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whitish, iarronnded with ■ blaok border. Then- Li ■ row of stout, ln-avy filaments 
just abore the line <>f the legs. No protaberaooea appear <>n the dorsal aspect of any 
of tin- riogi Length, 2.\J inehea, 
I'tipa — Prainose, abdominal tip blaok, bearing eight hooked hairs, the four upper 
■mailer ones turn toward the median line, the four nnder are larger and turn away 
from it. | Kellicott.) 
Moth. — Forewings very light gray, heavily powdered and shaded with black 
atoms; the base, reuiform spot, and terminal space, especially heavily shaded; fcrans- 
rerse anterior line geminate, diffuse; transTerse posterior line rather heavy; M not 
j, the line below dentate ; subreniform white ; a diffuse white spot beyond 
the reniform spot: subtermiual line white, dentate. Hind wings red, somewhat 
ghaded at base, with black median band strong, reaching the anal margin ; marginal 
band broad. Expands eO to 85 mm . C. fucilla Worthington does not differ from this. 
Var. meskei Grote. Forewings somewhat lighter than uuijuga; hind wings with 
median and marginal bands narrower, the former not reaching the anal margin. 
Var. beaniana Grote. Forewings darker than in unijuga; hind wings with the 
median band more even, not reaching the anal margin. (Hulst.) 
40. Catocala caret Guene"e. 
The caterpillar of this fine moth feeds on tbe willow, according to Mr. 
Koebele. In Papilio (ii, p. 167) Professor French has given a full life- 
history of the insect. It molts four times. The eggs were deposited 
October 6, the larvae feeding on the willow ; the young hatched April 
6, and became full-fed, spinning their cocoon May 11 to 20, the moths 
emergiug June 23 to 26, but when not in confinement the moth is not 
seen until the 1st of August. 
Egg. — Diameter .04 inch, nearly globular; top a little depressed, containing a little 
button. (French.) 
Larva.— Head gray brown; protuberance on the summit of the eyes prominent. Body 
with ground color gray ; very heavily marked and striated with rust-brown, which 
towards the head almost completely covers the body. There is a brown lunule on 
the eleventh segment with horns forwards. Underneath clear red-brown between the 
third and sixth segments. The sixth and seventh segments between and in front of 
the legs have each a large nearly round spot. The larva is considerably smaller than 
that of C. ilia when full-grown, though the moth is one of the largest, if not the 
largest, of all Catocala). (Koebele, Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc, iv., p. 22.) 
Pupa. — Of the usual shape. Dark brown, covered as usual with a white bloom. 
Abdomen finely punctured, the tip of the last joint very coarsely so. This ends in 
four hooks, two longer than the others, while there are two more hooks arising 
from the punctured portion at a little distance from the four. Length 1.45 inches. 
(French.) 
Moth. — Forewings deep blackish brown; lines narrow, distinct anteriorly: lines 
and veins shaded with olivaceous. Hind wings intense rose-red, with a broad even 
black median band reaching the oval margin. Expands 85 to 95 mm . Middle and 
Eastern States and northward. 
Var. carissima Hulst. Forewings rich velvety brown, spotted and flecked with 
olivaceous scales, which form a large spot at the apex. Expands 90 to 100 mm . Habi- 
tat, south and east from C. cara. C. sylvia is slightly more spotted with olivaceous. 
(Hulst.) 
41. Catocala parta Men6e. 
This species has been bred from Populus dilatata by Mr. Thaxter 
(Psyche, ii, p. 35), but he has given no description of the caterpillar. 
