﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 



Group 7. 

 Like the sixth European group. 



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 55. Catocala polygama. 



C. hymeneaB affinis ; cinerascens; palporum articulus 2us securi- 

 formis, Sus suhspatulatus ; alee anticce subviridescentes^ferru- 

 gineo magis conspersce^ lineis minus concisis, angulis minus 

 acutis, striga antica nigra ferrugineo marginata; posticce 

 fascia magis coarctata et arcuata, margine minus incisoy 

 macula apud angulum interiorem minore, 



Catocala polygama, Guen. Noct iii. 105, 1472. 



Var. P Whitish. Fore wings with a slight pale glaucous- 

 green tinge from the base to the exterior line, the latter having 

 two prominent teeth, of which the fore one is more prominent than 

 the hind one ; a broad ferruginous line near the base bordered by 

 two black lines, and a diffuse band of the same hue beyond the 

 exterior line ; space between the latter band and the black marginal 

 dots gray, including the indistinct brownish submarginal line ; reni- 

 form spot partly bordered with black and inclosed in a white space ; 

 subreniform spot bordered with black. Hind wings iuteous, brown 

 along the interior border; band excavated in the middle, much 

 curved, joining the brown part; border with the usual hindward 

 notch ; a small apical Iuteous streak ; ciliae pale, with brown marks. 

 Var. (3. — Fore wings with the ferruginous hue almost obsolete; 

 subreniform spot larger. Hind wings with the border interrupted. 

 Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. North America. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



b. Oriila, West Canada. From Mr. Bush's collection. 



56. Catocala connubialis. 



Pallide cinerea; alee anticce apice subacutce, lineis duabus medianis 

 sat approximatis, linea exteriore duplicata, macularum reni- 

 formis et subreniformis marginibus bene determinatis, striga 

 postica nigricante ; posticce lutece, striga basali, fascia mar- 

 gineque angustis, hac inter rupta. 



Catocala connubialis, Guen, Noct. iii. 105, 1473. 



North America. 



