CATOCALA. Ill 



white, oblique to vein 4, slightly angler) outwards in snbmedian fold 

 and narrowing to inner margin ; hind wing with the basal costal 

 area white, the postmedial area white to vein 3 and with white 

 streak on vein 2, the medial black band as above, the terminal 

 band leaving some white on termen. 



Bab. U.S.A., Caliloruia, Pasadena, 1 c? . Ea-j). 80 millim. 



722G. Catocala neglecta. (Plate CXCVIII. fig. 7.) 



Catocala neglecta, Staud. Stett, Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 56 ; id. Cat. Lep pal 

 p. 247. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous whitish irrorated with fuscous ; 

 antennae brown ; palpi white at base ; frons with lateral black bars ; 

 pectus white ; tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen whitish 

 tinged with ochreous brown, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown and irrorated with 

 fuscous ; subbasal line black, sinuous, from costa to snbmedian 

 fold ; antemedial line blackish, rather strong, oblique and sinuous 

 to submedian fold, then slighter, erect, and angled inwards at 

 vein 1, a broad oblique yAa band beyond it from costa to sub- 

 median fold, followed by some fuscous suffusion ; reniform indis- 

 tinctly defined by blackish and with its centre defined by blackish, 

 irregular ; a pale spot defined by blackish below end of cell connected 

 by an oblique sinus with the postmedial line at vein 2; postmedial 

 line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then obliqtte to below 

 vein 6, then inwardly oblique and sinuous, angled slightly outwards 

 at submedian fold and inwards below it; subterminal line indis- 

 tinct, blackish, waved, oblique to below vein 6 ; a slight oblique 

 dark shade from termen beloAv apex ; a scries of black striae before 

 termen and a fine waved black terminal line ; cilia with a waved 

 brown line at middle. Hind wing pale scarlet ; a narrow black 

 medial band somewhat expanding at middle, oblique to submedian 

 fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1, a terminal black 

 band from costa to vein 2 connected by a slight line with a patch 

 at vein 1, the inner edge of the band obliquely curved and angled 

 inwards at vein 2 ; the termen narrowly white tinged with scarlet 

 at apex and with slight spots in the interspaces between veins G 

 and 2 ; cilia white slightly chequered with brown at veins G to 2 

 and brown towards torinis. Underside of fore wing white, an 

 oblique brown shade from below costa before middle to the obliquely 

 curved black medial band at submedian fold, the terminiil area 

 blackish narrowing to tomus and leaving some greyish on termen 

 towards apex ; hind wing as above but with the costal area white 

 before the medial band to discal fold and on postmedial area 

 to vein 3, the terminal band almost obsolete towards costa and 

 connected by a narrow band in submedian interspace with the patch 

 on vein 1. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Issyk-Kul ; E. Turkestan, Hi ; 

 Mongolia, Aksu, 1 S • Exp. 56 millim. 



