lepidoptera heterocera. 933 



Catocala Bkiseis. 

 Briseis, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1864, 508. 

 Rhode Island. New York. 



Catocala gracilis. 

 gracilis, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1864, 511. 

 United States. 



Catocala similis. 

 similis, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1864,511. 

 a. United States. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Catocala minitta. 

 minuta, Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 1864, 512. 

 a. New York. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Catocala albifascia. 



Foem. Albida ; caput nigro conspersum ; thorax atomis vittisque 

 duabus rufescente -fuscis ; abdomen luteum, basi rufescente 

 fusco cristatum ; alee anticce rufescente-fuscce, striga 

 lata subarcuata obliqua flavescente-cinerea lineas duas 

 rufescente fuscas includente, fascia lata alba, fascia sub- 

 marginali cinerea dentata, orbiculari et reniformi magnis 

 rufescente fusco marginatis ; posticce lutea?, nigricante-fusco 

 late marginata?, macula apicali alba. 



Female. Whitish. Head and palpi speckled with black. 

 Palpi nearly erect, rising a little higher than the vertex; second 

 joint with a short thick fringe ; third linear, black, whitish at the 

 tip, about hall the length of the second. Thorax with reddish 

 brown speckles and with two stripes of the same hue. Abdomen 

 bright luteous, with a large reddish brown crest at the base. Fore 

 wings reddish brown, with a broad slightly curved yellowish 

 cinereous streak, which is dilated at the base of the costa, whence 

 it passes behind the orbicular and reniform marks, and thence, in- 

 cluding two reddish brown lines, it borders the outer side of a broad 



