CATOCALA AFFINIS. Alis anticis fuscis maculis ordinariis discoidalibus
strigisque dentatis obscurioribus; posticis fulvis fasciâ centrali
margineque postico latè nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Paranympha, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. (excl. syn.
Linnæan.)
HABITAT: New York; taken on the 27th day of July.
{45}_Upper Side._ The thorax and anterior wings dark chocolate, with a
small, narrow, irregular black line crossing the wings, near the external
edge; having near it, just above the fringe, a row of seven small grey
spots. Posterior wings pale orange; having a deep black border. A rather
broad black line runs in a circular direction from the anterior edge,
through the middle of the wings, to the lower part of the interior
margin. At the outer angle is a small spot of a pale orange.
_Under Side._ Anterior wings at the base of a dark clay colour, with a
large yellowish cloud occupying all the middle part; in which is a large
black streak running across the wing. Posterior wings marked as on the
upper side, but all the colours fainter.