northern New York, but it is rare in western Pennsylvania. It has a westward range to Colorado and Oregon.

(18) Catocala cara Guenée, Plate XXXII, Fig. 9, 8. (The Darling Underwing.)

This large and splendid species is a native of the Appalachian subregion, and in it has a wide range.

(19) Catocala amatrix Hübner, Plate XXXII, Fig. 12, 8. (The Sweetheart.)

Form nurus Walker, Plate XXXII, Fig. 13, 9. (The Nurse.) This is another fine species, which has the same geographical distribution as the last mentioned.

(20) Catocala marmorata Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 9, f. (The Marbled Underwing.)

This is a rather rare species, which has a wide distribution. Its metropolis appears to be West Virginia and Kentucky, though it has been taken elsewhere.

(21) Catocala concumbens Walker, Plate XXXV, Fig. 10 ĉ. (The Sleepy Underwing.)

This lovely moth has a wide range in the Appalachian subregion. It is very common in New England and central New York, less common in western Pennsylvania.

(22) Catocala californica Edwards, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 1, ♂ . (The California Underwing.)

As the name implies, the species is a native of California. (23) Catocala cleopatra Henry Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 14, 9. (The Cleopatra Underwing.)

This insect is regarded by some as a varietal form of the preceding species. It has the same habitat.

(24) Catocala luciana Henry Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 11, 8. (The Luciana Underwing.)

Syn. nebraska Dodge.

Form somnus Dodge, Plate XXXV, Fig. 16, o.

The moth is found in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming.

(25) Catocala babayaga Strecker, Plate XXXV, Fig. 18, ô. (The Babayaga Underwing.)

The habitat of the species is Arizona.

(26) Catocala stretchi Behr, Plate XXXV, Fig. 13, ♂. (Stretch's Underwing.) The species is Californian.

(27) Catocala augusta Henry Edwards, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 8, 3. (The Augusta Underwing.)

Like the preceding species, this is also confined in its range to the Pacific coast.

(28) Catocala rosalinda Henry Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 15, . (The Rosalind Underwing.)

The insect has been found in Kansas and Colorado.

(29) Catocala pura Hulst, Plate XXXV, Fig. 17, 3. (The Pure Underwing.)

The moth is an inhabitant of the region of the Rocky Mountains.

(30) Catocala unijuga Walker, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 5, 9. (The Once-married Underwing.)

This is a widely distributed species, the range of which is northern, extending from New England to Colorado, through Canada and the region of the Great Lakes. It is common in central New York.

(31) Catocala meskei Grote, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 6, 3. (Meske's Underwing.)

By some students this species has been regarded as a variety of the preceding. Its range is the same.

(32) Catocala groteiana Bailey, Plate XXXII, Fig. 4, 8. (Grote's Underwing.)

The moth occurs from Canada to New Mexico, and has been sometimes treated as a variety of Catocala briseis Edwards.

(33) Catocala hermia Henry Edwards, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 7, 9. (The Hermia Underwing.)

The habitat of the species is Colorado and New Mexico. (34) Catocala briseis Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 12 8. (The Briseis Underwing.)

The species is an inhabitant of the northern portions of the Appalachian subregion, and is also known to occur in Colorado. (35) Catocala faustina Strecker, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 3, 8. (The Faustina Underwing.)

The specimen figured on the plate was received by the writer from the author of the species, and may be accepted as typical. The range of the moth is from Colorado to California.

(36) Catocala parta Guenée, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 11, 3. (The Mother Underwing.)

This fine species is quite common in the Appalachian subregion and ranges northward into the region of Hudson Bay and westward as far as Colorado.

(37) Catocala coccinata Grote, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 10, 8. (The Scarlet Underwing.)

The moth is recorded as occurring from Canada to Florida and Texas, and westward to the Mississippi. It is not very

common.

(38) Catocala aholibah Strecker, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 15, . (The Aholibah Underwing.)

The specimen figured on the plate was obtained from the author of the species, and may be accepted as typical. The insect is found from New Mexico and Colorado to California and Oregon.

(39) Catocala verrilliana Grote, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 16, ♂ . (Verrill's Underwing.)

A neat and prettily marked species which has much the same range as the preceding, though extending somewhat farther to the south.

(40) Catocala ultronia Hübner, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 2, 8. (The Ultronia Underwing.)

Form celia Henry Edwards, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 4, 3. (The Celia Underwing.)

Form mopsa Henry Edwards, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 7, 3. (The Mopsa Underwing.)

Besides the three forms of this variable species which we have selected for illustration, there are several others which have received subspecific names. The insect is very common, and

occurs from the Atlantic to the Great Plains and from Canada to Florida.

(41) Catocala ilia Cramer, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 14, 3. (The Ilia Underwing.)

Form uxor Guenée, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 17, 9. (The Wife.) Form osculata Hulst, Plate XXXIV, Fig. 7, 8. (The Beloved Underwing.)

This is a common and variable species which is found generally throughout the United States and Canada.

(42) Catocala innubens Guenée, Plate XXXIII, Fig. 13, ô ; Plate I, Fig. 7, larva. (The Betrothed.)