34 BARNES AND McDUNNOUGH: CATOCALA 



Catocala illecta Walker 



Plate VII, fig. 13; PI. X, fig. 30 (larval head); PI. XII, fig. 10 (larva); PL XXI, fig. 26 (tibia); 



PI. XXII, figs. 1 and 2 (claspers). 



Catocala illecta Walker, 1857, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., XIII, p. 1205. French, 1892, Can. Ent., XXIV, p. 307 (larva). Rowley 



Ent. News, XX, pp. 129-131 (larva). Barnes and McDunnough, 1918, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXXVIII, p. 169. 

 Catocala magdalena Strecker, 1874, Lep. Rhop. Het., p. 93, PL xi, fig. 9. 



This species somewhat resembles a concumbens with yellow secondaries, the pale gray-brown of the primaries being 

 quite characteristic. The larvae and its habits are well known and have been excellently noted by Rowley. The moth 

 is seldom found on trees or at sugar, apparently concealing itself among low-growing bushes. 



The species is fairly common in the central Plain States, extending south to Texas. It has been reported from south- 

 western Ontario (Moffat, Can. Ent., XXX, 140). 



Catocala abbreviatella Grote 



Plate X, fig. 18; PL XXII, fig. 3 (clasper). 



Catocala abbreviatella Grote, 1872, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, IV, p. 14. Barnes and McDunnough, 1918, Bull. Amer Mus Nat Hist 

 XXXVIII, p. 169. " 



The pale-centered reniform separates this species from nwptialis, in which this spot is prominently black. On the 

 secondaries the terminal black band is broken near the anal angle, leaving a dark isolated spot. 



The species is rarely met with and appears to inhabit a belt of territory in the central Plain States stretching from 

 Texas in the south and following roughly the Mississippi Valley to southern Manitoba (1904, Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont, XXXIV, 

 p. 94). Rowley reports a single specimen at Louisiana, Missouri (Ent. News, XXI, p. 453); French records it in his 

 'Catocala of Illinois'; and Dodge (Can. Ent, XXXIV, p. 117) mentions the capture of a few species each year in 

 Missouri and eastern Nebraska. 



Catocala nuptialis Walker 



Plate X, fig. 19; PL XXII, fig. 4 (clasper). 



Catocala nuptialis Walker, 1857, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus., XIII, p. 1206. 

 Catocala myrrha Strecker, 1874, Lep. Rhop. Het., p. 97, PL xi, fig. 12. 



We have already noted the points of distinction between this species and the preceding. 



It is commoner than abbreviatella, occurring through practically the same territory; Lintner's (1896, 11th Rep. Inj. 

 Ins. New York, p. 266) record from New York, with food-plant of the larva given as apple, needs confirmation. 



Catocala whitneyi Dodge 

 Plate X, figs. 16 and 17; PL XXII, fig. 5 (clasper). 

 Catocala whitneyi Dodge, 1874, Can. Ent, VI, p. 125. Betjtenmuller, 1907, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXIII, p. 146. 



This species occurs in two forms, as shown in the figures. It is easily recognized by the heavy black t. a. line and the 

 broad reniform irregularly produced toward the base of wing. 



It has only been reported from a few of the Plains States from Nebraska and Kansas northward to southern Mani- 

 toba but appears to be fairly plentiful locally. 



Catocala amestris Strecker 



Plate VIII, figs. 17 and 18; PL X, fig. 33 (larval head); PL XII, fig. 7 (larva); PL XXII, fig. 6 (clasper). 



Catocala amestris Strecker, 1874, Lep. Rhop. Het, Nov, p. 96, PL xi, fig. 6. Betjtenmuller, 1903, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 



xix, p. 508 (larva). 

 Catocala anna Grote, 1874, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, V, Dec, p. 96. 

 Catocala westcottii Grote, 1878, Can. Ent, X, p. 195. 



This species is rare. The form westcotti (Fig. 18) is said to differ from the type form (Fig. 17) in having the outer 

 black margin of secondaries unbroken. 



