﻿LEPIDOPTERA Hl!:TEROCEllA. 1205 



51. Catocala Ghynea. 



Glaucencens ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce lituris costalibus 

 nigrisy vitta postica interrupta ferruginea^ fasciis duahus 

 canis antice furcatis ex parte nigro marginatis ; posticce 

 lutece^ vitta prope marginem interiorem fasciaque connexis 

 nigris, margine nigro, incisuris duabus, striga oblonga apicali 

 lutea, 



Phalagna Grynea, Crani. Pap. Exot. iii. 29, pi. 208, f. H. 



Virginia. 



52. Catocala illecta. 



Pallide cinerea ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce lineis nigris 

 angastis distinctis, linea exteriore valde denticulata, dentibus 

 duabus conspicuis, una longissima, reniformi apud discum 

 albida nigro marginata, annulo posfico nigro incompleto ; 

 posticce lutece^ fascia subabbreviata extus antice excavata, 

 margine lato, macula elongata apicali lutea, ciliis albidis. 



Pale cinereous. Abdomen luteous. Fore wings with the usual 

 transverse black lines, which are slender and distinct ; exterior line 

 much denticulated and having opposite the reniform spot two teeth 

 which are much more prominent than the rest, the fore one about 

 twice the length of the hind one; reniform spot whitish in the 

 disk, bordered with black; hinder black ringlet incomplete. Hind 

 wings bright luteous, with the band almost abbreviated towards the 

 interior border, and excavated on the fore part of the exterior side; 

 border broad, with an elongated apical luteous spot; ciliae whitish. 

 Length of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 30 lines. 



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



53. Catocala nuptula. 



SabtestaceO'cinerea ; abdomen testacewn; alee anticce lituris cos^ 

 tali bus ferrugineis, lineis medianis obsoletis, linea exteriore 

 ferruginea dentem nigro signatum Jingente, striga lata f err u- 

 ginea apud marginem interiorem extus attenuata, linea sub- 

 marginali et reniformis margine albidis indistinctis, guttis 

 submarginalibus nigris ; posticce lutece, vitta interiore fusca, 

 fascia apud medium contractu, margine lato incisuris duxbus 

 posticis, ciliis albido-testaceis fusco notatis. 



