ephesia; 147 



Ip, Hind wing with the terminal band not con- 

 nected with the medial band at veins 2 

 and 1. 

 a". Fore wing with the medial area not white. 

 a'. Fore wing with tlie postmerlial line 

 dentate between veins 4 and '2. 

 «*. Hind wing with the terminal band 

 more or less completely interrupted 



, . „ in submedian interspace iiymphma. 



h^. Hind wing with the terminal band 

 not interrupted in submedian inter- 

 space. 

 «9. Fore wing not variegated with white dufUcata. 

 W. Fore wing variegated with white ... diversa. 

 h''. Fore wing with the postmedial line very 

 slightly waved between veins 4 and 2. 

 «^. Fore wing without oblique dark shade 

 from termen below apex. 

 «^. Fore wing largely suffused with dark 



brown disjuncia. 



W. Fore wing much gi-eyer brown. 



ct}'-'. Fore wing with the postmedial 



line slightly oblique below vein 5 



and not connected by a sinus 



with the spot below end of cell . eutychea, 



A'^. Fore wing with the postmedial 



line very oblique below vein .5 



' and connected by a sinus with 



tliespot below end of ceil distorta. 



If. Fore wing with oblique dark shade 



from termen below apex similis. 



¥'. Fore wing with tl:e medial area wliite. 

 a' . Fore wing with the medial ai-ea bluish 

 white and without brown suffusion 



beyond lower angle of cell amcisia. 



f. Fore wing with the medial area pure 

 white and with brown suffusion beyond 



lower angle of cell commhialis. 



d. Hind wing without medial black band. 



a'. Fore wing with the postmedial line present and 



form ing a sinus below end of cell triphcBnoides, 



l^. Fore wing with the postmedial line obsolete vaUantini. 



*7262. Ephesia miranda. 



Catocala miranda, H. Edw. Papilio, i. p. 118 (1881); Smith, Oat. Noct. 

 N. Am. p. 351. 



Head and thorax grey; tegnlge brown; abdomen grey-brown. 

 Fore wing clear grey, the lines distinct, black ; antemedial line 

 oblique, slightly dentate ; reniform grey defined by diffused white ; 

 postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 sinuous, angled outwards above and below vein 5, then waved, 

 strongly bent inwards at vein 1 and reaching the inner margin 

 near the antemedial line. Hind wing black, the cilia pure white. 

 Underside fuscous brown, fore wing with a subterminal white 

 band ; both wings with the apical area white ; hind wing with the 

 cilia white. 



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