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THE GENUS CATOCALA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
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It is 16 years since the Rev. G. D. Hulst undertook a revision of this genus along the lines of “Structural Characters.” As a new Check List of the moths is to be published soon, it seems proper that another arrangement of the genus be made. The structure of the genitalia as a basis of the separation of the species has been regarded by many eminent lepidopterists as of doubtful value. It is certain that in this genus its use was not warranted by larval characters or field observation. For these reasons the last revision has not been satisfactory to those who were familiar with many species in their native haunts, or who had bred them. The writer does not say, however, that the present revision will be faultless, for as yet too few of the species are known in their adolescent stages to make this much of an aid in classification.
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