Lepidoptera, rhopaloceres and heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations . olor; and,in suo-f-esting this, I am but echoing the opinion of one of the greatest living Lepidopterists. June 10, 1873. 1 am afraid this No. (lY) will nut be considered altogether orthodox by many of theEntomologists of the United States who persist in seeing nothing to please or interest them inan insect not found within the boundaries of our States or Territories, but in presenting thefive figures numlicred 2, 3 and 4 on plate lY, I am probably only anticipating, for some dayor o
Lepidoptera, rhopaloceres and heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations . olor; and,in suo-f-esting this, I am but echoing the opinion of one of the greatest living Lepidopterists. June 10, 1873. 1 am afraid this No. (lY) will nut be considered altogether orthodox by many of theEntomologists of the United States who persist in seeing nothing to please or interest them inan insect not found within the boundaries of our States or Territories, but in presenting thefive figures numlicred 2, 3 and 4 on plate lY, I am probably only anticipating, for some dayor other Mexico will be annexed to, or swallowed up by this Government, and then what atrouble there will be among our patriotic entomologists when they will have to add so manymore rare and costly species to their purely Federal collections. However, to make amends, the forthcoming July No. (V) will contain figures and de-scriptions of N. American Catocalidaj, and will have as many species crowded into the plateas the size of the sheet will admit. •Described in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. Ill, p. 193. (1870.). It J/It/// ^ // / CATOCALA INSOLABILIS. Glenei. Spec. Gen., Vol. VIF, p- 9- (PLATE V, FIG. 1, (f) Expands 3 inclics. , , ., Thorax, above, dark grey ; abdomen ; beneath ^ Upper surface, primaries greyish white, powdered witli nunute brown scales; tie lines are black; rcniform small and surrounded by a brown annulus; a blaek apicalda.«h ; interior margin shaded with black ; fringes dark grey. Secondaries entirely blaek, with black fringes. p v i. • r *• ^ Under surface has bases of all wings white, rest black, with exc^ oi slight narrow white bands, most noticeable on the secondaries. Habitat. New York, Pennsylvania, N. Jersey and enough to distinguish from the other species by the dark shading _ot intenor marginof upper surface of primaries, and the black fringes of secondaries; it is a slighter builthsTt ban
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