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beyond the transverse posterior line. Hind wings black; fringe white. Expands 
76 bo -()""". Middle and Western States. Curvata is the name given to the form with 
basal and apical dashes. (Hulst.) 
58. Calocala retecta Grote. 
The caterpillar feeds on the hickory, according to Angus, and Dr. 
Kellicott has reared it from a caterpillar found on the hickory June 28, 
which changed to a pupa in July, the moth appearing July 27. 
This moth has been raised by Dr. Kellicott, who originally by mistake 
referred it to G.flebilis. (See Ent. Amer., June, 1886, p. 46.) 
Larva. — Gray, with a greenish tinge; dorsal line rather faint, made up of closely 
placed lines of black dots; subdorsal line wider and more conspicuous; on each abdom- 
inal ring is an illy-defined > — or < situated in this line ; the stigmatal line or stripe 
is still more distinct and continous ; the large, black-ringed, elliptical spiracles are 
situated, except the first, wholly in this line. The papillae are white, each bearing a 
fine brown hair; those on the first thoracic ring, however, are dark or black ; on the 
abdominal riugs the posterior pair are situated in the angle of the > — referred to 
above. Head flattened, bluish gray, with Hues of confluent whitish spots so arranged 
that the surface has the appearance of watered silk ; on the top of the head are four 
brown dots placed at the angles of a square. There is a black line extending from 
the articulation of the jaws half way up the cranial lobes in front of the cells. Feet 
ornamented with black slashes. Lateral fringes hoary. Uuder side of the body 
bluish white, with black and flesh-colored spots. Length 58 mm (2.32 inches). 
(Kellicott.) 
Moth. — Fore wings pearly cinereous, a dash at the base and at the sinus of the 
transverse posterior line; lines distinct; M of transverse posterior line strongly 
produced ; teeth nearly equal. Hind wings black ; fringe white. Expands 70 to 
75 mm . Middle and Western States. Flebilis has a diffuse black shading, reaching 
from the base longitudinally across the wing to the apex. (Hulst.) 
59. Catocala luctuosa Hulst. 
The food-plant of this species is probably the hickory, according to 
TVlr Hulst. 
Moth. — Fore wings like C. retecta in markings, but with apical shadings ; wings 
broader and outwardly more rounded, and more or less generally covered with a 
brownish shading, often with a violet tinge. Hind wings black, with fringes broader 
and dull white, and marked with black at ends of the veins. Expands 75 to 80 mm . 
Middle and Western States. (Hulst.) 
60. Catocala insolabilis Guene*e. 
This moth has been bred by Mr. Angus from caterpillars found on 
the hickory, but they have not been described. 
Moth. — Fore wings light blue gray, heavily powdered with black; clouded with 
black along the inner margin ; generally on the median space, just auterior to this 
black margin, a triangular pale or white space ; basal dash always turned downward 
outwardly. Hind wings black, fringes dark. Expands 75 to 85 mra . Middle, Western, 
and Southern States. (Hulst). 
