CATOCALA. 139 



pi. US; Gudt. Lep. Fr. v. p. 87, pi. 60. f. o; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 248. 

 JS'oGtua 2}osihima, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 526-7 (1818). 

 JVocfua connexa, Sehultz, Eut. Zeit. Guben. p. 100 (1906). 



Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with rufous ; palpi with 

 hlackish bands on 2nd and iird joints ; froris with black lateral 

 bars ; tegulae with black lines near base and at middle, the pro- 

 thorax with rufous band; pectus and legs whitish, the tibiae 

 irrorated witli brown, the fore and hind tibise with black streaks 

 at base, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen pale rufous, 

 the crests whitish at tips, the ventral surface white. Pore wing 

 purplish grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with a few 

 blackish scales, especially on the veins of terminal area ; subbasal 

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

 antemedial line black defined on inner side by white with some 

 rufous before it, the line strong black and oblique from costa to 

 submedian fold, then slighter and sinuous ; reniform with whitish 

 aunulus defined by black, its centre defined by red-brown, a red- 

 brown patch above it on costa and some blackish beyond it ; a spot 

 ■ defined by black below end of cell, its outer edge slightly defined 

 and somewhat excised ; a faint red-brown line arising at vein 6, 

 angled outwards beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous ; post- 

 medial line black slightly defined on outer side by white, angled 

 inwards below costa, then bent outwards, then obliquely down- 

 curved, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then 

 incurved and slightly waved, excurved at submediaji fold, incurved 

 and emitting a slight streak at vein I, a pale rufous band beyond it ; 

 subterminal line grey-white, obliquely incurved from costa to below 

 vein 5, then slightly waved, an oblique sinuous blackish streak 

 from termen below apex ; a slight crenulate Avhitish terminal line 

 with brown striae in the interspaces. Hind wing golden yellow, 

 the base of submedian fold and inner margin slightly tinged with 

 brown ; a narrow black medial band, obliquely curved from costa 

 to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending at vein 1 ; a 

 terminal black band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at 

 vein 1 ; a yellow apical patch and slight points in the interspaces 

 to vein 2 ; cilia whitish, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. 

 Underside of fore wing yellow, an obliquely curved blackish medial 

 band expanding towards costa where there is a whitish mark on it, 

 terminal area blackish with some whitish at costa and termen, its 

 inner edge curved, cilia whitish at base ; hind wing as above but 

 the costal area irrorated with brown, the medial band arising below 

 costa and connected with a blackish discoidal lunule, the terminal 

 band confluent with the patch at vein 1. 



Ab. 1. postlmma. Hind wing with the black median band angled 

 outwards at submedian fold. 



Ab. 2. connexa. Hind wing with the terminal band not inter- 

 rupted at submedian interspace. 



Hah. Feance ; Germany, Zeller and Mutzell Colls. ; Austeia ; 

 HuNGAEY, D'Emmich Coll. ; Switzerland ; ? N. Italy ; Geeece^ 



