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fcho latter irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi brown ringed with white; 

 abdomen rufous with some grey at base of sides, the ventral surface 

 white. Fore wing grey-white suffused with iron-brown, the costal 

 area whiter, especially on medial area; subbasal line blacli:, excurved 

 below costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line black, 

 oblique and slightly sinuous, angled outwards above inner margin ; 

 reniform white with its centre defined by rufous ; an irregular spot 

 slightly defined by black below end of cell; postmedial line black 

 slightly defined on outer side by grey, bent outwards below costa, 

 then obliquely incurved, acutely angled outwards above vein 5 and 

 slightly below it, then incurved and waved, somewhat bidentate 

 at subnaedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal 

 line faint, diffused, greyish slightly defined on each side by 

 brown, waved, obliquely incurved from costa to below vein 7 ; 

 a series of black points before termen defined on outer side by 

 white. Hind wing golden yellow ; black-brown fascite on costal 

 area, in submedian fold and on inner margin to the black 

 medial band, which is oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards 

 to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; a black sub- 

 terminal band from costa to just below vein 2, and elliptical patch 

 at vein 1, the inner edge of the band oblique to vein 4 and angled 

 inwards at vein 2, its outer edge crenulate to termen at veins 6 to 

 2 ; cilia yellowish white with slight broAvn marks at veins 6 to 2, 

 Underside of fore wing white, the basal half tinged with yellow, 

 an oblique brown shade from below costa before middle to vein 1, 

 an oblique black medial band, its outer edge excurved at middle, 

 terminal area blackish shading to grey at termen, its inner edge 

 excurved at middle ; hind wing as above, but the costal area 

 whitish to discal fold except at the bands, the basal area with 

 obsolescent brown fascia in submedian fold only. 



Hind tibiae with one spine, sometimes absent (? broken off), 

 Hab. E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Oiwake {Pr'i/e)-),2 S , 

 2 $ , Kiushiu, 1 $ . Exp. 60-70 millim. 



7247. Catocala clintoni. (Plate CXCIX. fig. 4.) 



Catocala clinfonii, Grote, Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 89, pi. iii. f. 4 

 (1865); Streck. Lep. Ehop. & Het. p. 35, pi. v. f. 6 ; Smith, Oat. 

 Noct. N. Am. p. 336. 



Catocala kelene, Pilate, Papilio, ii. p. 31 (1882). 



2 . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with black-brown ; 

 palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints blackish except in front and at 

 extremity of 2nd joint ; frons with black band at middle, a blackish 

 angled line between antennse ; tegulse with blackish band near 

 tips and the tips black, the prothorax with narrow brown band, 

 the patagia with some black scales near upper edge and black streak 

 on outer edge; pectus white ; legs irrorated with brown, the fore 

 and mid tibiae with black streaks towards base and bands towards 



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