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wliitc ; abdomen fulvous yellow, the extremity wliitish and brown, 

 the ventral surface brownisb white. Fore wing with the basal 

 area dark brown, the rest of wing grey-white irrorated and in 

 parts suffused with blown ; an oblique subbasal brown bar from 

 costa ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by whitish, 

 oblique, sinuous, a broad band of white suffusion beyond it ; rcni- 

 form defined by black and its centre by brown, its outer edge 

 somewhat dentate, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ; 

 an oblique elliptical white spot defined by black and with some 

 brown iu centre below end of cell; traces of an oblique waved 

 brown line beyond the cell from vein 6 to inner margin ; post- 

 medial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent 

 outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, acutely angled 

 outwards above and below vein 5, then incurved, sinuous, and 

 angled inwards at vein 1, a dark red-brown band beyond it ; 

 subterminal line white defined on outer side by black-brown, 

 dentate, obliquidj' curved from costa to below vein 6 where it is 

 met by an oblique dark shade from ternien below apex ; the veins 

 of terminal area streaked with blackish ; a line formed of black 

 strite defined on outer side by white before termen ; cilia brown 

 with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing golden yellow; 

 diffused brown fasciae in submedian fold and on inner margin from 

 base to the black medial band, which is obliquely curved from costa 

 to submedian fold, then bent inwards and brown to inner margin, 

 expanding on costal area and its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; a 

 black subterminal band from costa to submedian fold where it is 

 almost separated from a patch above tornus, its inner edge oblique 

 to vein 4 and incurved at vein 2, its outer edge creuulate to termen 

 and to the tips of c lia at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing 

 yellow, an oblique antemedial brown shade from middle of cell to 

 vein 1, an oblique medial black band narrowing to inner margin, its 

 inner edge incurved below costa and its outer edge excurved at 

 vein 5, terminal area blackish, its inner edge cuxved and narrowing 

 to tornus, the apex yellowish, cilia chequered brown and white ; 

 hind wing as above but without the brown on inner area, a small 

 black discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band which does not 

 I'cach the inner margin, the terminal area blackish, not interrupted 

 at submedian fold and with some yellow at apex. 



Hub. E. Siberia, Amurland, 1 c? , 1 $ . Eccj_). QQ millira, 



7242. Catocala proxeneta, 



Catoenla proxeneta, Alpli. Iris, viii. p. 197 (1805); id. Rom. lldm. ix. 

 p. 223, pi. 10. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep pal. p. 248. 



Head and thorax grey- white mixed with black-brown ; palpi 

 blackish at sides, patagia with black lines near edges; pectus and 

 legs grey-white, the tibiae irrorated with brown, the fore and raid, 

 tibiae with black bars near extremities, the tarsi black ringed with 

 whitish ; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white tinged with 

 rufous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with dark brown, the 



