﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1179 



Parthenos nubilis, Huhn. Samml. Exot, Schmett, ii. Lep. ir. 

 Noct. iii. SemiqeometrcB viii. Blepharonice C.flavce, 2, /. 3, 4 ; 

 Verz, Schmett. 278, 2737. Guen, Noct. iii. 80, 1427. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b, c. United States. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 2. CATOCALA. 



Statura magna. Corpus robustura. Proboscis valida, vix 

 longa. Palpi robusti, pilosi, oblique ascendentes, vix elongati ; 

 articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae siniplices, corporis diraidio 

 longiores. Tborax cristatus, dense pilosus. Abdomen dense 

 pilosum, alas posticas non aut paullo superans. Pedes longi, 

 robusti, dense pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae amplay, 

 subdenticulats ; aniicae apud costam vix convexae, apice angulatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo ; posticse coccineas aut luteae, rarissime 

 nigrae aut fascia ca?rulea. 



Hemigeometra, p. Hatv, 



Catocala, Ochs. ; Treit. ; BoiscL ; Steph. ; Curt. ; Guen, Ann. Soc. 



Fr. X. 81; Noct. iii. 80. 

 Catocala, Eunelis, Lamprosia, Astiotes, Mormosia, Epbesia, Eucora, 



et Corisee, Hiibn. Verz. SchetL 276, 277, 278. 



Size large. Body stout. Proboscis stout, moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely ascending, moderately long; tbird 

 joint very sbort. Antennae simple, more tban half the length of 

 the body. Thorax thickly pilose. Abdomen very slightly keeled, 

 not or slightly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs long, stout, 

 densely pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample, slightly 

 denticulated. Fore wings generally gray, with clouded bands, 

 hardly convex along the costa, angular at the tips, slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border. Hind wings crimson or luteous, wiih 

 black bands, rarely wholly black, or black with a blue band. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 



Alae posticae nigrap, cyaneo fasciatap. 

 Catocala, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 276. 



Hind wings black, with a blue band. 



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