Catocala verrilliana syn. werneri Biederman

Fig. 45 (lectotype)

Catocala werneri Biederman, 1909: 76

Catocala verrilliana syn. werneri; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 37

Catocala verrilliana syn. werneri; McDunnough 1938: 117

Catocala verrilliana syn. werneri; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala werneri: the original description does not state the number of types. A female type is at the USNM, and is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name werneri . Th e lectotype bears the labels “Palmerlee / Ariz.”, “ Catocala / werneri / Type Biederman”, “Photograph / Pl. X No. 1.” Type Locality: Palmerlee, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, [USA].

Acknowledgments

We thank the following individuals for providing access to collections under their care, loans of material, and/or hospitality during trips during our museum excursions: D. Azuma and J. Weintraub (ANSP); J. Miller, E. Quinter and F. Rindge (AMNH); W. Gall (Buffalo Museum of Science); N. Penny (California Academy of Sciences); J. D. Lafontaine (CNC); J. Rawlins (CMNH); J. Franclemont and J. Liebherr (CUIC); P. Parillo (FMNH); W. Mey and W. Spiedel (Museum fur Naturkunde of Humboldt University); D. Bowers and S. Shaw (MCZ); D. Ferguson, D. Furth, R. Hodges, M. Pogue, R. Poole (USNM); M. Honey and G. Martin (BMNH); T. McCabe (New York State Museum); H. Stein and H. Sturm (Roemer- unde Pelizaeus Museum and Hildesheim University); P. Becker and H. Riemann (Ubersee Museum, Bremen); and V. Brou (Abita Springs, Louisiana), J. Peacock (Marion, Ohio), D. Schweitzer (Port Norris, New Jersey), J. Slotten (Gainesville, Florida), and D. Wagner (Mansfield, Connecticut). G. Anweiler (Edmonton, Alberta), D. Lafontaine, J. Peacock, and C. Schmidt (CNC) provided helpful comments on the manuscript, and Jocelyn Gill (CNC) and Aimee Burg (PMNH) helped prepare the figures. Partial financial assistance provided by the Goelet-Cary Fund, Yale University.