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somewhiit excised ; a dark bar at middle of inner margin; post- 

 medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 slightly sinuous, angled outwards above vein 5, then inwardly 

 obliqne and waved, strongly angled inwards at vein 1, a rufous 

 band beyond it except towards costa where there is a blackish bar ; 

 subterminal line black slightly defined on inner side by white, 

 dentate, verj' slightly incurved below costa ; a series of small black 

 spots defined on outer side by whitish before termen. Hind wing 

 golden yellow with blackish fascias below costa, in submedian fold, 

 and on medial part of vein 1 before the narrow black medial band, 

 which is oblique to submedian fold, then bent inwards and ending 

 at vein 1, its outer edge slightly excurved at vein o ; a terminal 

 black band from costa to just below vein 2 and a patch at vein 1 ; 

 a small apical white patch slightly tinged with yellow ; cilia white, 

 chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing 

 with the basal half yellow, an oblique black medial band narrowing 

 to inner margin, terminal area black, its inner edge curved, a white 

 apical patch and slight streaks in the extremities of interspaces; 

 hind wing as above, but without the fasciae on basal area, the basal 

 and postmedial costal areas white. 



Hah, U.S.xi., Eastern and Southern States, 2 c? , Georgia. 

 E.cj). 48 millim. 



*73i8. Ephesia triphsenoides. 



Catocala irifhcB^ioidcs, Obertb. Et. Eiit. vi. p. 21, pi. viii. f. 5 (1881;. 



d" . Head and thora.x pale violaceous grey; abdomen yellowish. 

 Fore wing pale violaceous grej^ slightlj' irrorated with fuscous ; 

 subbasal line blackish, slight!)' angled outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line blackish, angled 

 outwards below costa, then waved ; reniform with its centre and 

 outer edge indistinctly defined by blackish, a small blackish mark 

 above it on costa; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent outwards 

 below costa, then obliquely downcurved to below vein 6, curved to 

 vein 3, then bent inwards and forming a sinus below end of cell, 

 and angled outwards in submedian fold, a slight dark shade beyond 

 it obiicjuely incurved to below vein 6 ; subterminal line pale 

 defined on outer side by a fuscous shade, obliquely incurved to 

 below vein 6 ; cilia chequered with fuscous at base. Hind wing- 

 yellow; a blackish band before termen from costa to vein 2, its 

 outer edge slightly waved below vein 6 ; slight blackish points 

 before termen above and below vein 1. Underside of fore wing 

 yellow, a blackish striga from middle of costa and oblique bar 

 b<'yond lower angle of cell, a rather diffused curved subterminal 

 band from costa to vein 2, cilia chequered fuscous and yellow ; 

 hind wing with the cilia chequered with fuscous at middle. 



Hah. 1^. China, JSTgaiikiak {David). E.vj>. 50 millim, This 

 species is unknown to me. 



