brown 

 except on costal area and irrurated with blackish ; subbasal lino 

 black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black 

 slightly defined on outer side by blue-grey, waved and somewhat 

 oblique ; reniform with brown centre and blue-grey annulus defined 

 by fuscous suffusion, an oVjlique black shade above it from costa ; 

 an irregular spot defined by black below end of cell ; posfcmedial 

 line black, slightly defined on each side by blue-grey towards inner 

 margin, bent outwards below costa, then obliquelj' downcurved, 

 acutely angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and 

 dentate, bidentate at submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; 

 subterminal line diffused, blue-grey defined on each side by fuscous, 

 dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 6 ; a series of blackish 

 points before termen defined on outer side by whitish. Hind wing 

 orange, the basal and inner areas suffused with dark red-brown 

 leaving some orange beyond the cell before the obliquely curved 

 black medial band, its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; terminal area 

 broadly black, its inner edge oblique from costa to vein 4 ; the 

 termen with slight j^ellow marks at apex ; cilia white at apex, then 

 chequered white and brown. Underside of fore wing white faintly 

 tinged with ochreous brown on basal half, an oblique black-brown 

 shade from below costa before middle to the obliquely curved black 

 medial band with its outer edge excurved at vein 5 at inner area, 

 terminal area black, its inner edge oblique to vein 4, the termen 

 greyish ; hind wing as above but with hardly any brown on basal 

 and inner areas, the basal costal area and postmedial area to discal 

 fold white, the apex narrowly white. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with less grey suffusion. 



Huh. E. Siberia, Amurland, 3 d" , 3 $ , Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwako 

 {Pryer), 2 cJ , 2 J , Chinzenji {Lewis), 1 5, Yokohama (Jonas, 

 Strickland), 2 J type. E'.r^j. 62-68 millim. 



Genus CATOCALA. 



lype. 



Catucala, Schranlc, Fauna Boica, ii. 2, p. 158 (1802) fraxini. 



Eunetis, Hiibn . Verz. p. 276 (1827) ■paerpera. 



La7nprosia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 277 (1827) amatrix. 



Eiccora, Hiibn. Verz. p. 278 (1827) neonympha. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint, reaching to middle 

 of frons and rather broadly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft 

 of hair ; eyes large, round ; antenuEe of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with 

 hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the 

 raesothorax with slight paired crests ; tibia; moderately fringed with hair, the 

 fore tibiie not spined, the mid and hind tibiai spined, the latter between 

 the spurs only, the mid tibiiB of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of 

 long hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair and slight hairy crests on basal 

 segments. Fore wing triangular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, 

 Granulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 

 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wmg with 

 the cell about one-third length of wing ; reins o, 4 from angle ; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle of cell ; (i, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 tvith the cell near base onlv. 



