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black below end of cell ; postmedial line double, black, the outer 

 line less distinct, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

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

 inwardly oblique, waved and strongly angled inwards at vein 1 ; 

 subterminal line whitish slightly defined on outer side by fuscous, 

 waved, oblique from costa to vein 6 where it is met by an oblique 

 black streak from termen below apex ; a line formed by black strias 

 before termen. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area slightly 

 tinged with rufous ; a black medial band, oblique to vein 2, then 

 angled inwards at submedian fold and extending to inner margin, 

 expanding below costa and with its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; . 

 a black subterminal band, its inner edge incurved at discal fold, 

 then waved, its outer edge waved to termen between veins 6 and 2 ; 

 cilia with brownish marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing 

 yellow, an oblique fuscous shade from costa befoi'e middle to vein 1, 

 an oblique black medial band incurved below costa and excurved at 

 middle, an obliquely curved black subterminal band from costa to 

 submedian fold, the terminal area ochreous irrorated slightly with 

 brown ; hind wing as above but the costal area ochreous irrorated 

 with brown, a black discoidal spot conjoined to the medial band. 



Hah. Mongolia, Changhai Mts. ; E. Siberia, Amurland, 2 $. 

 Exj). 60 millim. 



7278. Ephesia minuta. (Plate CC. fig. 14.) 



Catocala minuta, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 512 (1864) ; 



Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 331. 

 Catocala rarvula, W. H. Edw. Proe. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 612 (1864). 

 Catocala mellittda, Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vii. p. 35 (1884). 



Head and thorax whitish mixed with pale rufous ; palpi black- 

 brown; frons with lateral black bars ; shoulders with black-brown 

 streaks ; patagia with dark brown streak near upper edge, fore 

 tibiae with black and white band at extremity, the tarsi black 

 ringed with white ; abdomen rufous, the ventral surface white 

 tinged with rufous. Fore wing with the base whitish and pale 

 rufous, the rest of wing red-brown suffused with blackish ; subbasal 

 line black defined on outer side by whitish, excurved below costa 

 and ending at submedian fold ; a band of black suffusion on ante- 

 medial area before the antemedial line, which is double, black filled 

 in with Avhitish, bent outwards below costa, then waved and 

 excurved above inner margin ; reniform small, faintly defined by 

 brown, an oblique dark bar above it from costa ; a small pale spot 

 defined by brown below end of cell, its outer edge somewhat 

 bidentate, postmedial line blackish slightly defined on outer side by 

 whitish, oblique and slightly sinuous towards costa, angled out- 

 wards above and below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate and 

 angled inwards at vein 1 ; subterminal line whitish slightly defined 

 on each side by dark brown, strong, diffused and obliquely incurved 

 from costa to below vein 6, then dentate ; a crenulate black terminal 

 line. Hind wing golden yellow, the inner area suffused with brown ; 



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