CATOCALA EPIONE. Alis anticis fuscis, strigis transversis dentatis
ferrugineis et atris, posticis nigris, ciliâ albâ. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.
6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Epione, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Encycl.
Méthod._ 8. 288. _No._ 190.
HABITAT: New York (_Drury_). Philadelphia (_I. O. W_.).
_Upper Side._ Thorax and abdomen of a sooty ash colour. Anterior wings
dark chocolate, with an undulated ferruginous line, running from the
anterior edge to the posterior, and near the middle of the wings; with
several other lighter not very distinct marks thereon. Posterior wings
black; cilia white.
_Under Side._ Anterior wings, at the base, dark ash colour, which as it
extends further on the wings, becomes black; and next the tips is
soot-coloured. Seven white spots run along the external margin. Above
them is a white line, running from the anterior edge, narrowing as it
goes, and ending near the posterior; between which and the shoulders is a
rather large oblong white spot. Posterior wings, next the shoulders and
abdominal edges, very dark ash colour, which deepens along the wings to
black; cilia white. A faint white streak runs also a little way down the
wing from the anterior margin. All the wings are a little dentated.