﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1209 



58. Catocala Messalina. 



Mas. Cinerea, C. amicae affinis, paullo major ; prothorax fuscux ; 

 abdomen gracile, acutum, subtus fuscum , alee anticce fusco- 

 cinerecc violaceo tinctce^ dimidio antico pallide cinereo, lineis 

 duabus medianis postice approximatis^ reniformi et linea 

 exteriore contiguis ; posticce pallide lutece, basi obscura^ mar- 

 gine lato nigra, 



Catocala Messalina, Guen. NocL iii. 107, 1475. 

 North America. 



Mexico. 



Group 1. 



Like the second European group. 



59. Catocala electilis. 



Obscure cinerea ; abdomen pallidum ; alee anticce nigra conspersce, 

 fascia media diffusa nigricante, lineis Iransversis nigris 

 distinctis integris, dentibus duobus exterioribus sat longis^ 

 linea submarginali undulata incompleta^ lunulis submar- 

 ginalibus nigris; posticcE roseo-rufce, fascia mediocri sub- 

 excavata postice arcuata attenuata et abbreviata^ margine sat 

 lato postice inciso^ striga apicali eiliisque albis, his postice 

 nigricantibus. 



Dark cinereous. Abdomen paler. Fore wings speckled with 

 black, and with a blackish diffuse band across ibe middle con- 

 cealing the reniform spot; transverse black lines distinct, complete, 

 the exterior one with two rather prominent teeth ; submarginal line 

 undulating, incomplete; submarginal lunules black; under side 

 white, with black bands. Hind wings rosy red ; band moderately 

 broad, slightly excavated, curved and attenuated hindward, not 

 extending to the interior margin ; border rather broad, somewhat 

 notched hindward ; apical streak and ciliae white, the latter mostly 

 blackish towards the interior angle; under side red with black 

 bands, white towards the costa. Length of the body 14 lines ; 

 of the wings 36 lines. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Glennie's collection. 



