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Catocala prseclara Grote and Robinson 

 Plate IX, fig. 32; PL XXII, fig. 16 (clasper). 

 Catocala prceclara Grote and Robinson, 1866, Proc. Ent.- Soc. Phil., VI, p. 25, PL iv, fig. 4. 



This species possesses a peculiar, pale greenish, metallic sheen on the primaries which should readily distinguish it 

 from its allies. Holland's figure (PL xxxv, fig. 7) is incorrect and should be referred to gracilis Edwards; it is the same 

 species as his figure 8. The larval history has not been recorded. The species is fairly common in the northern Atlantic 

 and New England States, extending into Nova Scotia (Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont. for 1908, p. 106); the records from Manitoba 

 refer to the following species. Schroers' record (Ent. News, XXV, p. 59) from the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri, if cor- 

 rect, would give a more extended range to the species than our material shows. 



Catocala manitoba Beutenmiiller 

 Plate IX, fig. 33; PL XXII, fig. 22 (clasper). 

 Catocala manitoba Beutenmuller, 1908, Ent. News, XIX, p. 54. 



This is a duller and darker-colored form than prceclara and may possibly be merely a geographical race of this species. 

 It is only known from Manitoba. 



Catocala blandula Hulst 



Plate X, fig. 1; PL XIV, fig. 12 (larva); PL XV, fig. 23 (larval head); PL XV, fig. 39, and PL XVI, 



fig. 3 (segments); PL XXII, fig. 17 (clasper). 



Catocala blandula Hulst, 1884, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, VII, p. 38. Barnes and McDunnough, 1918, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXVIII, p. 173. 



This species is closely allied superficially to C. cratwgi and more so to the variety pretiosa. It may be readily sepa- 

 rated by the very oblique and almost even transverse anterior line, by the larger basal area, and by the very long inflection 

 of the transverse posterior line in the submedian fold which almost touches or rests upon the transverse anterior line; 

 when separated, it leaves the space between the two lines on the inner margin much narrower than in C. crato3gi. The 

 larvae of the two species are entirely different, blandula being without the fleshy dorsal horn so characteristic of crat&gi. 



It is impossible to determine accurately the range of distribution of this species, as it has been confused with cratcegi 

 and mira. It occurs throughout Canada from Nova Scotia to northwestern Ontario (Hymers) and southern Manitoba 

 (Cartwright) and extends southward through the New England States into the North Atlantic ones. Its range in the 

 West is uncertain but it probably occurs at least in Michigan and Wisconsin and possibly in northern Illinois. We have 

 a single specimen before us labelled " Kentucky." 



Catocala alabamse Grote 



Plate IX fig. 17. 



Catocala alabamce Grote, 1875, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., XXVI, p. 427. Beutenmuller, 1903, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIX, 

 p. 508. 



The dull coloration separates this species at the first glance from prwclara, from which it also differs in minor features 

 of maculation, as may be seen by comparing the figures. Nothing is known of the early stages. 



The species occurs in the Gulf States and central Texas (Springfield), extending up the Mississippi Valley to St. Louis, 

 Missouri (Ent. News, XXV, 60). We have also a single specimen from Elmwood, Tennessee. 



Catocala olivia Hy. Edwards 

 Plate IX, fig. 18; PL XXII, fig. 23 (clasper). 

 Catocala olivia Hy. Edwards, 1880, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, II, p. 95. Beutenmuller, 1903, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIX, p. 508. 



This is possibly a form of alabamw, from which it differs by having a very large black patch on the inner margin of 

 the fore wings. It is known only from Texas. 



