332 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
variously marked with hrowu, and with a substiguiatal brown line; the 
back of the caterpillar remains hunched in repose. 
Moth. — Thorax light gray, with a yellowish tin^o ; abdomen with the yellowish 
more marked ; fore-wings with the lines distinct, basal space dark, beyond the trans- 
verse anterior line light gray often almost white to the reniform spot, beyond dark 
gray; reniform spot distinct, the subreniform obsolete M of transverse posterior 
line hardly suggested; subterminal white line distinct. Hind wings rather dull yel- 
low, median band wanting, marginal band broad, indistinct, but even on the inner 
margin, extending to the anal margin. Beneath, wings dull, indistinct, yellowisb, 
fore-wings with the reniform spot black; beyond, an even, narrow, curved black 
line, also a broad marginal line; hind wings with discal spot, and three even curved 
bands, two inner and narrow, one marginal aud broad. Expands 40 to 43""". Habi- 
tat Eastern and Southern States. (Hulst.) 
10. Catocala innubens Guende. 
The caterpillar is said by Mr. Hulst to feed on the walnut. 
Moth. — Fore-wings rich brown, powdered, with glaucous scales; lines distinct, 
black; M of transverse posterior Hue strong; teeth broad, even; reniform spot 
brown, annulate with pale white ; subreniform spot pale, often nearly white, small ; 
at the apex resting in the costa is a large triangular whitish spot. Hind wings red- 
dish orange; median band rather broad, quite even. Expands 65 to 70 mm . Habitat 
Eastern, Middle and Western States. (Hulst.) 
C. hinda has broad, darker brown shading from base to apex. 
Var. JiavidaJis Grote has yellow hind wings. 
Var. scintillans G. & R. has very dark nearly black fore-wings, uniform to the 
transverse posterior line. 
11. Catocala paleogama Guene"e. 
The caterpillar closely resembles that of C. neogama, according to Mr. 
Hulst. 
Moth. — Fore- wings gray, powdered with greenish gray aud black scales, and shaded 
with blackish, and with bright brown in the subterminal space; lines rather broad, 
distinct; reniform spot rounded, brown or black, indistiuct; subreniform spot pale, 
small ; sinus of transverse posterior line broadly marked, acute, not deep ; teeth of M 
strong. Hind wings dark yellow; median band narrow, much constricted, reaching 
the internal margin. Expands 70 to 75 mm . Habitat, Eastern, Middle, and Western 
States. 
Var. phalanga Grote. Fore-wings with the basal space black, a black band beyond 
the transverse posterior line, the rest light gray. (Hulst.) 
12. Catocala neogama (Abbot and Smith). 
The caterpillar is said by Guenee to feed ou the walnut; it is of a 
brownish gray color, formed by man}' longitudinal striae on a light 
ground; the piliferous points separate as is usual. 
Moth. — Fore-wings light gray, marked within the transverse anterior line, at the 
reniform spot, and beyond the transverse posterior line with light brown ; all the lines 
evideut, but not always distinct ; M of transverse posterior line produced, sinus large ; 
basal and subapical dashes generally present. Hind wings yellow, the median band 
constricted and angulated. Expands 75 to 90 mm . Habitat, east of Rocky Mountains 
aud Arizona. C. communis has the hind wings a little darker yellow than the type 
form. 
Var. snoviana Grote was described from an aberrant aud somewhat aborted speci- 
men from Kansas, with fore-wings much more heavily marked with black. It is with 
great hesitancy that I regard this as a variety. (Hulst.) 
