512 [March 
brown, and a short blackish ray runs from the base in the direction of 
the second angle of the band. 
Mrs. Bridgham’s Collection. 
Catocala minuta, nov. sp. 
Male. Expands inch. Primaries dark glossy brown; transverse 
lines black, distinct; the demi-line arched; the basal wavy, except 
near the costa, where it projects in a sharp tooth; the exterior with 
two prominent unequal teeth, and a broad sinus to the sub-reniform; 
midway between the exterior line and the margin a serrated pure white 
line dilated on the costa. 
Secondaries pale yellow; the band contracted in the middle, then 
bent at right angles to the margin, near which it connects with a faint 
black shade from the base; border interrupted, making a spot at the 
angle; apical spot yellow; fringe yellow, with black hairs at the ends 
of the nervules. 
Mrs. Bridgham’s Collection. New York. 
Variety .—Primaries of a deeper shade of brown, obscuring the basal 
line; the exterior line with two equally prominent teeth, and much 
more dentated, without a sinus; the white line conspicuous. 
New York. 
Catocala parvula, nov. sp. 
Male. Expands ly®^ inch. Primaries light grey with a yellowish 
tinge; the inner margin having a broad arched border of blackish 
brown, sometimes extending to the base and sending a branch to the 
costa on the inside of the basal line ; sometimes rounding to a point 
on the margin near the base; the basal line only visible on the costa; 
the exterior line distinct until it is lost in the inner border, and having 
two prominent teeth; beyond is a greyish band with serrated outer 
edge; the hind margins more or less obscured by blackish brown. 
Secondaries pale yellow with a narrow band, twice bent, terminating 
squarely before the margin; border interrupted, leaving a large spot 
in the angle; in some cases this interruption is not complete; apical 
spot yellow; fringe yellow, blackish at tips of nervules. 
Under side of secondaries marked as above, and also with a small 
spot in the cell. 
New York. 
