CATOCALA AMATRIX. 
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Under surface yellowish white; the secondaries suffused with scarlet on the inner half; the usual bands; 
also a discal luue, more or less prominent in different examples. 
There are two common forms of (his species; the one, Fig. 15 of Plate XI, has the primaries unicolour- 
ous ; the other, Fig. Id, has a broad dash of dark brown on the primaries, extending the length of the wing, 
from the base to the apex interrupted only by the sub-reniform. Neither of these are sexual varieties, as 
plenty of both form occur in either sex. 
This species is found over the same great extent of country as the preceding (Cara). The Texan exam- 
ples are the largest, averaging 3£ inches in expanse. 
The first Catocala that I ever saw in nature was of this species. “Ah! distinctly I remember/’ though 
twenty-five years have passed since then with their dreary cortege of woes, how Christian Sproesser, a stout 
German apprentice of my father, returned home one Sunday — full of beer — with a specimen of Amatrix 
carefully impaled on a board with a big common pin. I sat for hours feasting my eyes on the splendor of its 
scarlet wings, and hunting through an old German illustrated book, without a title page, which then constituted 
my entomological library, to find out what it was. After profound deliberation, I arrived at the erroneous 
conclusion that it was (■’. Nupta, and labeled it accordingly. I then pictured it in three positions, upper and 
under surface, and with the wings closed. I remember, also, how I manufactured lemonade to sumptuously 
regale my Teutonic friend and to show my appreciation of his kindness in procuring me this peerless treasure, 
and, finally, how the facial nerves of the said Sproesser contracted, especially around and about the region of 
the nose, when 1 proffered him the mild beverage. But that example of Amatrix, and the solid youth who 
captured it, have long passed out of sight; the former to dust, and the latter, whom I still hold — on account 
of that Catocala — in kindly remembrance, if living, I hope is well and more prosperous than the writer of 
these lines, or, if dead, has gone to where he belongs. 
“ For all have their day, the grave and the gay, 
Then blow to the devil and vanish away.” 
NOTICES OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF WESTERN CATOCALA. 
From Mr. Henry Fd wards, ol San Francisco, 1 have lately received the types of his following unpublished species, all of which I 
intend to figure at an early day. These, iti common with most of the species from the Pacific Slope, belong to the Nupta group. And 
whilst on this subject 1 would here mention that Nupta occurs, not unfrequently, in the Atlantic States. Mr. J. Hooper captured an 
example near Brooklyn, X. \ ; Mr. Jos. Chase, of Holyoke, Mass., has a specimen which was taken near that place; I have myself 
taken three, at different times, on willows near Reading, and 1 have seen several other American examples in various collections. 
Catocala Maim ana, Henry Edwards, MSS. 
Expands 2§ inches. Thorax and head squamose, dark grey ; primaries very dark grey or blackish, sparsely powdered with 
white; transverse anterior and posterior lines blackish, accompanied with white; sub-terminal white; reniform black and indistinct: 
interior to the reniform a whitish space; in the single specimen received the sub-reniform isopen. Secondaries scarlet; marginal band 
of moderate width ; mesial does not extend to abdominal margin ; fringe white. Under surface white, with usual bands ; inner half of 
secondaries scarlet. Closely allied to Briseis, but the transverse posterior line is entirely different, having the teeth much longer and 
more acute, and presenting many other points of dillerence. In all the examples of Briseis that I have, the mesial band of secondaries 
extends to the abdominal margin, whilst in this example of Mariana it does not reach to it by 3-16 of an inch. Taken on Vancouver’s 
Island. 
Catocala Hippolyta, Ilenrv Edwards, MSS. 
Expands 2] inches. I lead and body above pale grey mixed with white. Upper surface primaries very pale powdery grey, trans- 
verse anterior and posterior lines brown, not dark, the latter with teeth nearly in a line with each other, of almost equal length ; reni- 
form dull brown, indistinct ; sub-reniform whitish, not connected with the transverse posterior line; sub-terminal line pale and 
indistinct. Secondaries, colour as in Pavla, marginal band narrow and has two indentations on inner edge on half of wing nearest to 
abdomen ; mesial band exceedingly narrow, widest in the middle, extends to within 2-10 of the abdominal margin, fringe white. 
Under surface white, inner half of secondaries red ; usual bands. This is a beautiful insect. The grey of the upper surface of body 
and primaries is paler than in any red-winged species I have ever seen, and in certain lights is almost silvery in appearance. The 
extreme narrowness of the mesial on upper surface of secondaries is also most remarkable. Taken in San Mateo County, California. 
Catocala Cleopatba, Henry Edwards, MSS. 
Expands 21 inches. Head and thorax dark bluish grey ; abdomen brownish grey. Upper surface ; primaries rather uniform 
dark bluish grey ; transverse lines, reniform and sub-reniform, not very distinct and accompanied by yellowish brown shades; sub- 
terminal line paler, not prominent ; secondaries deep scarlet, band's not broad ; mesial ceases 2-10 of an inch from the inner 
margin ; fringes white on exterior margin, grey on abdominal. Under surface white, inner two-thirds of secondaries red ; usual bands. 
Taken in Contra Costa County, California. 
The peculiar blue-grey tinge of superiors will serve to easily separate this from allied forms. 
Catocala Luciana, Henry Edwards, MSS. 
Expands 3 inches. Body and primaries above colour of Amatrix-, transverse anterior and posterior lines dark brown and very 
heavy and prominent, the latter have the principal tooth more prolonged than in any of the others above alluded to; reniform large, 
double lined ; sub-reniform open. Secondaries, colour of Parta ; bands narrow ; mesial same distance from inner margin as the preceding 
species; fringe dirty white. Under surface yellowish white; inner half of primaries red; bands all rather narrow. Habitat, Colorado. 
