174 NOCTTTID^. 



by blackish, irregular, a small black spot above it on costa ; an 

 oblique elliptical whitish spot defined by blackish below end of cell ; 

 postmedial line blackish with a small spot at costa, bent outwards 

 below costa, then oblique and downcurved, angled outwards above 

 and below vein 5, then incurved, dentate, and at vein 2 connected 

 with the spot below end of cell ; traces of a dark waved subterminal 

 line, oblique from costa to below vein G ; a crenulate blackish line 

 before termen with small yellow spots beyond it in the interspaces. 

 Hind wing yellow ; some brown suffusion at base and on inner 

 area ; a narrow black band from middle of costa, oblique to sub- 

 median fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 whei'e it terminates, its 

 outer edge angled outwards at vein 5 ; a black subterminal band 

 from costa to just below vein 2 and a bar towards tornus, the band 

 expanding towards costa, its inner edge obliquely curved, its outer 

 dentate to termen between veins 6 and 2 ; cilia chequered with 

 blackish at middle. Underside of fore wing pale yellow, a faint 

 oblique brownish antemedial shade from below costa to vein 1, an 

 obliquely curved medial band ending in a point on vein 1, a curved 

 subterminal band, the area bej^ond it ochreous irrorated with 

 fuscous ; hind wing as above but without brown on basal and 

 inner areas. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Arizona, Gila Co. (PoZzji^), 1 J. Exp. 

 51 millim. 



7293. Ephesia flavescsns. (Plate CCI. fig. 5.) 



Catocala flavescens, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 440 (1894). 



S . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and blackish ; 

 palpi with some white on inner side towards base ; tarsi blackish 

 with pale rings ; abdomen pale greyish rufous, the ventral surface 

 whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown 

 and thickly irrorated with dark brown; subbasal line black, sinuous, 

 from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinctly double, 

 blackish, oblique, sinuous, angled inwards at vein 1 ; reniform 

 obscurely defined by blackish and with some blackish in centre, 

 some blackish above it on costa ; a small whitish spot defined by 

 blackish below end of cell ; postmedial line black, bent outwards 

 below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above 

 vein 5, then oblique and dentate ; subterminal line very indistinct, 

 whitish defined on inner side by a blackish mark from costa, then 

 faintly on outer side hj fuscous and minutely dentate ; a crenulate 

 blackish terminal line defining minute j^ellowish white spots at the 

 extremities of the veins ; cilia yellowish white with a brown line 

 near base. Hind wing yellow, the inner area suffused with red- 

 brown ; a fuscous black medial band, oblique to submedian fold, 

 then bent inwards to above inner margin, expanding into a patch 

 at middle ; the terminal area fuscous black to submedian fold and 

 with patch at vein 1, its inner edge indented by streaks at veins 4, 

 3 and angled inwards at vein 2 ; a yellow apical patch and slight 



