148 NOCTTTIDiT. 



Hah. U.S.A., Dist-.r. of Columbia, Washington. Eccp. 48 millira. 

 This species is unknown to me. 



7263. Ephesia dissimilis. 



Catocala dissimilis, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. t)0, pi. 4. f. 15 (1864) ; Staud. 

 Cut. Lep. pal. p. 250. 



Head and thorax dark brown, the head and tegulse with white 

 mixed, the tegulae with dark marks at middle and dark tips ; palpi 

 white at base and with white ring at extremity of 2nd joint; frons 

 white below and with black bars at sides ; pectus white ; legs 

 white irrorated with brown, the extremity of fore tibiae and the 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brown, the ventral surface 

 white tinged with brown. Fore wing dark brown irrorated with 

 grey- white ; subbasal line black, angled otitwards below costa and 

 ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line diffused, black faintly 

 defined on inner side by whitish, excnrved above inner margin ; 

 reniform with whitish centre defined by blackish and diffused 

 Avhito anuulus ; an oblique blackish bar above it from costa ; 

 postmcdial line black slightly defined on outer side by whitish, 

 expanding into a small spot at custa, bent outwards below costa, 

 then oblique and slightly sinuous to below vein 6, where it is 

 angled outwards, then inwardly oblique and waved; a diffused 

 waved whitish subterminal line defined on outer side by blackish 

 brown ; a series of blackish points before termen defined on outer 

 side by white. Hind wing dark reddish brown ; an apical white 

 patch extending to vein 6 ; cilia white at tips. Underside of 

 fore wing with the basal half pale brown, the terminal half black- 

 brown, an oblique whitish medial patch from below costa to 

 vein 2, a white postmedial band, broad and oblique to vein 4 and 

 narrowing to inner margin, a white apical spot; hind wing with 

 the basal and inner areas grey-brown, the rest of wing dark brown, 

 a whitish postmedial band, oblique and sinuous to vein 4 and obso- 

 lescent towards tornus, a white apical patch. 



Hah. E. Siberia, Amurland, 2 J" ; Jap^jST, Yezo (Pryer), 4(5, 

 1 5 , Hakodate' (Leech), 1 c? , 1 $ ; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt), 

 1 c? ; 1 $ . Ex2y. 44-56 millim. 



7264. Ephesia sancta. (Plate CC. fig. 3.) 

 Catocala sancta, Butl. Cist. Eiit. iii. p. 134 (1885). 



5 . Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some whitish; 

 palpi whitish at base and with white ring at extremity of 2nd 

 joint; frons white below and with black bars at sides; pectus and 

 legs white and brown, the fore tibiae at extremity and the tarsi 

 banded with blackish ; abdomen brown, the ventral surface 

 brownish white. Fore wing brown irrorated with whitish and 

 suffused in parts with blackish ; a slight dark subbasal line, angled 

 outwards below costa and ending at median nervure ; antemedial 



