790 ZOOLOGY— INSECTS. 



POLITES, Scud. 

 POLITES DEAOO, Edw. 



Pamphila Draco, Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1871. 



P. Draco was moderately abundant in the mountains during June and 

 the early part of July. Specimens were brought by the expedition from 

 Southern Utah, and from Twin Lakes, Colorado. It is also found in Cali- 

 fornia, 



OCHLODES, Scud. 



OGHLODES SONORA, Scud. 

 Ochlodes Sonora, Scud., Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci., 1871. 



Individuals of this species, from Colorado, seem a little darker in color 

 than those from California. Several specimens, all males, were obtained at 

 Twin Lakes about the middle of July. 



LIMOCHORES, Scud. 

 LIMOCHORES GERNES, Boisd. & LeG. 

 II. Ahaton, HARRIS, Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 



One male and one female of this species were taken in Colorado. They 

 differ somewhat from the ordinary eastern type in that the wings arc much 

 suffused with fulvous. 



NOCTUID^E— CATOCALA, Schrank. 



GATOGALA EDITUA, Edw. 



Catocala Uditha, Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila., Oct., 1874, 112. 



Malt. — Expands 3.3 inches. Primaries light gray-brown, crossed lon- 

 gitudinally from base to a point just below apex by a blackish-brown stripe ; 

 the transverse lines distinct ; the basal nearly entire from the costa to mid- 

 dle of submedian interspace, and there serrated in the form of the letter W, 

 the middle serration being very small ; the elbowed line has two prominent 

 teeth, the upper one projecting about one-tenth inch ; following these a dee}) 

 obovate sinus that roaches nearly to the basal line; on the lower edge of 

 this sinus the line is twice serrated, and then forms a re-entering angle to 

 submedian nervure; a wavy, gray, serrated stripe crosses the extradiscal 

 area, anteriorly following the course of the elbowed line, but posteriorly 



