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Descriptions of certain species of CATOCALA, found within the United States 
BY WM. H. EDWARDS. 
1. C. Briseis, nov. sp. 
2. C. marmorata, nov. sp. 
3. C. Californica, nov. sp. 
4. C. Walshii, nov. sp. 
5. (7. nehulosa, nov. sp. 
6 . C. Serena, nov. sp. 
7. C. tristis, nov. sp. 
8 . C. gracilis, nov. sp. 
9. C. similis, nov. sp. 
10. C. minuta, nov. sp. 
C. parvula, nov. sp. 
Catocala Briseis, nov. sp. 
Expands inch. Thorax grey black; abdomen ashy brown ; 
primaries grey black; the transverse lines indistinct, the elbowed dis¬ 
posed as in iinijuga^ Walker; bordering on this, without, a conspicu¬ 
ous band, grey clouded with buff near the costa and on inner margin, 
and buff in the disk, edged both without and within by a whitish line, 
that on the costa without is dilated, sharply serrated and pure white; 
sub-marginal points white surmounted by black crescents; fringe grey 
black; reniform with an indistinct light border; sub-reniform lighter 
and conspicuous; sometimes a whitish patch adjoins the inner side of 
these spots. 
Secondaries dark red-orange, nearly the shade of ultromia ; median 
band broad, a little excavated on the outer side, diminishing gradually 
towards the abdominal margin which it does not quite reach; border 
regular, with the exception of a triangular indentation near the anal 
angle; apical spot yellowish; fringe black and white. 
On the under side of secondaries the red shade covers rather more 
than the inner J of the wing and the whole space above the median band. 
I have seen but two individuals of this species, one of which was 
taken by me in the Catskills in July, 1861; the other is in the fine 
collection of Mrs. Bridgham, taken in Rhode Island. 
Catocala marmorata, nov. sp. 
Expands nearly four inches. Primaries light bluish grey, with 
patches and bands of pale brown and white ; transverse lines distinct; 
the basal dentated, the elbowed with two prominent teeth, followed by 
a third much smaller and a fourth nearly equal to the first; on the 
lower side of this last, a black line runs back to the sub-reniform, but 
there is no sinus as in many of the large species; beyond the elbowed 
line a broad brown band bordered by a narrow band of bluish white 
that is dentated except near the costa, where it is serrated and of a pure 
