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Catocala ella. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 5.) 

 Catocala ella, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 242. n. 3 (1877). 



Allied to G. convexa, but larger, the primaries with more sharply defined markings, the 

 secondaries brighter ochreous, with the central black band widest at costa and gradually nar- 

 rowing to the abdominal margin ; the black border wider and more regular, notched near the 

 anal angle ; the ochreous belts below broader and brighter, not varied with white ; the angular 

 black band of secondaries below regular, and widest at costa. Expanse of wings 2 inches 

 7 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Catocala jonasii. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 6.) 

 Catocala jonasii, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 242. n. 5 (1877). 



Primaries silver-grey, whitish in and beyond the discoidal cell, crossed by two black lines 

 as in G. neogama, white-edged ; reniform spot and a spot below it black-edged ; a row of 

 black spots beyond the cell ; a partly black-edged dentated discal white streak from the costa 

 to the external angle ; a submarginal series of black dots ; fringe white : secondaries ochreous, 

 with two black bands, one central, the other marginal ; two internal abbreviated brown 

 streaks ; apex and fringe pale ochreous : body grey, abdomen brownish. Wings below white, 

 yellowish towards the inner margins ; primaries crossed by three, and secondaries by two black 

 bands : body below white ; abdomen with the anal segments and sides yellowish. Expanse of 

 wings 3 inches. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Catocala miriflca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 7.) 

 Catocala mirifica, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 243. n. 6 (1877). 



Allied to C. paranympha, but the primaries pale silver-grey, almost white ; a broad dark- 

 brown apical costal patch, upon which alone the black markings are well-defined ; traces of 

 discal and marginal brownish belts below the brown patch j two apical greyish nebulae : secon- 

 daries bright ochreous, with the central black belt rather narrower than in C. paranympha and 

 the interrupted border wider ; thorax coloured like the primaries ; abdomen testaceous. Under 

 surface paler, the yellow belts broader : primaries with the pale outer border only defined at 

 apex; fringe yellow ; secondaries with the black belts more regular, not obliterated near the 

 costa : body below white. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Catocala xarippe. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 8.) 

 Catocala xarippe, Butler, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 243. n. 7 (1877). 



Allied to C. polygama, but much larger : secondaries with the central black belt broader, 



