﻿[101] 
  Notes 
  on 
  Catocala 
  pretiosa. 
  213 
  

  

  or 
  midway 
  between 
  them 
  : 
  in 
  poly 
  gama 
  it 
  is 
  subquadrangular, 
  

   defined 
  by 
  ferruginous 
  scales, 
  is 
  quite 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  

   median 
  shade-line, 
  and 
  is 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  transverse 
  

   line, 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  approximate 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  subterminal 
  line 
  is 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  in 
  poly 
  gama, 
  pale 
  

   gray. 
  The. 
  posterior 
  wings 
  have 
  the 
  marginal 
  band 
  slightly 
  

   narrowed 
  on 
  the 
  submedian 
  fold 
  : 
  mpolygama, 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  

   or 
  quite 
  constricted 
  ; 
  beneath, 
  the 
  cellular 
  fold 
  is 
  shaded 
  with 
  

   black 
  (not 
  in 
  pretiosa). 
  

  

  In 
  size 
  it 
  is 
  smaller 
  than 
  poly 
  gama, 
  five 
  examples 
  of 
  which 
  

   before 
  me 
  measure 
  in 
  expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  males 
  1.80, 
  1.85 
  and 
  

   1.90 
  inch 
  ; 
  females 
  2 
  and 
  2.1 
  inches. 
  Pretiosa 
  males 
  1.60 
  and 
  

   1.70 
  inch 
  ; 
  females 
  1.80 
  inch. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  proportionally 
  

   broader 
  than 
  in 
  poly 
  gama; 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  clouded 
  with 
  black 
  

   basally, 
  with 
  more 
  white 
  medially, 
  and 
  with 
  less 
  ferruginous 
  

   in 
  the 
  terminal 
  region. 
  

  

  Three 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  were 
  captured 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  sugar, 
  

   at 
  Schenectady, 
  1ST. 
  Y., 
  last 
  year 
  — 
  the 
  two 
  males, 
  in 
  perfect 
  

   condition, 
  on 
  July 
  8th 
  and 
  10th, 
  and 
  the 
  female 
  somewha.t 
  

   worn, 
  on 
  July 
  16th. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  C. 
  crato3gi 
  Saunders 
  was 
  also 
  taken 
  by 
  

   me 
  at 
  sugar, 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  July. 
  I 
  had 
  recognized 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  

   undescribed 
  species 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  its 
  capture, 
  and 
  had 
  so 
  

   indicated 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  Collection. 
  With 
  the 
  larval 
  state 
  of 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  of 
  our 
  Catocalas 
  unknown, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  gratifying 
  that 
  Mr. 
  

   Saunders 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  accompany 
  

   the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  imago 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  its 
  larva 
  • 
  

  

  C. 
  poly 
  gama 
  was 
  taken 
  but 
  once 
  by 
  me 
  last 
  season, 
  

   viz., 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  July, 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition. 
  The 
  examples 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  present 
  very 
  little 
  variation. 
  

   The 
  variability 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  ascribed 
  to 
  it 
  probably 
  arises 
  

   from 
  the 
  confounding 
  with 
  it 
  of 
  cratcegi, 
  pretiosa, 
  and 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  some 
  other 
  species. 
  — 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist 
  for 
  July, 
  

   1876. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  above, 
  through 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Gr. 
  W. 
  Peck, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  additional 
  

   examples 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  which 
  show 
  some 
  variation 
  from 
  my 
  

   type 
  specimens. 
  In 
  those, 
  the 
  marginal 
  black 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  

   secondaries 
  is 
  continuous, 
  presenting 
  only 
  a 
  constriction 
  on 
  

   the 
  submedian 
  fold, 
  acute 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  and 
  approaching 
  to 
  

   a 
  separation, 
  but 
  slighter 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  In 
  a 
  pair 
  received 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Peck, 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  disconnected 
  on 
  the 
  fold, 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  