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PREFACE Tuer subject of Vol. VIII. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the second part of the Noctuid subfamily Acronyctine; it contains 720 species belonging to 104 genera as compared with 843 species belonging to 96 genera in Vol. VII., leaving 171 genera to be dealt with in the third and final part of the subfamily, which it is hoped will appear before the end of the current year. Sir George Hampson desires to thank all those who helped him with the earlier volumes of the Catalogue for their assistance in the preparation of the present volume. SIDNEY F, HARMER, British Museum (Natural History), Keeper of Zoology. March 18th, 1909. SYSTEMATIC INDEX, Fam. NOCTUID.......... Subfam. ACRONYCTINZ.. Cosmodesy Gens an. skis an ssi 3591. elegans (Donov.)...... Waray Hey neces aeit este 6s 3592. prasinaria (Wik.) .... 3593. malachitis (Oberth.) .. 3594. pulchripicta, Wik. .... Daseocheta, Warren 3595. viridis (Leech) 3596. metapheea, Hmpsn..... 3597. pallida (Moore) 38098. vivida (Leech) ........ 3599. vigens ( W/k.) 3600. brevipennis, Hmpsn. .. 3601. fasciata (Moore)...... 3602. chrysochlora (Hmpsn.) . 3605. alpium (Osdeck) 3604. miuscosa (Hmpsn.) .... 3605. discibrunnea (Moore) . . 3606. marmorea (Leech) .... 3607. verbenata (Dist.)...... 3608. beryllodes (Turner) Leuconycta, Hmpsn. 3609. ‘diphteroides (Guen.) 60 3610. vesta (Schaus)........ Agriopodes, Hmpsn. 8611. fallax (Herr.-Schaff.) .. 3612. geminata (Smith) 3613. tybo (Barnes) 3614. viridata (Zarv.) Rolionyeta, Himpsn..-........ 3615. apicata, Himpsn. ...... Thalatha, Wik. 3616. malagassica, Hmpsn. .. 3617. dinaya (Beth.-Buker) .. 3618. eceicei (Beth.- Baker) .. 3619. psorallina (Lower) .... eoeeveoe eoecereeeve eos es eee eee eee eee ee ee eee ee 3620. 3621. cebee (Beth.-Baker) .. conjecturalis (Swinh.) 3622. sinens ( W7k.) 3623. melaleuca, Hmpsn..... Goenycta, Hmpsn. ee eee eee 3624. niveiguttata (Zmpsn.) . Tycracona, Moore 3625. obliqua, Moore ...... Craniophora, Snell. .......... 3626, nigrivitta (Hmpsn.) 3627. fasciata (JZoore) 3628. albonigra ( Herz.) 3629. preeclara (Gres.)...... 3630. nubilata (Zmpsn.) . 3631. pontica (Staud.) 3632. paragrapha (Leld.) .. 3633. ligustri (Schiff) 3634. obscura, Leech ........ AGOMICID, IAs 060555005900 3685. theodora, Schuus...... 3636. mansueta, Smith ...... 3637. hemileuca, Pung. 3638. strigosa (Schiff-) 3639. vinnula (Grote) 3640. paupercula, Grote .... 3641. lepetita, Smith........ 3642. parallela (Grote)...... 3643. alborufa, Grote 3644. connecta, Grote 3645. exilis, Grote.......... 3646. modica, Wk. DLs Oye, CHOW ooconasse 3648. heesitata (Grote) ...... 3649. hasta, Guen. 3650. marmorata, Smith .... 3651. albiorbis, Hmpsn. 3652. jancousci (Oberth.) .... 3653. 3654. 3600. eo eee © e200 @ > eee eee fragilis (Guen.) liturata, Spnith........ cee eee crenulata, Beth.-Baker . Vili SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Page Page Acronycta (con.). 3710. radcliffei (Harv.) .... 127 3656. brumosa, Guen. ...... 78 8711. felina (Grote) ........ 128 3657. velia, Schaus ........ 79 3712. frigida, Smith ........ 129 38658. inclara, Smith ........ 50 3713. cyanescens, mpsn. .. 129 3659, clarescens, Gen. .... 80 3714, pacifica, Smith ...... 130 3660. minella (Dyar) ...... 81 3715. interrupta, Guen. .... 18 3661. superans, Guen. ...... 82 3716, spinigera, Guen. ,..... 131 3662. subochrea, Grote...... 83 | 38717. auricoma (Schiff.) .... 132 3663. noctivaga, Grote...... 84 3718. pulverosa, Hmpsn. .... 188 8664. carbonaria, Gres. .... 85 3719. menyanthidis ( View.).. 154 8665. subornata, Leech ...... 85 3720. canadensis, Sith §Dyar 1385 3666. afflicta, Grote ........ 86 3721. cinderella, Smith...... 135 3667. hamamelis, Guen. .... 87 | 3722. lepusculina, Guen. .... 156 BOOS MM Cre tae Otel ele 88 | 8723. chionochroa, Hmpsn. .. 186 3669. retardata (W/k.)...... 88 3724, populi, eye on ese 137 3670. ceesaree, Smith........ 89 | 3725. similana, Snuth ...... 138 8671. impleta, Wik. .....7.. 90 | 3726. castridia, SUBD e631 133 De, We, SUGTE oa coasco5 90 3727, metaxantha, Himpsn. .. 139 3673, pruinosa, Guen. ...... 91 3728. nigricans, Leech ...... 140 3674. consanguis, Buti .... 92 3729. emaculata, Smith .... 140 3675, albistigma, South .... 98 | 3730, impressa, W/k. ...... 141 3676. rumicis (Linn.) ...... 93 3731, .distans (Grote) ...... 142 3677. lutea, Brem. & Grey .. 95 37 32. edolata (Grote) ...... 143 8678 catocaloida, Gres. .... 95 | 3733. lithospila, Grote ...... 143 3679. quadrata, Grote ...... 101 3734. barnesi, Smith ...... 144 8680. strigulata, Smith...... 101 3735. perdita, Grote ........ 145 8681. thoracica ((rrote) .... 102 3736. extricata (Grote)...... 145 3682. Jeetitica, Smith....... 103 Moves Chee (“eWHh)) scoecace 146 3688. lobeliz, Guen........-. 104 3788. raphaelis, Uberth. .... 147 3684. manitoba, Smeth...... 105 3739. rubricoma, Guen. .... 148 3685. turcifera, Guen. ...... 105 3740. centralis, Ersch. ...... 148 3686. psi (Linn. Nee ee eis 106 | 38741. megacephala (Schiff) .. 149 3687. aia ( (SERGI) coosoc 108 SA, HIE, Jeo ebb oo on 150 3688. incretata, Hmpsn. .... 109 | 3748. bicolor, Moore........ 150 3689. cuspis, Tibi een OV 3744s betulees sities 151 3690. leucocuspis, Butl, .... 111 | 3745. americana (Harris).... 151 3691. orientalis, Wann...... 11 3746. hesperida, Smuth...... 152 3692. maxima (Moore)...... 112 3747. hastulifera (Smith & SOS, TB, QUMs oconconene 113 Ab0OE) ot ete eae 153 3094, hercules, Feld. ...... 114 3748. dactylina, Grote ...... 164 2695. rubiginosa, IVik..... ,. 115 3749. insite. Cea 155 8696. taurica, Staud. ...... 115 3750. innotata, Guen. ...... 155 8697. aceris (Zznn.) ......,. 116 3701. othello, Smith oo... 0. 156 HEV MAO JGR ooscdoce Ole 3752. longa, Guen ae 157 8699. eldora, Syuth ,....... 118 | 98758. sperata, Grote........ 157 3700. tritona (JEG) gob 0.00 119 | 3754. euphorbiee (Schiff) .... 158 3701. faleula (Grote) ..,... 120 3755. abscondita, 7reit. .... 159 3702. elizabeta, Smith ...... 120 3756. cretata, Snuth ........ 160 3708. revellata, Snuth ..,... 12) | (877. leporinan (277728) eal 161 Os zorisca Uae nen 12277) Hulonches (Grote eae 162 3705. alni (Linn.) ...-.... 123 | 8758. oblinita (Knuth § Abbot) 163 3706. funeralis, G7 ote S Rob.. 124 3799. arioch (Streck.) ...... 164 3707. morula, Grote & Rob... 125 37€0. lanceolaria (Grote) .... 164 3708. transversata, Smith.... 126 3761. insolita (Grote) ...... 164 3709. tota (Grote)...... oe let | Merolonche:(Guote aaa 165 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 1X : Page Page 3762. lupini (Grote) ........ 165 3807. albiclava, Druce...... 198 37638. ursina, Smith § Dyar.. 166 | Andropolia, Grote .......... 199 3764, spinea (Grote) ........ 167 3808. diversilineata (Grote).. 199 Siloti, Muawies “Sosdodsoea4s 168 3809. illepida (Grote) ...... 200 3765. hypzenides, Staud. .... 168 | 3810. pulverulenta (Smith) .. 201 Elypeuthina, Leds) on. 6.. 169 3811. contacta (Wik.) ...... 202 3/66. fulvurita, Led......... 169 3812. pallifera (Grote) ...... 202 3767. numida (Oberth.) .... 170 3813. dispar (Smzth)........ 203 Pseudoligia, Staud........... 170 3814. ochracea (Smith) .... 204 3768. similiaria (Mén.)...... 171 3815. olorina (Grote) ...... 204 Scotocampa, Staud........... 171 3816. aedon (Grote) ........ 205 3769. indigesta, Staud....... 172 | 3817. extincta (Smith) ...... 206 Leiometopon, Staud. ........ 172 | 8818. theodori (Grote) ...... 206 3770. simyrides, Staud. .... 172 | 3819. maxima (Dyur) ...... 207 ‘Sime, Cees, Sedoacosoosvse 173 | 3820. acera (Smith) ........ 208 3771. buettneri ( Hering) .... 174 | Lithomoea, Miibn. ........... 208 3772. nervosa (Schiff.) ...... 174 | 3821. rectilinea (Zsp.) ...... 209 3773. splendida (Staud.) .... 175 3822. xylinoides (Guen.) .... 210 3774, dentinosa (Fir.) ...... 175 | 3823. brunneicrista (Smzth).. 211 Sijomennicia (Groce). 176 | 8824. indistincta (Smith) .... 212 S776, colloentln (Sime) oce0 NOU |) Wiullenere, 4M, scoccco0d5006 213 3777. albovenosa (Goeze) .. 177 3825. catomelas, Alph....... 213 3778. sepistriata (Alph.).... 178 | Fota, Grote ..:............. 214 3779. albicosta, Hmpsn. .... 178 3826. minorata, Grote ...... 214 3780. contusa'((Wiki) ...... 178 | 38827. armata, Grote ........ 215 3781. conspersa, Moore .... 179 | Oxycnemis, Grote .......... 215 Thome, GHGs oo¢n56006ssa00 179 3828. fusimacula, Smith .... 216 3/82. contaminei (Zv.) .... 179 | 3829. gustis, Smith ........ 217 Calophasidia, Hmpsn. ...... 180 | 38830. baboquavaria, Smith .. 217 3783. lucala (Swinh.) ...... 180 | 3881. advena, Grote ........ 218 3784. radiata (Swinh.) ...... 181 3832. subsimplex, Dya .... 218 3785. dentifera, Hmpsn. .... 182 | 38383. acuna, Barnes ........ 219 WetolaV lucy Oh acta tees sia, ies 182 | 3834. gracillinea (Grote) .... 219 3786. rubricosta, Hmpsn. .. 183 | 3835. adusta, Smith ........ 220 Sitio Clemmemmn, We so6ccanc SS e\yebalan Grocer cece 220 3788. radiata, Hmpsn. ...... 184 | 3886. ptychophora, Grote .. 221 Nilewioy Ne: JONG Soo ca oe nA SDS 185 | Leucocnemis, Aanpsn. ...... 221 3789. nigrivittata, Hmpsn. .. 185 3837. sectilis (Smith) ...... 222 | 3790. inangulata, Hmpsn. .. 186 3838. perfundis (Smith) .... 222 BIO. those, JOVGES ~ soos odes 186 | 38839. nivalis (Smeth) ...... 223 3792. actinophora, Hmpsn. .. 187 | Stomafrontia Hmpsn......... 223 3798. selecta (Wik.) ...... 188 3840. albifasciata, Hmpsn. .. 228 8794. hemileuca, Hmpsn. .. 189 | Cephalospargeta, Méschl. .... 224 3795. neotropicalis, D. Jones . 189 | 3841. elongata, Méschl. .... 224 Dein Gains Yoosecoccccumce SOM ee rochirinaxse7707 51 teres 225 3796. goniosema, Hmpsn, .. 191 3842. luteomedia (Smuth) .. 225 3797. intermedia (Brem.).... 192 | Copibryophila, Smith ........ 226 3798. ramosula (Given.) .... 193 | 3848. angelica, Smith ...... 226 3799. steuarti (Grote) ...... 193 | Prodicella, Hmpsn.........+: 227 3800. stolifera, Saalm. ...... 194 | 3844. darena (Druce) ...... 227 3801. campyla, Hmpsn. .... 194 | Escaria, Grote ............ .. 228 3802. gnorima (Piing.) ...... 195 | 3845. clauda, Grote ........ 225 3803. detersina (Stawd.) .... 196 | Aleptina, Dyar ............ 229 3804. indica (Wik.) ........ 196 SS46, inca, Yar aaa 229 3805. peterseni (Christ.) .... 197 | Prorachia, Hmpsn........... 230 3006. nea (Diruce) ........ 198 ' 8847. daria (Druce) ........ 230 x Page EladenellateGnotemns et er hone moe 3848. rectiradiata (mpsn.).. 251 3849. pergentilis, Grote .... 232 Taloynelll (CORHRe oo5ccuedoon0000 232 3850. cylindrica (Grote) .... 238 3851. notalis, Grote ........ 253 Catabenay Wii sone cease <8 234 3852. esula (Druce) ........ 234 3853. lineolata, Wk. bo omen) 3854. vitrina (Wik.)........ 236 3855. terens (Wik.) ........ 286 (Cremona, ViWes sa wsoodeodso 237 3800, involuta, Wilke. ..2... 2387 Calogramma, Guen. ........ 238 3857. festiva (Donov.) ...... 239 IPROCleWIe, CG. coococp000et 240 3858. rubrifusa, Hmpsn. .... 240 3859. dolichos (Fabr.) ...... 242 33860. pulchella (HHenr.-Schdff.) 243 3861. androgea (Cram.) .... 244 3862. litura (Fabr.) ........ 245 3863. latifascia, Wik. ...... AT 3864. ornithogalli, Gwen. .... 248 3e6o. preetica, Grote... ..... 250 3866. marima, Schaus ...... 251 SpodopterastGvven amare ernie: 251 3867. umbraculata (Wik.) ... 252 3868. pecten, Guen. ........ 252 3869. abyssinia, Guen. .... 204 3370. compta ( Wik.) 255 3871. mauritia (Boisd.) .... 256 3872. postfusca, Hmpsn. .... 258 Laphygma, Guen. ....5..... 208 3873. leucophlebia (mpsn.) . 259 3874. apertura (W/k.) ...... 260 | 3375. exempta (Wik.) ...... 261 3876. frugiperda (Smeth & Ps lO) Maino tes oo. 60 c 262 3877. flavimaculata (Harv.) . 264 3878, exigua (ftibn.) ...... 265 Neolaphygma, Hmpsn. ...... 266 3879. leucoplaga, Hmpsn. .. 267 Lophotarsia, Hmpsn. ........ 268 3880. ochroprocta, Hinpsn. .. 268 Stauropides, Hmpsn. ........ 269 | 3881. superba (Druce) ...... 269 3882. persimilis, Hmpsn. .... 270 excylonnyees Goreme ny see il 3883. eridania (Cram.) .... 271 3884. peruviana (Wik.) .... 273 3885. ochrea, Himpsn. ...... 273 3886. sunia, Guen........... 274 Anthas Stauds i 4 oe sas ene 274 Biloy gfe (VATE) jSoged hoc 275 Acroviay Wilkie. wegen ee 276 3888. terens (Wik.) ........ 276 SYSTEMATIC INDEX, 3889. denterna (Guen.)...... 3890. mexicana, Hmpsn. .... 3891. diminuta (Gwen.) Acroriodes, Himpsn. 3892. diplolopha, Druce ... Paracroria, Hmpsn. Strigiphlebia, Hmypsn. 3895. flavirena, Hmpsn. Centrarthra, Hmpsn. ....... 3896. furcivitta, Hmpsn. .... 2 Mimleucania, ZImpsn......... 2 3895. griseocincta (Hmpsn.).. : Thyatirodes, Hmpsn. ....... 3894. gvodalma (Schaus) ... 3897. leucosoma ( eld.) 285 3898. perstriata, Hmpsn. .... 286 Rhabinopteryx, Christ. ..... 287 3899. turanica (Ersch.)...... 237 3900. subtilis (Mad:)........ 288 IDONEAECCIA,, GWA. coccoccococse 288 SAO, Msiwwlla 4) ooscnac 288 WWemegina, Suan, occcoonsonce 289 3902. oreophila, Staud. .... 290 Swill, SuGWido soosccecosne= 29) OR, irewlles, JPW Sabegnuc 291 3904. anomala (fHaw.) ...... 291 Prestilbvas Stands sane eee os 3905. armeniaca, Staud. .... 292 Hypostilbia, Honpsn. ........ 298 3906. megastigma (Piing.) .. 298 3907. correpta ( Ping.) ..... 294 Ainphidrina, Staud. 1.2... 294 3908. pexicera, Himpsn. 295 3909. amurensis (Staud.) .... 296 3910. glaucistis (Hmpsn.).... 296 3911. intaminata (W/k.) .... 297 3912. speelotidia (But. ) 207 3913. agrotina, Staud. ...... 298 PRUNE, JEMHSO, 5 6000000000 299 3914. chionopis, Hmpsn. .... 299 3915. albipuncta (Hmpsn.) .. 860 3916. ceca (Hmpsn.) ..... 300 3917. melanopis, Himpsn. .. 301 3918. leucopis (Ampsn.) .... 302 3919. nephrosticta, Hmpsn. .. 303 3920. capicola (Herr.-Schiff.). 303 3921. rutipuncta (Hmpsn.) .. 508 3922. poliostrota, Hmpsn. .. 304 3923. microtera (7Zmpsn.) .. 304 3924. tenebrata (Himpsn.) .. 300 3925. expolita (Butl.) ..... 305 3926. externa (Wi/k.) ..... 306 3927. cervina (Moore) ..... 306 3928. castaneipars (Moore) .. 807 3929. foveata, Hmpsn....... 207 3930. delecta (Woore) ..... 315 B98 1. 3982. 3933. 3984. 3000. 39386. 5987. 3938. 3939. 3940. 3941. 3942. 3943. 3944. 3945. 3946. 3947. 3948. 3949, 3950. 3951. 3952. 3953. 3954. 3956. 3956. 3957. 3958. 3959. 3960. 3961. 3962. 3963. 3964. o965. 3966. 3967. 3968. 3969. 3970. 3971. 3972. 3973. 3974. 3975. 3976. 3977. 3978. 3979. 3980. 3981. 3982. 3983. 3984. 3985. 3986. SYSTEMATIC INDEX, x1 Page conspicua (Leech) .... 3138 triquetra (Grote) .... 314 atriluna (Gwen.) ...... 315 gonionephra, Hmpsn... 315 preetexta (Sroih.) 316 GConuusay CL77) sels 317 placata (Leech) ...... 317 divisa (Moore)........ 318 neviulls, (JEM) ao00 66 318 alsines (Brahm) ...... 319 blanday(Sch7fa er. > 320 ambigua (Schiff) 321 superstes (TZrezt.)...... 322 respersa (Schiff.)...... 322 leucosticta, Hmpsn. 323 interstincta (Moore) .. 324 longiciliata, Hmpsn. .. 324 fasciata (Moore) ...... 325 satellitia (Hmpsn.) .... 3825 conformis ( W/k.) 326 pulmonaris (EZsp.) .... 326 flavar(Oberth.)\s.....-. 327 usen (ULEEEN) Sooondos els) TmGROER, (WHat) 6 sconone 328 rebeli (Staud.)........ 329 rougemonti (Spiiler) .. 329 jurassica (Riggenbach) . 330 Selimin((boUsds)ien a 331 flavirena (Guen.)...... 39 vullschlegeli (Piing.) .. 382 selinoides (Bell.)...... 338 menetriesi (Avetschmar) 338 bremusa (Swrrh.) .... 334 multifera (Wik.)...... 354 himaleyica (Koli.) .... 385 chinensis (Leech) .... 386 clavipalpis ( Scop.) .... 336 extima (Wik.)........ 337 frmsen) (WBDs)) o.c0coc0can 338 hispanica (Mab.)...... 838 ingrata (Staud.) ...... 339 Alona (JB0s))oco0070000 340, rere (GHAR) oadaon00 340 fusicornis (Rmbr.) .... 341 melanosticta, Hmpsn... 342 flavipuncta, Hmpsn. .. 348 croceipuncta, Hmpsn... 345 germaini (Dup.) .....- 344 obtusa (Hmpsn.)...... 344 ignava (Giuen.) ...... 340 jolene) (Cai,)) sosocuee 346 sincera (Swinh.) ...... 346 placida (Moore) ...... 347 cognata (Moore)...... 347 singula (Moschl.) 348 348 heliastis, Hmpsn. .... Page 3987. anomeceosis, Haipsn. ., 349 3988. albirena (Hmpsn.) ..., 349 3989. leuconephra, Hmpsn. .. 350 3990. bicornis (Hmpsn.) .... 3850 3991. meralis (Morr.) ...... 351 3992. melanopis, Hmpsn..... 351 3993. glauca (Hmpsn.)...... 3852 3994. melanephra, Hmpsn. .. 352 3995. atrirena (Hmpsn.)’.... 353 996. absorbens (W/k.) .... 854 3997. pallicornis (Feld.) .... : 354. 3998. pertinax (Staud.) 309 3999. vicina (Staud.) ...... 355 4000. flavitineta, Hmpsn. .. 356 4001. stygia, Hmpsn. ...... 357 4002. paupera ( Christ.) . 397 4003. morpheus (Hiifn.) .... 357 4004, eeschria, Hmpsn......, 358 4005. nitens (Saalm.) .. BO9 4006, funesta (Staud.) ...... 859 4007. gluteosa (7vrert.)...... 360 4008. tarda (Gwen.) ........ 360 4009. smintha (Hmpsn.) .... 861 4010, aspersa (Rmbr.) ...... 362 4011. maculatra (Lower) .... 562 4012. bimacula (W7k.)...... 363 4013. maurella (Staud.) .... 363 4014, hypereeschra, Hmpsn... 564 4015. variana (Swink.)...... 364 AOIG eulvan(@Donz.) ns 365 4017. drasteroides (Smith) .. 365 4018. tixseni (Christ.) ...... 366 4019. casearia (Staud.)...... 566 4020. melanurina (Staud.) .. 367 Prometopus, Guen. .......... 367 4021. flavicollis (Leech) .... 367 4022. albistigma (Swinh.) .. 568 4023. horologa (Meyr.) .... 569 4024. inassueta (Gwen) .... 869 4025. nodyna, Zwirner ...... 370 IBRAMOC MOD, MGT 6 00600006 370 4026. psammias, Meyr....... 371 4027. thermidora, Hmpsn. .. 871 4028. macropa (Lower) ..., 372 4029. paradesma, Lower .... 3/2 4030. alphitias, Meyr....... 373 IN GeTROy NI, JEDI, soo oe ne oe 373 4031. rhodocentra (Lower) .. 374 Omphaletis, Hinpsn. ........ 374 4032. florescens (W7k.) .... 87¢ 4033. passalota (Turner) .... 876 4034, exundans (Gwen.) .... 377 4035. heliosema (Lower) .... 877 4036, nuna (Guen.) ........ 378 4037, melodora (Lower) .... 879 4038. metaneura (Lower)..., 3880 Xil SYSTEMATIC INDEX. Omphaletis (con.). 4039, sarcomorpha (Loves) . . 4040, petrodora (Lower) .... 4041. xerampelina (Twrner). . Page 380 381 381 4042. plinthina (Turner) .... 382 4043. ethiopica, Hmpsn. .... 382 AXTAADUGA, LW sooadgodcoscec 383 4044, ochroleuca (Zower).... 383 4045, pelosticta (Lower) .... 383 4046. endesma (Lower) .... 384 4047. cornuta (Lower) ...... 385 4048. euchroa (Lower)...... 385 4049. angasi (Feld.) ........ 386 4050. amathodes (Twrner) .. 386 4051. excisa (Hei.-Schaff.).. 387 4052. semiluna (Hmpsn.).... 388 40538. tortisigna ( WTk.) .. 890 4054, chrysospila (Lower) .. 391 4055. paragypsa (Lower) .... 392 4056. gypsina (Lower) ...... 392 4057. paratorna (Lower) .... 393 4058. chionopasta, Himpsn. .. 393 4059. cyanoloma (Lower).... 394 4060. callimera (Lower) .... 394 4061. etoniana (Lower) . 395 4062. hydreecioides (Guen.).. 395 4063. marginalis (W/k.) .... 396 4064. microspila (Lower) .... 397 4065. atmoscopa (Lower).... 897 4066. confinis (Wik.) ...... 398 4067. poliocrossa (Turner) .. 398 4068. porphyrescens (Lower). 399 4069. bistrigula ( Wik.) , 399 4070. capularis (Guen.) .... 400 4071. comma (Wik.) ...... 400 4072. atra (Guen.).......... 401 4073. microdes (Lower) . 402 4074. atrisquamata (Lower) . 405 4075. cryphea (Turner) .... 403 4076. heterogama (Lower) .. 404 4077. monochroa (Lovwer’) 404 4078. adelphodes (Lower) 408 4079. leucosticta (Terner) .. 405 4080. interferens (Wik.) .... 406 4081. flexirena (Wik.) ...... 406 4082. adelopa (Lower) ....:. 407 4083. nycteris (Yurner) .... 407 4084. basisticha (Zwner).... 405 4085. striolata (Butl.) ...... 408 4086. acallis (Turner) ...... 409 4087. melanographa (Turner). 409 NCO) PECTS Naso 6 b0.0 G06 ¢ 410 4088. pacifica, H. Edw. .... 410 4089) catina, Harv. . 0. J... 410 4090. incana, H. Edw....... 411 4091. perpallida, Grote...... 412 Acosmetia, Steph. .......... 412 4092. tenuipennis, Honpsn. .. 412 Page 4093. caliginosa (Hiibn.) .... 413 4094. arida, de Joan. ...... 414 i Betilamanva Agee Al 4 4095. minima (Haworth).... 414 4096. palustris (Hiibn.)...... 415 4097. anotha (Dyar) ...... 416 4098. camina (Smith) ...... 417 Amefrontia, Hmpsn. ........ 417 4099. purpurea, Hmpsn. .... 417 Ethiopica, Hmpsn. .......... 418 4100. vinosa (Hmpsn.)...... 418 4101. cupricolora (Hmpsn.).. 419 4102. polyastra, Hmpsn. .... 419 4105. hesperonota, Hmpsn. ., 420 4104, micra (Hmpsn.) ...... 420 4105. asteropa, Hmpsn. .... 421 Paromphale, Himpsn. ........ 421 4106. ceeca (Swinh.)........ 421 Hypoperigea, Hmpsn......... 422 4107. albonotata (Himpsn.) .. 428 4108. leprosticta (Hmpsn.) .. 423 ANOS, wunyare) (UAlss)) ok oooeoe 424 4110. tonsa (Guen.) ........ 425 4111. hemorrhanta, Turner . 425 Dysmilichia, Spetser ........ 426 4112. rufalis (Beth.-Baker).. 426 4113. gemella (Leech) ...... 427 4114. calamistrata (Moore) .. 428 4115. perigeta (Schaus) .... 428 4116. bicyclica (Staud.) .... 429 Proxenus, Herr.-Schiff. ...... 430 4117. hospes (Frr.) .....,.. 430 4118. xantholopha (Ampsn.). 431 4119. dissimilis (South) .... 481 4120. xanthopis, Hmpsn..... 432 4121. fragosa (Grote) ...... 433 4122. distracta (Ev.) ...... 435 4123. tenuis (Bufi.) ........ 434 4124, lepigone (Méschl.) .... 454 4125. nitens (Dyar) ........ 435 4126. miranda (Grote) ...... 435 4127. hennia (Swink.) ...... 436 4128. insipida (Streck.) ...... 436 4129. cinerea (Adph.)........ 436 4130. tristis (Brem.) .......- 437 Mesotrosta, Led. ..........0+ 437 4131. signalis (Treat)........ 437 Heemassia, Himpsn. ........+- 438 4132. renalis (Hiibn.) ...... 438 GaloulainGvern eee 439 4133. subapicalis, Hmpsn..... 440 4134. partita (Guwen.)........ 440 4135. castra, Schaus ........ 44] Micrathetis, Hmpsn. ........ 442 4136. canifimbria (W7k.) .... 442 4137. triplex (WIk.) ........ 443 4136. dasarada (Druce)...... 444 Paga Stygiathetis, Hmpsn. ....... 444 4139. mus (Hmpsn.) .....-. 445 - Crambodes, Guen. ......... 445 4140. talidiformis, Guten. .... 446 Wlatysenta, Grote. ss sess. 447 4141. temecula, Barnes...... 447 4142. discistriga (Smith) 448 4145. videns (Guen.)....... 448 4144. albipuncta, Smith..... 449 GronodesweLlapsitme nnn ae 450 4145. dianiphea, D. Jones.... 450 4146, albifissa, Druce ..... 451 4147. obliqua, Druce....... 452 4148. liquida (Méschl.)..... 452 4149. aroensis (SAWS) oc0ec 453 BION Y 1/47 ea ee Mea eet ere a 454 4150, malana (LEGG) ooo 00 .. 404 4151. tristrigella (W7k.) 456 4152. labecula (Grote) ..... 456 Monodes, Gwen. ........... 457 4153, cuprescens, Hmpsn..... 457 4154. deliriosa (W7h.) ..... 458 ' 4155. agyra (Druce) ....... 459 4156. villicosta (Wik.) ., 460 4157, devara (Druce)....... 461 4158. barbarossa, Hmpsn..... 461 4159. vittifera, Hmpsn...... 462 4160. antica (Wik.) ....... 463- 4161. fuscimacula (Grote).... 464 4162. hyposcota, Hmpsn. .... 464 4163. insipida (Dogn.) ..... 465 4164. deltoides (Moschl.) .... 465 4165. nucicolora, Giuen...... 466 4166. subrubens (G'uen.) 467 4167. punctula (Schaus) 468 4168. conjugata (Moore) . 473 4169. fissistigma ({mpsn.) .. 473 4170. albiviata, Hmpsn. 474 4171. trifissa, Hmpsn. ..... 475 4172. plectilis (Guen.) ..... 475 4173. atrisecta, Hmpsn. 476 4174. interstriata, Hmpsn. 476 4175. rubrisecta, Ampsn. .... 477 4176. costagna (Schaus) 477 4177. monyma, Druce ..... 478 4178. agrotina (Guen.) ..... 478 4179. proleuca, Hmpsn...... 479 4180. subobliqua (IV7k.) 479 418]. jalapensis (Schaus) .... 480 4182. versicolora (Grote) . 48] 4185. chaicedonia (Ziibn.) 482 4184. festivoides (Guen.) . 482 4185, exesa (Guen.) ....... 433 4186. obliquirena, Hmpsn. 484 4187. ensina (Barnes) ..... 485 4188. polysticta, D. Jones .... 485 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xiii Page 4189. apicalis (Schauws) ...... 486 4190. pallescens, Hmpsn. .... 486 4191. hemipolia, Druce...... 487 4192. pheeopera, Hmpsn. .... 488 4193. niveiplaga (Schaus).... 488 4194. leucomela, Dogn....... 489 4195, mastera (Schaus)....-. 490 4196, marmorata (Schavs) 490) 4197. semirufa, Druce ...... 49) 4198. repanda (Schaus)...... 491 4199, basistigma (Wik.) .... 492 4200. hemileuca, D. Jones 493, 4201 venustula (Miidn.) .... 493 4202. pheeoplaga, D. Jones .. 495 4203. chlorozona, D. Jones .. 495 204, bertha (Schaus) ...... 495 4205, sanctanna (Guen.) 496 4206. rubripicta, Zmpsn. .... 497 4207. leucostigma, Druce .... 493 4208. algama (Schaus) ...... 498 4209. pulchra (Druce) ...... 499) 4210. orbiculata (Sehaus).... 499 421]. chionopis, Druce...... 500 4212. thoracica (Schaus) .... 501 4213. castrensis (Schaus) .... 501 4214. cenicienta (Dogn.) 502 4215. stelligera (Schaus) 503 4216. mesomela, Dogn....... 503 217. cadema (Schaus) ...... 504 4218. flaviorbis, Dogn. ...... 504 4219. callopistrica, en -. 505 4220, acaste (Herr.-Schiiff.) .. 505 4221. langia (Druce)........ 506 4222. bastula (Schaus) . 507 4223. tenebrosa, Doyn....... 507 4224, stygiata, Hmpsn....... 508 4225. heemassa, Hmpsn...... 508 4226. miochroa, D. Jones .... 509 4227. grata (fuibn.) ........ 510 4228. stenonephra, Hmpsn. .. 510 4229, lentilinea, Hmpsn. . oll 4230. targa'(Schaus) ........ 512 4931. atrisigna, Hmpsn. . ol2 4232, jonea (Schaus)........ 513 4233. editha (Schaus)........ 513 4234. lithodia (Sehaus) ...... 514 4235. thionaris (Schaus) . O14 4236. virescens (Schaus) . 15 4237. stenelea (Schaus)...... 516 4238. costipuncta (Schaus) .. 516 4239, ditrigona, D. Jones .... 517 4240, bucephalina (Mad.) .... 517 Neomilichia, Hmpsn. ........ 518 4241. caternaulti (Guen.) .... 518 4942, hylea (Cram.) ........ 519 4245. veprecola (Swinh.) .... 520 X1y SYSTEMATIC INDEX, Page | Page lalaNGHO, SOME. sc ogeooassnbd Dik | Nemennerina, Sint bhecadsoan 544 4944, radiata (Leech)........ 521 4278. pectinicornis (Hmpsn.) 545 4245, biguttula (Wotsch,) .... 523 4279, licentiosa (Smith) . O45 4246. carcaroda (Dist.)...... 524 4280. alfceni (Grote)...... 546 4247. illustrata (Staud.) .... 524 4281. minor (Butl.) ....... 547 4248, cupreipennis (Moore) .. 525 4282. preecuta (Smith) ...... 947 4249, chinensis (Wilgrn.) .... 525 4283. adela ({Impsn.) ..... 548 4250. vichti (Hirschke)...... 526 4284. cashmirensis (Moore) .. 550 4251. cimerea, Ampsn. ...... 526 4285. atrescens (Hmpsn.).... 550 AID lubosas Stauwd. a see 6s 527 4286. canoa (Barnes).....,.. 501 4253. heata (Staud.) ........ 527 4287. atripars, Hmpsn. .... 552 4254. atrinota, Ampsn. . 528 4288. abalus (Smuth)....... 552 4255, modestissima (S7ell.) 528 4289, vulnerea (Grote) ...... 502 4256. viscosa (Zrr.) ........ 529 4290. flavistriga (Smith) . 093 4257. paleestinensis (Staud.) .. 530 4291. cretacea, Staud. ..... 554 4258. poliastis (Hmpsn.) .... 580 4292. accurata (Christ.) . 54 4259. ferruginea (South) 531 4293. morsa (Smith) ....... 555 4260. pyroxantha (Hmpsn.) .. 531 4294. begallo (Barnes) ..... 5d) A261. grisea (Hmpsn.) ...... 532 4295. egestis (Smzth)...... 556 A262. pallida (Leech) ........ 532 4296. leucorena (Smith) .... 556 Hroerateniapsi.ee ce ereisan. 539 4297. albirena, Hmpsn..... 557 4263. pterota, Hmpsn. ...... 538 4298. niveirena ( Harv.) Ha SO 4264. noloides, Hmpsn......- 534 4299. consors (Smith) ..... 558 Xylomeea, Staud........ ose. OOF 4300. texana (Smith) ..... 558 4265. leetrina (Druce) ...... 530 4301. variata (Schaus) ..... 5d9 4266. didonea (Smrth) ...... 536 4302. charada (Schaus) ...... 560 4267. graminea (Gre@s.) .... 58 @arbonaeSchais mae nye 560 Ruacodes, Hinpsn. : d37 4303. obscura, Schaus ...... 560 4268. tela (Smzth) .......... 3/7 | Cingalesa, Ampsn........... 561 Agnes, IDWUP 2360006006 ¢006 588 | 4304. strigicosta (Hmpsn.) .. 561 4269. leetabilis (Smzth) ...... 53 INeastrotia,pi710p0S70 neice eels 562 4270. continens (H. Edi.) 539 4305. nigripalpis (Schaus).... 562 SON seis IOVS 66 005368 540 4306. malonia (Schaus)...... 563 @ntamecia, Stade 540 | Neomonodes, Hmpsn. ........ 564 4272. furtiva (Swinh:) ...... 541 4307. bertha (Schaus)....... 564 4273. connectens (Hmpsn.) .. 542 | Micromonodes, Hmpsn. ...... 565 4274. deceptrix (Staud.) .... 542 4308. mochensis (Schaus) .... 865 4275, minima (Swink.) ...... 543 4309. marita (Schaus) ..... 566 497%. jordana, Staud. ...... 545 4310. guarama (Scehaus) . O67 4277. contrita (Chrzst.) +25... 544 CATALOGUE OF LEPIDOPTERA PHALAN A, Family NOCTUID. Subfamily ACRONYCTIN AA (continued). The key to the Genera is reprinted, with some additions and correc- tions, from Vol. VII. of the Catalogue, with the references to the pages ot the present volume inserted with the figure (2) before them. Key to the Genera. A. Fore wing without an areole. a. Fore wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, 9. a, Fore wing with vein 10 stalked with 8, 9, or 9 absent. a*. Frons with pointed corneous process ...... PACHYLEPIS, p. 62, Frons with rounded prominence with raised edges. a, Proboscis absent ; hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle, then approximated to it to extremity ... StomarronTIA, (2) p. 223. 63, Proboscis tully developed. a‘, Hind wing with vein 8 approximated to [(2) p. 224. HN) Gall KO raaWCICW ponccecbonsscooHocesc00K00N CEPHALOSPARGETA, 64, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ............ Promutopus, (2)p. 367. c?. Frons with slight rounded prominence. a’, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base ...... EMARGINEA, p. 63, Abdomen without crests ................2.00 MicrapaTeris, p. » d?, Frons without prominence. a3. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a4, Fore wing with the termen angled at TMOKCUK® sseonenboqsossosooooBHeuapodoosoados0G Neoprrstria, p. 530. 64. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. a. Fore wing with vein 9 absent............ Cincauesa, (2)p. 561. 6°. Fore wing with vein 9 present ..... .... ARBORICORNIS, p. 398. 63, Abdomen without crests. a‘, Fore wing with vein 9 absent; meta- thorax with paired crests ............++ Nerotarnyema, (2) p. 266. bt. Fore wing with vein 9 present. a. Proboscis aborted, small ..,............55- NEOLITA, p. VOL. VIII. B bo NOCTUID &, 6°. Proboscis fully developed. a6, Metathorax with spreading crest ...... Neostrot1a, (2) p. 562. 68, Metathorax without crest. a, Tarsi with the Ist joint tufted with SCHIOS: a ncanateniatsteeecesseeecueaeaseeeiiee Lornorarsta, (2) p. 268. b7, Tarsi with the Ist joint not tufted WATS CATES hence nicsacacinnesseeelevsem ects .. CLOSTEROMORPIIA, p. oe , Fore wing with vein 10 from the cell. 2, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. ie Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests. a4. Proboscis aborted, minute .......... ..... Nzomonones, (2)p. 564. 64. Proboscis fully developed ............ see. FERACARA, p. 600. 68, Thorax without erests ...... Re Onan Aare ... CASMINODES, p. .- 2, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. a’, Forewing with the termenangledatvein4. GonosTyGiA, p. . 63, Fore wing with the termen strongly excurvediatmidclley se-saeeeeeeeeeeseceeen ees NiocaLyMniA, p. . c2, Abdomen without crests. a3, Frons with rounded prominence ......... XENOPSEUSTIS, p.—- 63, Frons without BE OUUUNEIMOD sonddosssonaoces00 Micromonopus, (2) p.560. b. ton uPTa( itl Ves 9, 10 stalked, 7 from cell. a}, Kyes small, enon, a*, Frons with trilobate process ......... sistas JANTHINEA, p. 3 62, Krous with rounded prominence with raised edges and central process, ae apPallpigupp nun ed sceseseneeescccrees 6 Micriantia, p. . 63, Palpi porrect............... seteinitas salsa APAUSTIS, p. 6}. Eyes large, round. a?. Frons with transverse corneous plate ...... XANTHOLEPIS, p. . 6?, Frons smooth. a®, Fore wing with the termen angled at vein4. Luucosicma, p. . 6°. Fore wing with the termen not angled at VeMned iso ck ae ace mcr ean aveeemeeMeeaeer Borportana, p. 084. c. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 stalked, 7 and 10 from cell. a. Frons with bifid corneous plate from middle; abdomen without crests .......... Lape hentseny oe EUTERPIODES, p. ° 61, Frons with rounded prominence ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments ...... MvsoruymMs, p. B. Fore wing with areole. a. Fore tibia with one or more claws on outer side. a, Frons with heart-shaped corneous promi- ISG ss GaGnaborandowanaacond sauainermerecisuseaent PoLENTA, p. - . Frons with trilobate process ............ ..-ee. NARTHECOPHORA, p. ‘ Enonsismoothwerresncties Ssead eae se posoaqacaene Crntrovopia, p. 452 be Bon tibia with small claws at inner and outer sides; frons with pointed prominence con- nected ty a keel with the trilobate plate below it. which is produced to lateral points below. ParxG.y, p. . c. Fore tibia with large ean plate at ex- tremity, and large and small claws on inner SIS) odods GHc DS ALOE sodenucssnsoasacoaddoadoKiasouRnesacd TRIOCNEMIS, p. d. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner i side and two claws on outer ...............55. DERRIMA, pp... e. Fore tibia with long curved claw on inner side and small claw on outer. uw, Frons with truncate prominence with raised CO EES>: toa. tujaamanuertee eetaice solace acre eee PLAGIOMIMICUS, p. : >}, Frons smooth, with corneous plate below it. PsmupaconTia, p. . f. Fore tibia with claw on inner side only. a’, Frons wih shovel-shaped plate at middle and corneous plate below it .................- PINACOPLUS, p. . 61. Frons with pointed prominence with tri- lobate plate below atta ssssesseseneee: .... MinnaGinn, p. LTo face p. 2. a. Hyper podes. Ch Synealay iyela. Di oe (loss, Say eh 7d. t Licrohelia. Aanthothrix. eliothodes. Axenus. Janthinea. lutricopis. Annaphila. Stemmaphora. Micriantha. des. tgaristodes. Padinocera, Pseudacontia. Mydrodoxa. pia. Pseuqdalina. Cenotoca. Panemeria. Copanarta. Daphenura. aL LE | | Fotella. Catabena. Prodenia. Spodoptera, 5 sa. peoctopt PHYLOGENY OF THE ACRONYCTINA, Emarginca. Bryolymnia. Gonosygia. Atimaa. Leucorigna. Trichocosmia, | | Calymniodes. Ipimorpha, Meristis. Bagisara. Stauropides. Orcogonn. Mane, Nopun.Dildapia. Onin. rep. Data Fin Potirins. | [ | Pai ie Barat, Euplexidia. Checupa. Heterochroma. wile Perigeodes. Cetola. sents Oxyenemis. Fala. Stomafrontia. Copibryophila. Aleptiva. " | I Jee | ] ¢ like | Giiplesia. Galophasidia. Matopo. Lithomua. Pulcheria. Lewcocnemis. Cephalospargeta. Prodicella. Excaria. Prorac ‘Trachea, Paratrachea, alga Perigea. Microplesia. Arboricornis. Corythurus. | Fracara. Mionides. Oligia. Agroperina. Cderemia. Macronoctua. chy Pseuderastria. Bryomira. Petry. Eremsbia Exromas. Hypoplesia, Herema. Taniosea. Taye Bhynchoplexia. Ee Harrisimemna. Cosmodes. Tae hata Lewconycta, Thalatha. Goonyeta. = cil | | | Sidemia. Mo as Centropodia. Pseudohadena. Tambia, Iambiodes. Pariambia. Agriopodss. Polionycta. Tycracova. Craniophora. ! | | ] Neolaphygia. Acrosia. Acroriodes. Paracroria. Thyatirodes. Cirrhophanis, Lophygna. Lophotarsia. Strigiphlebia. Centrarthra. Tuinidifrontia. Lophotyna, Achatodes. Xanthacia. Gorlyna. imecia, Apamea, Fergana. Prometopus. Eremochroa. Micropia. Omphaletis. | lomyyes. Antha. | By Elydna, Neocalymnia, Androlymnia. Nicara. Apocalymnia. Musothyma. Hypercalymnia. Phalerodes. Phragmatiphila, Rabila, Neolita, Ramesodes. Lophocalama. Calamistis. Cea. | Acylita, Amolita. Cilla. Dantona. Basilodes. | Archanara, Acrapex.-Nonagria. Doerriesa. | | Embolecia. Basilica. Ectolopha, Satrapodes. Chalcopasta. Centrogone. Arenostola. Cenobia. Papaipeme Mutaria. Pinacoplus. Mycteroplus. Sphida, Microlita. | | | Ogdoconta, Geroda. ngenia. Ochrocalama. Syncalans. Metopoplus. Psectrotarsia, Bellura. Hypocwna. Amphilita. Oria. Arvilasisa, | Hydrercia, Callacia. Dicycla. Derrima. Stiria. Noeloa. | __ Brachyxanthia. Rhoducia. Pyrrhia, Rrithiecis. Copifrontia, Mucapta, Selicanis. Stibadiuin. Cytocanis, Kulymnia. Bnargia. Nanthiia Stirioses. Potent, Plagiomimicus. Ostaria. Eeigonophors. | | Stithia. Hypostilbia. Amphidrino. Acopa, Cytothymia. Megatodes. Narthecophora. i Polyphanis. Amsfrontia. Paromphale. Hiypoperigea. Dipinacia. Synthymia. nia. Paragle. Metagle. Chutapha, Asche, Thalpopila, Nephents, Besta, Dryteen. Meret. Stilbina. Rhabinoplerys. Pee _ Arinthisa. Acormetia. Petilanpa, Ethiopioa. Dy | Cyelopera. { ee Coelonars. tt Argyrostrotis. Neopistria- Sm Hilti. Paeuish Scotocampa. Proxenus. Mexotrosta, Hemassia. Galgula. (utile female Ale, Antaplayn, mala. Tristyla. Buterpiodes. Triccnenis. Pscudinodes. Conservula. Calpiformis. an Epa Borbotana. Tepes. Platysenta. Gonodes. Balsa. Xylomaa, Ruacodes, | ! | Perinania. Syntomopus. Cobaliodes. Syrrusia, Diparopsis. Teluilla. Pacilogramma, Acherdoa. Ara. Melagramma. Merolonehe. Leiumetopon. | . ee ] | Amphipyra. Gracitipalpus, Tiekplee Gallargyra. Selambina, Callogonia. Plusilia. Fagitana, singe | Phavpyra. Bityla. Stygiostola, Luperina. Lasiplexia. Oroplexia. Phuphena. Agrotisia. Acronycta. Ei = Mimlewcania. Micrathetis, Stypsiathetis Apsarass, Paratiiorta. I | Monodes. Neomilichia. Hadjina, Amiana. Catamecia, Clethrorasa. Mazuca. Chasminodes. | I | Choxmina, Molvesa, Cauilaris, Rhosis, Gerrodes, Ovios. Sewlyra. Eudryas, Erocha. Gerra. Neonuomodes. 1 romonostes. _Calainia. Callyna. Oxcythres. Apina. Micrapatetis, Radinoeera, (10 face p. 2. Microhelia. Xanthothriz. Hdiothodes. ae Janthines, | Butricopis. Annaphila. Stenmaphora, Micriantha. Agaristodes, Peeudacontia, Mydrodora. | | | | : | | wlerpia. Pseudina. Nerociris. Aucula. Vespola, Paychomorpha. Leucovis. Zalissa. Protosenilyrit. Opsyra, Leueogonia. Metaxanthia. Ipanica Xenopeustis. Iialima. Cunotoca. Panencria. Copanarta, Daphanura. Hypocalamia, ACRONYCTINE. cl, Frons with corneous prominence with raised edges and central process. a. Proboscis aborted ......... 300006 67. Proboscis fully developed. a3, Wyes small, reniform ............ &. Eyes large, round. a4, Thorax clothed with rough scales; pro- and metathorax with crests; patagia curled upwards at extremity ............ CHALCOPASTA, p. 5*. Thorax smoothly clothed with scales. a, Pro- and metathorax with slight crests. Fora, (2)p. 214. Scpecdonagad .. CENTROGONE, p. . sesseseeeeee MANTHOTHRIX, P. - 6°. Pro- and metathorax without crests ... ANTAPLAGA, p. 5 c+, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like SCarlestem acct cetaceans chad ccasu anne neers Catornasinta, (2)p. 181. d+, Thorax clothed with hair only, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests... Faua, (2)p. 220. d'. Frons with corneous prominence with raised edges, its lower edge produced to a point. «2, Fore wing with the apex produced andacute. Stier, p. : 62, Fore wing with the apex round ..... Sananen CiRRHOPHANUS, p. . Frons with corneous prominence with raised edges not produced to a point. Proboscis aborted, minute ............600e.00 . Merororuus, p. S Proboscis fully developed. a’, Kore wing with the termen excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus ...... BastnopEs, p. 63, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. Sr1Bap1uM, p. f. Frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ...... noacconcacocpooson ANNTMETIRIUN, Jp ° g. Frons without prominence. ad. Proboscis aborted, small. a, Pro-and metathorax with spreading crests. Psnupoxrera, (2) p. 170. 63, Prothorax without crest, metathorax with IGNFES) GREIB cooocoseceacaaeece a sige ae steinerasicl -- Oxycnemts, (2)p. 215. 62, Proboscis fully developed. a3. Thorax smoothly clothed with scales. a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading GOMES Sooosososn0002200000006 sraaescecosien site CopaNARTA, p. . be Mh oTaxawithouticrests me -ereeeeseeaceeees Lrucocnemis, (2)p. 221. 68. Thorax roughly clothed with hair and hair-like scales ......... Jasob abeenier .... CENTRARTURA, (2) p. 284. g. Fore tibia without claws. a, Kore tarsus with curved claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint. a*, Frons with truncate conical prominence with raised edges. a. Proboscis aborted, small; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only ................4. MYcrERopuus, p. 63. Proboscis fully developed ; abdomen with- out crests. a‘, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the metathorax with paired crests ......... OmpuaLetis, (2)p. 374. 64. Thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ...............+8 agnesoneds PSHCTROTARSIA, p. 62, Frons with rounded prominence with cor- neous plate below it; proboscis aborted... Mrcropra, (2) p. 373. c?. Frons with vertical ridge. a, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only... Ca Luarcyra, p. 515. 63, Abdomen without crests ............... sees. SCOTOCAMPA, (2)p. 171. d?. Frons without prominence. a3, Prothorax with sharp ridge-like crest, metathorax with spreading crest; abdo- -men with basal crest ...........0.0.06 vs... RHODGCIA, Pp. BQ NOCTUID A. 68, Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; abdomen without crests ......... PsEUDONADENA, p. 454. ‘1, Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer side of Ist joint. a?, Frons with truncate corneous prominence with raised edges, its lower edges pro- duced to a trilobate plate with corneous plate below it. . a3. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ......... CyToTHYMIA, p. . 63. Thorax clothed with rough hair and hair- Iuketscalles\een stearic aoecesreemeseaceeteser cs MEGALODES, p. . 62, Frons with long trilobate process and cor- neous plate below it. a. Proboscis aborted, small. a4, Palpi oblique, reaching to beyond frons. Azrnta, p. 64. Palpi porrect, very short .................. PsnuDINODES, p. 63. Proboscis fully developed. GA WES MEME, RAMMING caoocadaadeossoacancde STEMMAPIIORA, p. 64. Hives large, round. a. Palpi extending to just beyond frons. a6, Metathorax with spreading crests ... Tristyna, p. CoM Mhoraxe wat houtlerestslsereereeeeeeseere Muparia, p. . 6*, Palpi very short and not reaching as faritis Gronst is. iace sccamecsenoseceind seen ane SYNTIHYMIA, p. cl, Frons with long bilobate corneous process. a3. Proboscis aborted, small. a’, Frons with long triangular plate belowit. Prorimrinax, (2)p. 225. é4, Frons with short plate below it excised in front. a. Thorax clothed with hair and scales, the pro- and metathorax with spread- TSA OKESLS abnasso sn oaddepdseostnaacacctecadedd STinBina, (2) p. 168. 6°. Thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ............... CYCLOPERA, p. ce, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests .............-. OcnRocatama, p. c4, Frons without plate below it ............ ARCHANARA, p. . 68. Proboscis fully developed. at, Metathorax with spreading crest ......... Drprnacta, p. b+. Metathorax without crest .............-.... ABGLE,p. . d?, Frons with rounded prominence with shovel-shaped process at middle and cor- neous plate below it. GH), IPFOOONNS QIDSEWE, sanadocancqoaoag0009900002000 Hyrnuraina, (2)p. 169. 68. Proboscis aborted, sinall. a‘, Frons with the corneous process some- what pointed at extremity and keeled bel@iwe eeuSscsne -ossssemsneaancenauranuaeanennee Diraropsis, p. 909. o4. Frons with the corneous process not pointed or keeled. GP, Wallon WyOWPDEG! scocooscooosacnooscasoncoonens Amurronmt, (2) p. 417. 65. Palpi obliquely porrect ...............04. STIRIODES, p. ce’. Proboscis fully developed. at, Byes small, reniform ...........--.. Es adnarete ANB Deo b¢. Kyes large, round. a5, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a®, Frons with trilobate plate below it; hind wing with veins 3,4 from cell... Corisryopura, (2)p. 226. 66. Frons with triangular plate below it ; hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked... Propromuua, (2)p. 227. c6. Frons with the corneous plate below it excised in front ; hind wing with ; vein ») from well below middle of cell. AtEprina, (2) p. 229. 6*, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... Iranica, p. ACRONYCTIN #. e?. Frons with truncate conical prominence with raised edges. a, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal seginents. at, Proboscis aborted, minute. a’. Fore wing, with the termen and cilia STROMEINT CITENI®) sodocoacavconscoasenso0500. 6, Fore wing with the termen and cilia sliglithvacrenullalieseeeeseeesenseeesteet ccna 44, Proboscis fully developed. a’. Thorax with slight double ridge-like @HEIS ‘onasonontoadonocsooonacentooncseononcscosc 05. Pro- and metathorax with spreading GIES. | coanesouspocospabsonedonaqnasdoseabaede oc, Prothorax without crest, metathorax with large spreading crest ..............- @, Thorax without crests. a6, Thorax clothed with rough hair and Scales mixed Fissihs.cesassosewadaasoenecuee 68, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. , Gi, Wallon WyetwreAMnee! — raaoopananpseonacoase08 Wi, WENO OOMEBES — coocaconeonecanpcbdenseccan 63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. a4. Prothorax with spreading crest. a. Frons with flattened vertical process to the frontal prominence .................. 6°. Fronswith long central process hollowed out in front to the frontal prominence. a6, Proboscis aborted, minute ............ 66. Proboscis fully developed ..............- o@, Frons without central process to the frontal prominence. G5, JE ROOOTOS HISORIEC! Sococdcconcunsne0cn0900 68. Proboscis fully developed. a’, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle Ot ChiECOCAUIMIETES ccococcpcnesaco0ns000000 67, Hind wing with vein & from below middle of discocellulars. a8. Frontal prominence large ............ 68, Frontal prominence small ............ 64. Prothorax without crest. a, Frons with truncate process in middle Olt FOROMMINETNCD ooo cacconcoardocsenosanbn0ece" 6. Frons without truncate process in middle of prominence. a§, Proboscis aborted, small .............-. 6°, Proboscis fully developed. ai, Frontal prominence large. a8. Palpi upturned. a9, Mesothorax with paired crests 69, Mesothorax without crest ......... 68. Palpi porrect. a9, Kyes small, reniform ............... 9. Eyes large, round. @0, Thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, a, Patagia fringed with long rough hainranduscalesimernerreeseeseres bu, Patagia normal. a2, Abdomen with fan-like crest formed of scales .............- 612, Abdomen with tufted crest formed of hairs ..........0.06 Crrona, (2) p. 182. ArrepHss, p. 284. Sravroripes, (2) p. 269. Sprocropia, p. 290. Eupryas, p. PARATUERTA, p. SEUDYRA, p. GmERRA, p. Ruacopes, (2) p. 537. SYNCALAMA, p. : HApENELLA, (2) p. 231. Ecsouemia, p. 448. Catamecta, (2) p. 540. Procrarerta, (2)p. 533. (Sy Hyvorsricna, (2) p. 422. Noctoa, p. OsuartA, p. , Jampropns, p. 659. APOCALYMNIA, p. « AGARISTONES, p. 0 Ovios, p. ; RADINOCERA, p. ERrocua, p. NOCTUIDA. 0, Thorax clothed with hair only. au, Patagia with the extremities turned upwards, the meta- thorax with paired crests ...... 6. Patagia normal ............. 06006 b7, Frontal prominence very small. a8, Palpi upturned ...............005 oacoce 48, Palpi porrect, the 38rd joint down- turned and dilated at extremity ... ce, Abdomen without dorsal crests. a’, Eyes small, reniform. a°, Frontal prominence with its lower edge produced to a corneous plate ......... 65, Frontal prominence with its lower edge not produced to a corneous plate. a6. Frontal prominence with central PYOCESS 2... es eeeeee eee Ove e er cer eer eeeeeeas 66, Frontal prominence without central JOWOBESS oosooanes00000 0600000 noogebo9e900000 6}. Hyes large, round. 5, Frons with beak-sbaped process from lower edge of prominence ............... 6°, Frons with flattened plate from lower edge of prominence, grooved in front. J o ©, Frons with wedge-shaped process in middle of prominence .................. di, Krons with rounded truncate process in middle of prominence ..............---- e5, Frons with vertical ridge in middle of [OIROMMITAETIKED Goocounbencsoceobons00de0acqeR6 f°. Frons without process in middle ot prominence. a’. Frontal prominence long. . Thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed ; abdomen smoothly scaled. a8, Palpi upturned, the 3rd joint porrect. 68, Palpi porrect. a’, Proboscis absent. a0, Prothorax with spreading crest . 610, Prothorax without crest ......... o9. Prcboscis aborted, minute; frontal prominence indented below ...... c9. Proboscis fully developed. a0, Frons with pointed corneous plate below it ............. sees 610, Frons without corneous plate belo whit <:.:2sccceenantmeseaeeneenes 67, Thorax clothed wey Thee only ; ab- domen clothed with rough hair, Gh, lean WyHWeVINEC! —cooccsocobocdesc60 saucer GS Pallipl pPOLrect seas. .secesesee sees g09706 +6. Frontal prominence short. a’. Thorax with broad dorsal ridge of scales. a’. Frons with the corneous promi- THES) ETRG@asoconeandcc0008000 godo000d00¢ 68. Frons with the corneous promi- mence small eases enceeee bi, Pro- and metathorax with spreading GREE cooocodocosoccosoa0cddgonn0 000000000006 ci, Metathorax with depressed crest ; hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ... di, Thorax without crests. a’. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales ...... GERRODES, Pp. ° CavULaRris, p. ; Tatar, (2)p. 42. Lrvucoconia, p. ; AXENUS, p. : Microneria, p.. HurLiotnopEs, p. . YTOCANIS, p. 2 CaLiacia, p. 4 Bastuica, p. SELENISTIS, p. F ARGYRUODA, p. ° Ipatima, p. . RaABILA, Eriwocnroa, (2)p. 370. Escarta, (2) p. 228. Mo.nyena, p. ¢ Ruosvs, p. E AUCUMA, p. > Levcvvis, p. * Paracrorta, (2)p. 281. Tnyatrropgs, (2) p. 282. HYPERCALYMNIA, p. PAROMPHALE, (2)p. 421. SryatatTnetis, (2)p. 444. ACRONYCTIN &, 6s, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching middle of frons; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed. a9, Palpi upturned, slender ; fore wing with thetermen excurved at middle and oblique towards tornus ...... 6°, Palpi oblique, short; fore wing with the termen evenly curved ... f2. Frons with pointed prominence. a3, Hyes small, reniforin .............06 000000000 63, Eyes large, round. a*, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal seements. a, Proboscis aborted, minute ........-....«- 4°, Proboscistully developed ............-+- é+, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. @. Prothorax with sharp triangular ridge- like crest, the metathorax with divided (GOS Gpemictesetactelcietsvotarslaceicicists sisiaieleteromets este areretsaeets 65, Prothorax with divided crest, metu- thorax with spreading crest ...... do doc o>, Thorax without crests. a®, Krons with beak-like pointed process ; palpi with the 2nd joint very broadly Scaloclipemertr eccun seen deraacsen sscaeeeere 66, Frons with slight pointed prominence ; palpi slender. Gi, Jalon WOMUPNEE .oasocccoccosacanesoGo5060" Gi, TN KOR JOXORFEG — scconcooogcn005000000000000 c#, Abdomen without crests. a. Proboscis aborted, minute .......... seas 6°. Proboscis fully developed. a°, Thorax clothed almost entirely with SCA ESA cimeanauaecimeiasmstesiouaisnuiacaeteuneniner'e 06, Thorax clothed with hair and _hair- inWepscallesMira- tas ccecadscctnedsaorieccemas: g?. Frons with rounded prominence with trans: verse corneous plate at middle square in IURONIE: | Aoapnntqoossesouscoon epee eHouscopeanedoodacd h2. Frons with rounded prominence with ver- tical ridge at middle. a3, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests...... 63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. GA, Wellon WyOMUNANEE! sooo acepe00dscneqencocn00nod6C OH VERNON JOOP RVE Gogo0ccac90q2—0000300000006005000 c3, Abdomen without crests ................ee00 #- Frons with rounded prominence with slight transverse ridge. a. Frons with cornevus plate below it. a4, Abdomen with dorsal crests on first two SOSTIOMUS coogacoascodo05a0000000000pB00000000 64, Abdomen without crests .............. 63, Frons without corneous plate below it ... v2. Frons with rounded prominence. a’, Abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments. a‘, Proboscis absent. a>, Pro- and metathorax with spreading GHERMS _ oc000000000090009050e000000900900000000 65, Pro- and metathorax without crests ... 64. Proboscis fully developed. a, Pro- and metathorax with spreading @REBWS _ socoaacgn onanc009R0neds900000K0se000006 5°, Pro- and metathorax without crests. a®, Thorax smoothly clothed with scales CUI Wo vasepeeeerore racposde ahtctcieetuny-checunet SATRAPODES, p. 0 Dysminicuta, (2) p. 426. Psycnomorria, p. ACHATODES, p. c Ca@noroca, p. XANTIGCIA, p. : XEROCIRIS, p. APSARASA, Pp. : Mazuca, p. . PROTOSHUDYRA, p. CoNICOFRONTIA, p. ¢ Micro.ira, p. . C@noBIA,p. . PHRAGMATIPHILA, p- Eucroria, p. 286. Parramsia, p. 660. MetaxANTHIA, p. 5 CHRYSOECIA, p. CiALCorcta, p. 5 Proracuta, (2) p. 230. (preiexta, p. 218. TUMIDIFRONTIA, p. ° Mionizs, p. 616. (Epgreia, p. 405. Gornycra, (2)p. 49. ball f NOCTUID Ai, 66, Thorax clothed with rough hair and BcaleswMIKeG | caeanmaese coe aa eeeeees 63. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. a’, Prothorax with spreading crest. @. Fore wing with the termen oblique towards tornus. a6, Fore wing with seale-tooth at tornus . b6. Fore wing without scale-tvoth at tornus 6°, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. a, Build stout. ai, Kore wing with the termen erenulate. b7, Fore wing with the termen not crenuilaitie: osaccadenchdaceeeenesseeenacesees boil dislend erypeeesesee hese eeeee seen eeacee 6*. Prothorax without crest. a. Thorax clothed chiefly with seales. a®, Kore wing with the apex produced, the termen obliquely curved ......... 6S. Fore wing with the apex not pro- duced, the termen more erect. a7, Antenne laminate, almost simple b7, Antenne ciliated. a8. Fore wing narrow, the inargins sab- parallel Gras. cecccewctaeincencosacuntases 68. Fore wing triangular .................- 65, Thorax clothed with hair only c3, Abdomen without dorsal crests. Hs _ aes small, elliptical. 5. Thorax clothed with rough hair and scales, 5. Thorax smoothly scaled i ‘Eyes large, round. a, Metathorax with crest. a, Prothorax with spreading crest. Gi, IO TONONS IDEM coococosocossatooon0000C U7, Proboseis aborted, small ... c7, Proboscis fully developed 66, Prothorax without crest. a’. Proboscis aborted, minute. a8, Thorax clothed with haar and seales FAG E=() GRRE BO OARRaUMERCCaac acoso dacce 68, Thorax clothed with hair only ...... b7, Proboscis fully developed...... os0egon¢ 65. Metathorax without crest. a. Thorax clothed almost. ONDECNY with scales. AieperoOboOscistabontedmsse seers ceeeeeeeC eee 7, Proboscis fully developed. a8. Frons with corneous ridge above ... 68. Frons without corneous ridge above. a’, Fore wing with the apex rather produced and acute..... ............ o9. Fore wimg with the apex rounded . #6, Thorax elothed with hair and hair- likeiscalest. cafe coadeneeeectensanere c&, Thorax clothed with hair only......... k2, Krons with vertical flattened process with rounded edge. a, Abdomen with dorsal series of erests.. £3, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only... /2, Frons with transverse ridge. a3, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests ...... 6%. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. a4, Pro- and metathorax with spreading CROSESni i jaacei nie cite eaten asec cece 44, Pro- and metathorax without crests ZALISSA, P- Heronorna, p. — - Xyioma@a, (2) p. 53 ‘Amrana, (2) p. 538 Maropo, (2)p. 185. Nuromiusenta, (2) p. 518. Forsgua, (2)p. 232. TycRACONA, (2) p. 50. Bryo.yMotia, p. TRICHOCOSMIA p. Eryrurecra, p. ANNAPHILA, p. : Musorrosta, (2) p. 437. Acopa, (2)p. 410. Hmnassta, (2) p. 438. Cua, p. c Lzromeroron, (2) p. 172. Spuia, p. RuaBrNoPreryx, (2)yp.287. MERoLEvca, p. 687. NEUM@GENIA, p. . XYLOSTOLA, P. AcoswEtia, (2) p. 412, ARCILASISA, p. 5 OxyTHRES, Pp. 2 EMBOL@CIA, pp. - CoPrrrRonmTIA, p. : AnTHA, (2)p. 274. Levconycra, (2)p. 35. PoLYGRAMMATA, p. 639. ACRONYCTIN i. m2. Frons smooth and without prominence. a’, Proboscis aborted or absent. a‘, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a, Prothorax without crest, metathorax with spreading crest. ..........--++- bounbp 65. Thorax without crests. a’. Palpi upturned, thickly scaled ......... 66, Palpi porrect, slender..............-+-+++ 64, Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. 28, Thorax clothed almost entirely with scales. a®, Prothorax with divided crest............ 06, Protherax without crest. ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head .............00.seseee seen 7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons...............-+- 6®, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. a®, Pro- and metathorax with spreading GREE) cascaccoonssc009san00909000900008000000 66. Pro- and metathorax without crests. a7, Fore wing very narrow and produced AL APEK ...... cee eee e eee e ee eens 67, Fore wing triangular .........-....602+ c4, Abdomen without crests. a, Vhorax clothed chiefly with scales. a8, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell to near extremiy ...... 06, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle................+- c§, Hind wing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. a7, Pro- and metathorax with spreading CLOSES. ......0ee eee eee eee ene ec teete eee eceeeee b7, Pro- and metathorax without crests. a8. Palpi with the hair at extremity of 2nd joint produced to a point, the Srd POLrect........ceeeeeeeeeeee vee eeeees 08, Palpi with the 2nd joint slightly fringed with hair in front. a. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect... 9. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned. 05. Thorax clothed with hair and haiv-like scales. a8. Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests. a. Palpi upturned ; fore wing with the termen not crenulate. a8. Fore wing with the termen oblique towards tornuS ........0-++eeeeeeee 28. Fore wing with the termen evenly (@WNPOC| odnsaocsononoupseeodvoooobocucEGGC b7. Palpi porrect; fore wing with the termen crenulate..........00++0+ Gnesane 46, Thorax without crests. ui. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute; hind wing with veins 5, 4 usually stalked, 5 from below middle of discocellulars ........-+-+++ ti, Fore wing with the apex not pro- duced; hind wing with veins 3, + from cell, 5 from middle of disco- cellulars. a8, Palpi upturned; frons with large (GWU Opt MBE, .goneadooaconeo90080007000090 Brromama, p. 615. Acnerpoa, p. 591. Poutoseya, p. 617. PHALERODES, p. 0 Prusinua, p. 590. Bryounuca, p. 686. CALAMISTIS, p. Evuxoncun, (2) p. 162. Merovoncur, (2) p. 160. ACYLITA, Pp. DokrRIESA, p. : Ermrortca, (2) p. 418. DanTonA, p. 0 CruLa, p. AMOLITA, p. . NonaGria, p. SELICANIS, p. « Manraerana, p. 449. ACRAPEX, p. 4 SpPuHTTA, p. . 10 NOCLULD ©. bs. Palpi porrect; frons without tuft OLIMAR sence. seeotsnseiasascneeeeeeees e, Thorax clothed with hair only. a6, Metathorax with spreading crest ...... b8, Thorax without crests. @, Palpi upturned............ sdooosc9osco0—e o*, Palpi porrect. a®. Fore wing with the apex produced Eyavdl) EVOL wanrcaanAanenpasdaondenadabnnocac 68. Fore wing with the apex rounded... 8, Proboscis fully developed. a’, Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. a. Thorax with double ridge-like crest. a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a, Palpi with the 2nd joint broadly angled with hair in front ............ v7, Palpi with the 2nd joint moderately fringed with hair in front. a’, Fore wing long and narrow, the termen not excised towardstornus. a, Tegule produced at a slight dorsal PIGS i2c' Sc setae Macacebemakerseneceeisee 69. Tegule not produced to a dorsal ridge. a0. Frons tufted with hair. a, Kore wing very narrow, the termen very obliquely curved. 611. Fore wing broader, the termen IMORCKELEC Uieenetscenter ect 610, Frons smooth with a slight cor- neous plate below it ............ 08, Fore wing shorter, the termen ex- cised towards tornus. a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head ............ 69, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons. a, Frons tufted with hair .......... oc 10, Frovs smoothly scaled ............ 66, Thorax clothed with hairand hair-like SGales i aeseeasssecsrenssee SaCobbgASSoGCOGAG 6. Thorax with broad ridge-like crest...... ©, Prothorax with triangular crest. a®, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales ... 6. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like SOHIIGS cocosnda00a aseoaneseacecdoo0000na00008 e&, Thorax clothed with hair only. a’, Fore wing with the termen excised below vein 4....... SOMA Sn enRe ease aeanoG o7, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. a8, Abdomen with the crests mixed with Sales ese laa eerie eat cen sacrosanct é8, Abdomen with the crests formed of hhairsonily, | scmasccecene ssn cneceen seca d>, Pro-, meso- and metathorax with large chivid edliicrestsiereeeeeeeee eee ee ee eeereeee e°, Pro-and metathorax with divided crests. a®, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a, Abdomen dorsally flattened ......... b7. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. a, Fore wing with vein 5 nearly straight, from just below middle Oi Ghiseoeell MENS, cosssccocososad0000000 b8. Fore wing with vein 5 curved, from just above lower angle of cell ...... Prrimampa, (2) p. 414. BELLURA, p. ‘ SESAMTA, p. “ Stuyra, (2) p. 173. Eogrna, (2) p. 179. OrtioGontca, p. 45. Det, (2) p. 190. Maausa, p. 59. Parasticutis, p. 76. Xytomyaus, (2) p. 271. SrENoPTERYGIA, p. 61. Dirteryata, p. 64. Acroria, (2) p. 276. Acroperina, p. 398. Evrasiua, p. 109. Lopnoryna, p. 0 Puucumrta, (2) p. 213. Trigonopnora, p. 486. Cnurarna, p. 491. Hasryntis, p. 498. Manra, p. 49. Cuecupa, p. 111. Evriexivi,, p. 110. Tracuea, p. 113. ACRONYCTIN 4. 66. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like SICA Oo ae NEE HONE Be ise cacent owanebcie J®. Prothorax with spreading crest, meta- thorax with divided crest ...........0..6 g°. Prothorax with long oblique flattened crest. a6, Metathorax with divided crest ......... 66. Metathorax with spreading crest ...... he. Pro- aud metathorax with spreading crests. a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales, a7, Fore wing with slight scale-tooth at tornus. a8. Abdomen with long forked crest on 206 BEER, BoaodoonesckboocebAssoos ons 8, Abdomen without forked crest on 2nd segment. a’, Fore wing with the termen more or less angled at vein 4, then DONO TUGY ee aonraeBeienenneer enc oae sac 69. Fore wing with the termen angled at vein 3, then dentate ............ c*. Fore wing with the termen evenly CUPTECL, GlEMEE sonscoonscosnccconces 7. Fore wing witl.out scale-tooth at tornus. a8. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect. a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long ...... 9%. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons, the 3rd short. «0, Abdomen with large dorsal crest OD GCL SES MTEM Taogoccoseeaceenn00 610, Abdomen with the dorsal crests SIGUE Sassen cesisensseatcaneadcen eae 08. Palpi with the 8rd joint upturned. a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and dilated at extremity. a0, Fore wing with the termen ex- curved at middle and excised towards tOrnus...............0..+0 510, Fore wing with tne termen evenly @HIPVIOC IES edennsdosncotencnecodsnnone °, Palpi with the 3rd joint very long, not dilated, in male tufted with long hair on inner side and re- cunvedtoversneadeeeeecetn sense e%, Palpi with the 3rd joint shorter and not dilated. a, Fore wing with the cilia strongly dentate towards tornus ......... 01. Fore wing with the cilia slightly crenulate. a, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach- ing vertex of head. a@?, Abdomen with very large crests on Srd and 4th seg- ments; build slender ......... 6, Abdomen with the crests on medial segments equal ; build stout. a3, Thorax and fore wing roughly Scaled especies: s0dano000N00 Vil PaRaTRACHEA, p. 216. Potyrmants, p. 667. PAPAIPEMA, p. Ogpoconra, p. ArGyrostrotis, p. 517, Errorvus, p. 531. Cosmoprs, (2) p. 17. Dara, p. 526. Ancara, p. 249. TELESILLA, p. 587. Anprorotta, (2) p. 199. VESPOLA, p. Crepia, p. 260. Corytnurvs, p. 360. Prricropes, p. 287. CityTontx, p. 600. Hererocuroma, p. 271, NOCTUIDE, }3, Thorax and fore wing smoothly BIGa GY Gacoedsedosandoosdocoadsaea bu, Palpi with the 2nd joint reach- ing about middle of frons. a2, Abdomen with large crest on 3rd segment ; build stout b2, Abdomen with large crest on 4th segment ; build slender... cl2, Abdomen with the crests on medial segments equal. as, Fore wing with the apex rectangular and somewhat ACIUGE Maeieeeeeecenenece ctor 013, Fore wing with the apex FOUNGEO LA ane coe 86, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. ai. Prothorax with the crest long, meso- thorax with small paired crests ; abdomen with very large double Crestyat base: bus tustwseres eemeechetetes: v7, Abdomen without large double crest at base. a8, Tegule produced to a slight dorsal TLBIEX ea ia Ach abeOnobadokboemoobosonstoc b8. Tegulze not produced to a dorsal ridge. a’, Thorax quadrately scaled ............ b9, Thorax not quadrately scaled. alo, Thorax clothed with long rough hair and hair-like scales ...... .. 610, Thorax smoothly clothed with hair and hair-like scales......... c6, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... 25, Prothorax without distinct crest. oY Thorax clothed chiefly with seales. . Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the drd long. a Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect ... 8, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned... Bi. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons, the 3rd short. a8, Abdomen with very large crest on 4th segment. a’. Metathorax with very large crest of long spatulate scales ............ 0°, Metathorax with moderate crest ... 28, Abdomen with the crests small. a. Fore wing with the termen oblique TOWAIKCIS (KORMUS — sosogacasnconcocoonen 9, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. a0, Fore wing long and narrow. al, Fore wing with the termen GIRS soodonnseoocosgnbaoosa0000000 ob, Fore wing wth the termen obliquely curved ................ 610, Fore wing short ana uroad ...... #8, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. a. Mesothorax with paired crests, patagia curled upwards at extremity ......... b7, Mesothorax without crests, patagia not curled upwards at extremity ... Periena, p. 292. Eupuexia, p. 219. Mrcropiextia, p. 304. GortyNna, p. ‘ Ouiara, p. 361. Acrortopgs, (2)p. 279. APAMEA, p. ‘ Litnoma@a, (2) p. 208. DaszocuxTa, (2)p. 22. Eremosra, p. 409. TRICHOPLEXIA, p. 482. PsEupErastria, p. 614. Bryopuia, p. 618. Harristmenna, p. 648. Crrma, p. 651. Tamra, p. 654. CaLogramMa, (2)p. 288. Propenta, (2) p. 240. Craniopuora, (2)p. 51. Canna, (2)p. 19. ConsmryuLA, p. 499. ACRONYCTIN &, j®. Thorax without crests. a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. ai, Palpi smoothly scaled and flattened against frons; fore wing narrow with the margins subparallel......... b7, Palpi not flattened against frons and with a tuft of scales at extremity of 2nd joint ; fore wing triangular ... 66. Thorax clothed with hair and hair- WkeRscalesiee..i-ssseceeeseecene Banboabotee 4. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. a, Pro- and metathorax with divided 6°, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest, metathorax with divided crest ......... ce, Prothorax with sharp triangular crest, metathorax with spreading crest ...... d°. Prothorax with ridge-like crest, meta- thorax with spreading crest ......... e. Thorax with slight dorsal ridge-like GREBD cocoa coon 9cen0nesnos000000sD000000008 f>. Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests. a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a7, Pro- and metathorax with the crests formed of very long spatulate scales, a8, Fore wing with the apex produced ENING! GHOMS) poo adooosdsoosaaneEsbososcecds 68. Fore wing with the apex rounded... bi, Prothorax with long flattened crest projecting backwards. a’. Kore wing with the termen excised below apex and excurved at middle. 08. Fore wing with the termen evenly (GUTAOlS padauaaeeeesacnnonabosassceseooace c7. Prothorax with short spreading crest. a’. Mesothorax with slight ‘paired GEESWS soodcs00ca9s0990009da500060000000000 68. Mesothorax without crests. a. Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. w0. Build slender. at, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. a2, Fore wing with the termen excised from apex to middle. 612, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. a@*°, Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and FCS oo00a000000s000g08000000000 613, Fore wing with the apex HO UM Ce Clue ee erie ie wcies sats 61, Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. (OD, TSG) HOME .ccccgoocecss0090ve0d000R00 69, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons. a0, Thorax roughly scaled ............ 610, Thorax smoothly scaled. a1, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect. a2, Tegule produced to a slight dorsal ridge and hood......... O28, Teaules mormeall occscosonocacco00: CLETHRORASA, p. Neropuantis, p. 681. Faeirana, p. 592. Caurivormis, p. 504. Macronocrva, p. 431. Hyprectia, p. 4 ANDROLYMNIA, p, : PyrRuta, p. : Pa@ciLogRAuMA, p. Opsyra, p. GERODA, p. Macarra, p. 0 CRAMBODES, (2) p. 445. Gonopus, (2) p. 450. ‘ Puartysenta, (2) p. 447. Monopss, (2) p. 457. Hanpsina, (2)p. 521, Mownoprrya, p. 482. Hyporrexia, p. 426, CaTaBENA, (2)p. 234. NAMANGANA, (2)p. 544. 14 NOCTUID 2. bu, Palpi with the 3rd joint up- turned. a2, Fore wing with tufts of raised scales on the stigmata......... Praxoryra, p. 19. . Fore wing without tufts of raised scales on the stigmata. Huromma, p. 429. c9. Palpi obliquely porrect, extending SS bo about the length of head ......... Bausa, (2) p. 404. o6, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long and Pole Chea. srshemes encase Meee aeeee Ruyncnop.exia, p. 433. 7. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. a’, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, build slender. Tmnrosna, p. 430. 8, Palpi with the second joint reach- ing to about middle of frons. a, Fore wing with the apex produced ANCACUTE ai. gANlo esate, aembeeanes Ciirirma, (2) p. 237. 69. Fore wing with the apex rounded. @0, Fore wing with the termen oblique towards tornus ......... Hurana, p. 429. 610, Fore wing with the termen not oblique towards tornus .. ...... Sipe, p. 435. c6, Thorax clothed with hair only ......... LASIPLEXIA, p. 480. g®. Prothcrax without crest, metathorax with spreading crest. a6, Thorax clothed almost entirely with scales. ai. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching VCIHUEES Cnt INGER! Goacedqsansbode0c00009000 Avcma, p. 661. b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons. a8, Fore tibia broadly fringed with hair ; fore wing rather broad ........... .... Spoporrera, (2) p. 251. 28, Fore tibia slightly fringed with hair; fore wing long and narrow ......... Laruyema, (2)p. 258. 66, Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like BCAII@S cooocscosnosanons00b000ss00e00990000000 CoBALionEs, p. 505. hs. Thorax without crests. a®, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. ai, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. a&, Palyi with the 3rd joint long ...... Pouronycra, (2) p. 41. 8, Palpi with the 8rd joint short ...... Gauouta, (2) p. 439. o7, Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint flattened EIGEN MIRDOS). 60 <canssons000009005000000 CHASMINA,p. . 08. Palpi with the 2nd joint cylindrical. Bagisara, p. . 6, Palpi with the 2nd joimt not reach- ing above middle ot frons, the 3rd short. az. Antenne laminate and almost simple. as. Fore wing with the inner margin somewhat excised towards tornus... ZULYMNIA,p. . 08. Fore wing with the inner margin not excised towards tornus ......... Acronycra, (2)p. 59. 67. Antenne ciliated. a8. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales . AgGrioropss, (2) p. 37. 68, Thorax clothed with hair only ...... EUTERPIA, p. . ACRONYCTIN Au. e4, Abdomen without dorsal crests. a, Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest; frons with projecting corneous plate Below ltssencrosciceiuediuncte eae nee eeeeeeens 05, Prothorax with triangular crest; meta- thorax with double ridge-like crest. a®, Fore wing with the termen strongly excurved at middle ........ sameh aoe v6. Fore wing with the termen evenly (LAKE oecoccornoonaamecncedendpavesoas caaces ce, Prothorax with triangular crest, meta- thorax with spreading crest ... . ...... d, Prothorax with spreading crest, meta- thorax with divided crest ............... e. Pro- and metathorax with spreading crests. a’. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. a’. Fore wing long and narrow. a8. Palpi with the 2nd joint reach- Ways WEEDS OF NERC oococadboo00000c0000000 28, Palpi with the 2nd joint nut reach- ing middle of frons .................. 67, Fore wing broad. a8. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. a9, Palpi with the drd joint long. a0, Hind wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars ......... bo, Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars. 69, Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate. @0, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect. @1, Fore wing with the apex pro- Glinenta | opeebesnccenCocenepenneanenc }'. Fore wing with apex rounded... 6, Palpi with the drd joint up- turned ; fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and BOWS gaacccqaccdsboodn00d0300000006 68, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middle of frons ............... SGAIIES os socoscatienoononacecodanonee lacaoreaoe @. Palpi with 2nd joint reaching vertex of head; hind wing with the termen excised at discal fold .................. b7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching middle of frons; hind wing with the termen evenly curved. a’. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect; fore WING NALVOW ............ sees eee 68, Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned ; fore wing broader..............-.0+06- fs. Prothorax with spreading crest; meta- thorax without crest. a’. Fore wing narrow, the margins sub- parallel. a. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. a8. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked. 68, Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell. 7, Palpi slender, the 2nd joint reaching middle of frons .......c...c.ees8e 00000 15 Hecuera, p. 685. BRACHYXANTHIA,p. LoriocanLama, p. A IprMorrma, p. . TuALPornrna, p. 679. ArmA, p. 688. Syrrusis, p. 508. GRACILIPALPUS, p. 42. SELAMBINA, p. 516. Catroaonta, p. 589. Carsona, (2) p. 560. STRIGIPHLEBIA, (2) p. 283. Ampuiprina, (2)p. 20-4. Sryerostona, p. 44. Luperina, p. 466. Meristis, p. . Hyvostiusta, (2)p. 2938. Aruetis, (2)p. 296. ARGYROSPILA, Pp» » 16 NOCTUID®. 66. Fore wing broad, triangular. a. Thorax clothed with hair and scales WIKER” jones acmmaniedstavewcdeemeedesetemese 67, Thorax clothed with hair and hair- likerscales's: gaclsiicss.sceer seem eeecaceee mee g®. Prothorax without crest; metathorax * with small paired crests ..............- h®. Prothorax without crest; metathorax with spreading crest. a6. Thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed. ai, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. a8, Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect é*. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned... o7, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about middie of frons.................. c, Palpi shert, porrect. a, Tegule produced behind intoa slight OOGUE statecicctaes me Reoee eres 68, Tegulx not produced into a hood. a’. Fore wing long and narrow. a0, Kore wing with the apex pro- duced, the termen oblique ...... 6, Fore wing with the apex not produced, the termen less oblique. 69. Fore wing shorter and broader 26. Thorax clothed with hair only ......... 2. Thorax without crests. a6, Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened............ 67, Abdomen not dorsally flattened. a’. Fore wing Jong and narrow. GP, Is WHIGl HOD, Goncocoossnconasgoacencodon (2, LBhunil\e? SVEN <.osesssdcnonsosenoaca0006 v8. Fore wing short and broad. a’, Build stout. a0, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, slender, a'', Palpi flattened against frons ... OE allipuleydinacicicaleeeeereeeeeeeecees 610, Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching middle of frons, broadly scaled. @1, Hind wing with the termen excised at discal fold............ 6, Hind wing with the termen evenly curved .......... janes 69. Build slender. a0, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head. a, Palpi with the 3rd joint long... 61, Palpi with the 3rd joint mode- TRAUT@ eancoonavccscosuasyondaospeo09cus 610, Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint reaching middle of frons......... Thorax clothed with hair and hair- like scales. ai, Abdomen dorsally flattened. a8, Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed with hair in front. a. Hind wing with vei 5 from middle of discoeellulars............ +®, Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars ............ RaMESODES, p. : ARENOSTOLA, p. ARIATUISA, (2) p. 385. ATIMEA, p. CALYMNIODES, p. : PsxuvupINA, p. : Eermecta, (2) p. 288. Fereana, (2)p. 289. Srinpra, (2) p. 290. Prasriisia, (2) p. 292. Mypropoxa, p. Pertna{nia, p. 21. AGROTISIA, p. 692. PrOXENUS, (2) p. 430. CALLYNA, p. ELYDNA, p. . Puuruena, p. 593. NIcara, p. : Mer nacramma, p. 691. Micraturtts, (2) p. 448. AMPHILITA, p. : Perripyra, p. 25. SynTomorus, p. 22. 4 COSMODES. 17 63, Palpi smoothly scaled ; hind wing with vein 5 from middle of disco- Cellars. vik. casa secseasenee meee eseeer Ampurpyra, p. 26. 7.Abdomen not dorsally flattened. a8, Head and thorax clothed with rough hair and spatulate scales ......... OrorrExtA, p. 510, 68, Head and thorax smoothly clothed with hair and hair-like scales. a9. Frons with ridges of hair above and between antenne............... Mimiervcanta, (2) p. 285, 69, Krons without ridges of hair. @9, Kore wing with the apex some- what produced and acute ...... CALYMNIA, p. 610, Fore wing with the apexrounded, Dzicycua, p. c®, Thorax clothed with hair only. ai, Kyes small, reniform. a8, Palpi extending about the length Git NEN Is ooasharobpaeee taping cbcacodcobeos Evrricoris, p. v8, Palpi extending to just beyond PROMS Me ctscisee esc: oudodons 99000000000 PANEMERIA, p. b7, Kyes large, round. a8, Abdomen dorsally flattened ......... Bityza, p. 41. 68, Abdomen not dorsally flattened. w@, Abdomen entirely clothed with FROWN, IMENT — sacgonaaananoaconodoaqnocac Darinenora, p. , 9, Abdomen with rough hair at base only. a, Build stout. @, Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint moderately fringed with hair TT HORM, scessenaace BH OERERSE motions ENARGIA, p. $11, Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below. a2, Fore wing narrow ............... CALAMIA, p. 6! Fore wing broad.................. Orta, p. : (OM, TetwNlGl SIEINCIEP cossccnoeascsaseoeqso0e Hyrocana, p. ce. Abdomen smoothly scaled. a, Palpi upturned .............-..... OMMATOSTOLA, p. . GD, JPelhor WOBIEES sbsccococuscobsosusnodoe Hyrocanamia, p. Genus COSMODES. Type Clasmmodes, Cran, NOE Th, jos 24S) (CGP) cose rcqsocccoococsseccnbecab6ades elegans. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short; frons smooth ; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed almost entirely with seales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; tibis moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments and large crest on 8rd segment. Fore wing with the apex rather produced and acute, the termen excised to vein 3 where it is angled, then excised to tornus where there is a scale-tooth ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 shortly stalked or from angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 3591. Cosmodes elegans. Phalena eiegans, Donov. Ins. New Holl. pl. 36. f. 5 (1805) ; Hudson, New Zealand Moths & Butterflies, p. 33, pl. vi. f. 2. 3S. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous, whitish at tips ; Vol. VIII. C 18 NOOTUID A. frons white with rufous bars above and between antennze which are rufous; tegulz with two slight dark lines at middle; patagia with oblique white bands; metathorax with whitish patch, some blackish scales at tips of patagia and metathorax ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous; abdomen white with the dorsal crests rufous. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal area suffused with deep rufous and brown except towards costa; a very pale yellow-green fascia from subcostal nervure near base curving down to below vein 1, then upwards to median nervure at middle where it is con- fluent with a wedge-shaped mark in cell, these markings defined by silvery white lines; two similarly coloured conical patches Fig. 1.—Cosmodes elegans, 3. 4 beyond the cell between veins 7 and 3 and 2 and 1, an oblique pale rutous fascia between veins 3 and 2 which are streaked with white, the area beyond the conical patches deep rufous to the silvery white postmedial line, which arises below costa, is angled outwards at vein 6 then oblique to vein 3 and between veins 2 and 1; a series of dark subterminal strize excurved from costa to vein 6, then defined on inner side by silvery white striz angled out- wards at vein 3 and ending at vein 2, with deep rufous before them between veins 6 and 4; a terminal series of dark striae with whitish before them above and below vein 3; cilia brown with a dark line through them, whitish at apex and below vein 3. Hind wing yellowish white, the terminal area broadly tinged with rufous from apex to vein 2; the underside white with a faint rufous tinge. @. Head and tegulee deep rufous; thorax pale rufous; fore wing deep rufous, the costa dark with white points towards apex ; the interspace between veins 3 and 2 pale rufous at base, then ereyish, the postmedial white line obsolete except between veins 7 and 4 and with some fiery red beyond it, the subterminal line obsolete; hind wing with the terminal half blood-red. Hab. QunenstanD, Brisbane (Turner, Lucas), 1 ¢, 2 2, Moreton Bay (Diggles), 2 3; N. 8S. Waters, Sydney (Doubleday, Lambert, Daniel, Raynor, De la Garde, Rietmann), 1 3, 9 25; Vicroria, Gisborne (Lyell), 1 9; New Zeatanp, Auckland (Colenso, Bolton, Owley), 4 9, Christchurch, Governors Bay, Napier, Okan. xp, 32-36 willim. CANNA. 19 Genus CANNA. Type ype. (Caitttattnn NNIVE, SOS oTIS TO (UNG) cosconncnesoeos copaccabnacavenasosoobe pulchripicta. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of fronsand moderately fringed with hair, the 8rd short; frons smooth p eyes large, round ; antennz laminate; thorax clothed with elongate scales, the prothorax without crest, the mesothorax with paired tufts of scales, the meta- thorax with spreading crest; the patagia with upturned tufts of scales at extremity ; tibiz fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 4th segment large. Fore wing short and broad, the apex rounded, the termen excurved at middle and excised below apex and towards tornus which is somewhat lobed; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 froin upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsclescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Abdomen with the crest on 4th segment formed of long black seales. a, Fore wing with the medial band green tinged with UINGGOIS J codaaadososeuc chore ete RC UE OLE rE REA MISES fora or prasinaria. b. Fore wing with the medial band red-brown.................. malachitis. B. Abdomen with the crest on 4th segment formed of ochreous JNANITRcdaacassusotegan acd ue Bone Cae ior ete nee eee alee attcaeeaueme pulchripicta. 3592. Canna prasinaria. (Plate CXXIIL. fig. 18.) Diphthera prasinaria, Wik, xxxii. 615 (1865); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 204. Head and thorax bright emerald-green ; palpi black with some white in front and at extremity of 2nd joint ; frons white below and with lateral black bars; some black behind the eyes; antenne blackish ; tips of tegulz and outer edge of patagia with some white, the patagia tipped with black; a pair of black-tipped tufts of hair from mesothorax; pectus and legs with some white, the tibiz marked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white, with diffused dorsal black bands, the crest on 4th seg- ment very large and black, the ventral surface black at base, white at extremity. Fore wing bright emerald-green; subbasal line black, defined by white on outer side, excurved at median nervure and angled outwards as a triangular black mark on vein 1, a black streak beyond it on costa; antemedial line black defined by white on inner side, slightly angled inwards in cell and on vein 1, and very strongly excurved between those points, the area between it and medial line suffused with fuscous except below costa and cell and above inner margin; the medial line black defined by white on outer side, incurved below costa, slightly angled outwards in cell and inwards on median nervure, then bent outwards and angled in submedian fold, then incuryed ; reniform represented by an elliptical white patch, some slight fuscous suffusion beyond lewer angle of cell; pestmedial part of costa with white spots with black marks between them; the postmedial lne almost ee black CG 6 20a NOCTUIDAE. defined by white on outer side, incurved below costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 6, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, excurved and minutely waved between those points ; a subterminal black spot in discal fold; a terminal series of black points and lunule at discal fold; cilia intersected with brownish, with patch at discal fold and black lunules at tips. Hind wing very pale green, deeper at termen; a fuscous postmedial band expanding into a patch at discal fold; some black points on termen ; cilia brownish white at tips; the underside white, the costal area striated with brown and irrorated with a few black scales, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused postmedial band from costa to vein 4. Hab. Sixui (Atkinson, Lidderdale, Moller, Dudgeon), 4 3,8 92, type. Hap, 36-40 millim. 3093. Canna malachitis. Telesilla malachitis, Oberth. Kt. Ent. vy. p. 80, pl. 3. f. 9 (1881); Hmpsn. Moths Ind. 1. p. 294; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 130. Canna splendens, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 412; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 59, pl. 128. f. f. -g. Head and tegule white, tinged with bright apple-green ; palpi dark red-brown, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints white; an- tenns red-brown, the basal joint white, black at tip; patagia rufous; vertex of thorax white mixed with rufous; pectus white, the legs suffused with rufous, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally tinged with rufous, the crest on 4th segment formed of black scales, the ventral surface rufous. Fore wing brilliant malachite-green, the base daiker green; subbasal line black, defined by white on outer side, slightly incurved from costa to vein 1, then angled outwards and rather diffused above inner margin; a medial pale rufous band, irrorated slightly with red- brown and defined by white lines, the inner edge with fine black line between the white and rufous from costa to vein 1, and the outer side with black line towards costa, the inner edge very obliquely excurved from costa to submedian fold, very slightly angled outwards at median nervure, and produced as a fascia on inner margin to near subbasal line, the outer edge oblique and irregularly sinuous from costa to below vein 2, then erect; the orbicular represented by a green point defined by black on inner edge of medial band, the reniform by an undefined white lunule: a dark striga from costa on the medial band; a brown point on costa just beyond the band; the costal edge white, with some brown points towards apex; the terminal area whitish to vein 6 and a white patch in submedian interspace ; a terminal serics of black points and a black- brown spot below vein 6 with a white lunule on it; cilia white with red-brown patches above and below middle. Hind wing white, faintly tinged with green; a diffused fuscous subterminal patch, broad at costa, narrowing to a point in submedian fold; a te:minal series of CANNA. 21 black points; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with a few black scales except towards base, the subterminal patch emitting teeth on the veins to termen, a terminal series of small black lunules from apex to vein 2. Q. Hind wing with the brown subterminal band entire, narrow- ing to tornus. Hab. Ki. Steerra, Ussuri, 2 ¢; W. Curva, Moupin (Aricheldorf ), 1 $; Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 1 2, Simla (Harford), 1 g, Murree (Harford), 1 g, Dharmsidla (Hocking), 4 2 type splendens; Siku. Hvep. 32-40 millim. 3094. Canna pulchripicta. Canna pulchripicta, W\k. xxxiii. 790 (1865); Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 61, pl. 6. f. 10; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 293. ¢. Head and tegule bright apple-green, the latter edged with white; palpi red-brown; frons with red-brown marks at sides; antenne red-brown ; thorax bright rufous, blackish behind, the pro- thorax with white patch ; pectus whitish; legs rufous, with green patches on fore tibie ; abdomen whitish, tinged with rufous. Tore wing bright emerald-green; a rufous band from base of costa ex- tending as a fascia along inner margin to beyond middle, where it % ie i f il Fig, 2.— Canna pulchripicta, S$. 1. ends in a point; a medial rufous band very oblique from costa to vein 2,then bent inwards to the fascia on inner margin, these rufous markings defined by fine white lines; a faint oblique darker green fascia from costa just before apex to the angle of medial band; a terminal white band from apex to vein 5, its lower part tinged with rufous; a rufous lunule slightly edged with white on termen in sub- median interspace ; cilia rufous, white at apex. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown from apex to vein 4, some slight black points on termen towards apex; cilia tinged with rufous; the underside with the costal area tinged with rufous. Hab. Srxurm (Russell, Atkinson, Dudgeon), 8 g type. Hap. 34— 36 millim. 22 NOCTLUID.A. Genus DASEOCHETA. Ip ype. Daseocheta, Warren, Seitz. Macrolepidoptera, pt. 9, p. 11 (1907). viridis. Diphtherocome, Warren, Seitz. Macrolepidoptera, pt. 9, p. 11 (UIGIOIOY. scsenccs ssonnonancdasbenpaspascbosonasocds ddaocqndnconosndosaassanoDouGe pallidu. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to vertex of head and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd rather long, naked ; frons smooth; eyes Jarge, round; antenne of male typically ciliated; thorax clothed with long rough hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests, the patagia tufted at extremity ; tibise fringed with hair ; ab- domen with dorsal series of crests, large at middle. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obso- lescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only Ser. I. (Daseocheta). Antenne of male bipectinate with long branches to apex. 3995. Daseocheta viridis. Agriopis viridis, Leech, P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 502, pl. 51. f. 6. Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black; sides of frons brown; antenne brown; tegule with black band at base and black lunules at middle; pro- and metathorax with black bands; pectus ochreous white; fore tibize streaked with black, the mid and hind tibiz banded with black, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen dark red-brown, the ventral surface whitish at middle. Fig. 3.—Daseocheta viridis, . }. Fore wing yellow-green ; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa followed by a striga ; a short black streak in base of sub- median fold; a slight subbasal black streak above inner margin ; antemedial line black defined by white on outer side, double at costa, incurved in cell, then waved, excurved in submedian inter- space and oblique to inner margin; claviform short and broad, defined by black; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black and white at sides, open above and below, the former round, a blackish streak between them above median nervure ; an irregular medial black bar from costa and a waved line from cell to inner margin interrupted above the claviform, then touching it ; post- medial line double at costa, strongly bent outwards and obsolete DASEOCH ETA. 93 below costa, then black detined by white on inner side, waved, angled inwards in discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4, then outwardly oblique to inner margin, two black points on its inner edge in submedian interspace and some black and white points beyond it on costa; an oblique black bar from costa before apex, a short oblique subterminal streak above tornus and point on inner margin ; a terminal series of black points; cilia ochreous at base, chequered white and brownish at tips. Hind wing brown with traces of a pale postmedial line ; the termen whitish between veins 4 and 1; cilia white with some brown marks at base, wholly brown at apex; the underside brown with slight discoidal point and indistinct sinuous whitish postmedial line, the termen whitish with black strie. Hab. Japan, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 3 3,2 2 type. Eup. 44-50 millim. Ser. TL. (Diphtherocome). Antenne of male bipectinate with moderate branches, the apical fourth ciliated. A. Fore wing with strong black band on outer edge of post- TUNG CLUca IMT eS MMos see te peer io rotors tus UN eh Le aa a B. Fore wing without strong black band beyond postmedial line. a. Fore wing with black mark in submedian interspace metaphea. losiione jpostimmacligy! Ming casscscocossboovcnscc0psasbosorosobendvos: pallida, 6. Fore wing without black mark in submedian interspace vivida. DsHORe pROSHUDEGIIAN INE coonsocogadcosscascosccnsesosaveadseoutes 3096. Daseocheta thetaphea, n. sp. (Plate CXXILI. fig. 19.) Head and thorax bright emerald-green ; palpi and sides of frons black; antenne brown ; tegule with black outer edge and dorsal spot ; pro-, meso- and metathorax with paired black spots ; pectus brownish and black ; tibia banded green and black, the tarsi black and white; abdomen brownish white suffused with black at middle above and below. Fore wing bright emerald-green; a subbasal black bar from costa; a short black streak in base of submedian fold and a black streak above inner margin from near base to the antemedial line, which is strong, black defined by white on outer side, angled inwards on median nervure and outwards in submedian fold, then incurved and ending at the black streak above inner margin, a slight white streak beyond it in submedian interspace, with black striga representing the extremity of claviform, then a black fascia before postmedial line with spurs above and below from its inner side; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at sides and with quadrate black patch between them, open above and below, the former small, round; a black bar from middle of costa and spot on inner margin; postmedial line with double black points at costa, strongly bent outwards and obsolete below costa, then forming a strong black band defined by white on inner side, joined by a black bar from costa, its inner edge angled inwards in discal fold and outwards at vein 4, then sinuous and very oblique oA NOCTUID A. to submedian fold and excurved to inner margin, its outer edge excurved at middle; a terminal series of black points; cilia with series of black lunules at tips. Hind wing fuscous brown with narrow pale green terminal band with some dark strie on termen ; cilia whitish ; the underside brownish white, the costal area green, a strong black band from costa to the discoidal spot, and faint band from it to inner margin, traces of a much interrupted postmedial line and some black strive on termen. Ab. 1. Hind wing white not tinged with fuscous or green. Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 3 ¢, 2 Q type. Hap. 30-34 millim, 3097. Daseocheta pallida. Diphtera pallida, Moore, P.Z.8. 1867, p. 46, pl. 6. f.6; Hmpsn. Moths Ind, ii. p. 295. Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black, white at tips; sides of frons black ; antennee brown, white at base; tegule with dorsal black spot at base; pro- and metathorax with paired black spots ; shoulders with black streaks; tibie with black spots, the tarsi banded black and white; pectus ventrally with black patch; abdomen brownish white dorsally tinged with green, the crests black, ven- trally with large black patch with some white sublateral points. Fore wing yellow-green, the costal edge white ; subbasal line repre- sented by a black striga from costa followed by a bar; a short curved black streak below base of cell and a curved streak above Fig. 4.—Daseocheta pallida, 3. }. inner margin, with some whitish above it extending to antemedial line, which is represented by two black strize from costa and a black line defined by white on outer side from subcostal nervure to the black fascia below vein 1, bent outwards at median nervure, angled outwards in submedian fold, then incurved ; the medial area with white fascia in submedian fold crossed by a black striga representing the extremity of the claviform, the orbicular defined by a black striga on inner side, its outer side by a quadrate black patch angled in- wards above median nervure defining the inner edge of reniform, which has a black bar with points above and below it on its outer edge, the stigmata with some white on the edges of the black marks, a black spot on costa above outer edge of reniform, a short oblique streak from inner margin with its inner extremity bent upwards, and a short fascia in submedian fold with spurs from its inner DASEHOCH ZETA, 25 extremity above and below before the postmedial line, which is repre- sented by two black points on costa and by a black line defined by white on inner side from below costa much nearer termen, angled inwards in discal fold, outwards at veins 4, 3, then bent inwards and sinuous to inner margin, an oblique black bar beyond it from costa; a subterminal series of black points with slight white marks before them in the interspaces between veins 7 and i; cilia green at base, the tips white with a series of black lunules. Hind wing pale blue-green with faint blackish discoidal spot and traces of medial and postmedial lines; the underside with strong black-brown band from costa to the discoidal spot and interrupted line from it to inner margin, a slight much-interrupted postmedial line and series of points and striz Just before termen. Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-Shin, 1 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 9 ; Kasamir, Goorais Valley (Leech), 1 9; Punsas, Thundiani (Yerbury), 1 9; Sikaim Trpet, Yatong (Hobson, Bingham), 2 36, 3 9; SikHiIM (Atkinson, Lidderdale), 1 3,2 2 type. Hap. 36-46 millim. 3598. Daseocheta vivida. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 20.) Diphthera vivida, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 187. Head and thorax yellow-green; palpi black, ochreous at tips ; frons and vertex of thorax ochreous; antenne ochreous ringed with black; shoulders with black-brown patches; pectus ochreous and red-brown, the tibiz green with black spots, the tarsi ochreous banded with black; abdomen ochreous white with some blackish hairs, the ventral surface with large black-brown patch. Fore wing yellow-green; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and spot below cell; a black fascia above inner margin from base to the antemedial line, which is black defined by white on outer side, incurved in cell, angled outwards in submedian fold then incurved and ending at the black fascia ; claviform defined by black and white at extremity; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at sides and with quadrate black patch between them, open above and below, the former round; a black bar from costa to outer edge of orbicular and a slight minutely waved oblique brown line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line with double black points at costa, then black defined by white on inner side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and strongly in- curved below vein 4, an oblique black bar beyond it from costa and some brownish suffusion on its outer edge; a terminal series of black points ; cilia chequered red-brown and white at tips. Hind, wing white faintly tinged with green; slight traces of a discoidal spot and postmedial line; the underside with the costal area suf- fused with green, a black band from costa to lower angle of cell with short streak before it in cell, and obsolescent band to inner margin, an interrupted postmedial line from costa to vein 4, and on inner area and series of small lunules just before termen. Hab. W. Cutna, Omei-Shin, 1 9, Ni-tou, 3 9, Pu-tsu-fang, 2 d, 2Qtype. Hxp. 34-40 millim. 26 NOCTUID®. Secr. IIf. Antenne of male bipectinate with short branches, the apical third ciliated. A. Hind wing with broad brownish subterminal band ......... vigens. B. Hind wing without subterminal band. a. Fore wing with large quadrate black mark in submedian interspace before postmedial line ........-.....2:.eeeeeeneee brevipennis. 6. Fore wing with slight black spot in submedian interspace before! postmecialilinesperrenaceeeernseceereeerceeeecrr rrr Jfasciata. 3599. Daseochata vigens. Diphtera vigens, W\k. xxxii. 616 (1865) ; Himpsn. Moths Ind. u. p. 294. Head and thorax deep emerald-green ; palpi black, white at fips ; frons whitish, black at sides; antennse black-brown; shoulders with black streaks ; metathorax with paired black patches; pectus ventrally black-brown ; the tibia green with black spots, the tarsi black-brown banded with whitish ; abdomen yellow suffused with black-brown on terminal half, some green on dorsum and anal tuft, the crests tipped with black, the ventral surface black-brown with two sublateral white points at middle, a ventral series and bar before the green anal tuft. Fore wing deep emerald-green, the costal edge white; a curved black mark from base of costa to median neryure, a subbasal black striga from costa and a black fascia on inner margin extending to the antemedial line, which is Hen Fie. 5.—Dascccheta vigens, S. }. black defined by white on outer side, angled inwards on median nervure, outwards in submedian fold, then oblique and excurved above inner margin; a black striga in submedian fold representing the extremity of the claviform with white fascia from it to the black spot on inner edge of postmedial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at sides, and with quadrate black patch between them, open above and below, the former round; a black bar from costa to outer edge of orbicular, and a slight blackish lnnule on inner margin; postmedial line represented by two black points on costa and a black line defined by silvery white on inner side from below costa much nearer termen, incurved in discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold and outwardly oblique to inner margin, a band of dark suffusion beyond it and some black and white points on costa ; DASEOCH /TA. 27 a terminal series of black points; cilia white at tips with series of black-brown lunules. Hind wing pale emerald-green, the basal and inner areas suffused with brownish ochreous; traces of a medial line; a fine postmedial line angled outwards at vein 5, then in- curved, and a broad brownish subterminal band ; cilia brown at apex; the underside with black band from costa to just before the discoidal lunule and brownish band on inner area, postmedial line with spots on costa and in discal and submedian folds, slightly bent outwards below costa and incurved in submedian fold, a broad black-brownu band beyond it from costa to vein 4, some striz on termen and two spots at discal fold. Hab, Sixur (Atkinson, Moller, Dudgeon), 5 3,5 Q type. Exp. 36-40 millim. 3600. Daseocheta brevipennis, n. sp. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 21.) Head and thorax pale blue-green ; palpi black; antenne brown; shoulders with black patches ; tibie with black spots, the tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally suffused with brown, ventrally black-brown. Fore wing pale blue-green, the basal and postmedial areas suffused with olive-green ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; a short black streak in base of submedian fold and a curved black streak above inner margin from near base to the antemedial line, which is black detined by white on outer side, incurved in cell, angled outwards in sub- median fold, then incurved and ending at the streak above inner margin ; claviform minute, defined by some black scales above and at extremity ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at sides and with quadrate black patch between them, the former small, round, sometimes defined by black below; a black bar from middle of costa aud oblique striga from inner margin ; the medial area with white fascia in submedian fold ending in a quadrate black spot before postmedial line, with spurs above and below from its inner edge ; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved and slightly angled at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved to submedian fold and excurved to inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa, fol- lowed by a triangular spot; aseries of black points formed by diffused scales towards termen ; cilia with terminal series of black lunules. Hind wing white faintly tinged with green ; a diffused blackish dis- coidal spot with diffused band from it to inner margin and traces of a postmedial line at middle and towards tornus; the underside with slight black streak in middle of cell, aiffused curved medial band blacker towards costa and more or less confluent with the discoidal spot, much interrupted postmedial line, and series of black points before termen. Hab. Stxuiu Trser, Yatong (Binyham), 2 ¢,1 Q type. Eap. 32 millim. 28 NOCTUID®. 3601. Daseocheta fasciata. Diphthera fasciata, Moore, P.Z. 8. 1888, p. 408; Butl. ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 30, pl. 122. f. 1; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 295. Palpi black, white at tips; head brownish white, the vertex ereen, the sides of frons black, the antenne brown, white at base; tegule and patagia blue-green, the dorsum of thorax brownish white; pectus green at sides, black-brown ventrally; tibiew green with black marks, the tarsi banded black-brown and white; abdo- men brownish white with large black-brown ventral patch. Fore wing pale blue-green with some darker suffusion before the ante- medial and beyond the postmedial line; subbasal line represented by a black point on costa followed by a bar; a very short black streak below base of cell and an oblique white fascia above a curved black fascia on inner area extending to the antemedial line, which is represented by an oblique striga from costa and a line slightly defined by white on outer side from subcostal nervure to the black streak above inner margin, bent outwards at median nervure, angled outwards in submedian fold, then incurved; the medial area with white streak in submedian fold with black point on it at extremity of claviform ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and white at side and with quadrate black patch between them, open above and below, the former round, a black bar from costa to the black patch, a point on inner margin and a small black lunule in submedian fold on inner edge of the postmedial line, which is represented by two black points on costa and a black line defined by white on inner side from below costa much nearer termen, angled inwards in discal fold, outwards on veins 4, 3, then bent inwards and outwardly oblique to inner margin, a black spot with white point on it beyond it on costa; cilia with slight black-brown lunules at tips. Hind wing pale blue-green with some ochreous hair on inner area; a diffused blackish discoidal spot; the under- side with strong black bar from costa to the discoidal spot and two spots on inner area, postmedial points below costa and vein 7 and small spots in discal and submedian folds and above inner margin. Hab. W. Curna, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 ¢,1 9; Ponsa, Laka ee 1 9; Stxuim, 12. Hup. 44 millim. Secr. LV. Antennz of male serrate and fasciculate. 3602. Daseocheta chrysochlora. Diphthera chrysochlora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 445 (1897). Head and thorax bright yellow-green ; palpi brown above, whitish at tips; frons whitish tinged with rufous ; antenne brown, ochreous at tips; pectus and legs rufous, the fore tibiew green in front; abdo- men rufous, the crest on 3rd segment green, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing bright yellow-green DASHOCH ETA. 29 irrorated with dark green and suffused with dark green before the antemedial line, below end of cell and beyond the postmedial line ; a rather diffused dark subbasal line from costa to submedian fold in which there is a short diffused dark streak at base ; antemedial line rather diffused, double filled in with green, highly waved, erect ; claviform slightly defined by brownish, large; orbicular and reni- form bright green slightly defined by brownish and their centres by dark green, a brown patch between them in cell, the former small, Fig. 6.—Daseocheta chrysochlora, $. 1 round, the latter slightly angled inwards on median nervure; a brownish patch on middle of costa; postmedial line double filled in with green and with some whitish scales in places, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved in discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, very oblique to submedian fold and angled outwards on vein 1; subterminal line only defined by the irregular edge of the dark green area, angled outwards at veins 7 and 4 and inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules defined on inner side by slight pale lunules, he- coming whitish between vein 3 and tornus; cilia with slight black lunules at tips from vein 4 to tornus. Hind wing deep red-brown, the cilia brownish white with a slight dark line through them; the underside with some whitish in interspaces of medial area and at apex, a blackish discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line excurved below costa then oblique, and terminal series of black lunules. Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 5,1 9 tvpe. Hep. g 30, 2 32 millim. Sect, V. Antenne of male ciliated. A. Hind wing with white patch at tornus crossed by an Oli menmlaicka peruse cesses wa cccscs ie ueteuceie sweeter alpium. B. Hind wing without. white patch at tornus. a. Fore wing with black postmedial band interrupted by white streaks on veins 6, 4, 3, 2 .......csecece-cccecceeenss MUSCOSH. 6, Fore wing with the postmedial band not interrupted by white streaks. a\, Fore wing with the postmedial line interrupted hy rufous between veins 4, 3. a’. Fore wing with minutely dentate subterminal line on outer edge of postmedial band ............ discibrunnea. }*, Fore wing with the subterminal line not defined... marmorea, 6‘. Fore wing with the postmedial line not interrupted by rufous between veins 4, 3. a”. Hind wing with the ground-colour whitish ...... verbenata, b°, Wind wing with the.ground-colour yellow ......... beryllodes eS 30 NOCTUIDE. 3603. Daseocheta alpium. Noctua ludifica, Sepp, Ins. Ned. i. (4) p. 41, pl. 9. ff. 1-8 (1762), nee Linn. Noctua aprilina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Sepp, Ins. Ned. iv. (corrigenda); Hiibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 22 (nee Linn.). Noctua alpium, Osbeck, Gotheb. Samml. Handl. (Wet. Afd.) i. p. 52, pl. 1. f. 2 (1778) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 130. : Noctua orion, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 118. ff. 4-7 (1787) ; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 208, pl. 85. f.5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. pl. 46. f. 2; Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pl. 404; Err. Beitr. pl. 22. Noctua runica, Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, p. 2561 (1788). Moma murrhina, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 314. Head and thorax emerald-green ; palpi black, the extremity of 2nd joint white, the 3rd joint white with black band; sides of frons black; antenne ringed black and white at base; tegnilze black, white at base and white and green at tips; patagia mostly black at tips; vertex of thorax with some black hair; pectus and legs white mixed with brown, the tarsi banded brown and white; abdomen pale brown with white segmental rings, the crests black, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing emerald-green ; a white fascia in submedian fold from base to postmedial line, the costal edge white; a subbasal black point on costa; a black antemedial band expanding into a patch on costa, slightly angled inwards in cell and outwards on median nervure, angled inwards to base at Fig. 7.—Daseocheta alpium, 3. 1}. vein 1, where it is interrupted; orbicular represented by a very oblique black mark confluent with the lower edge of reniform, which is represented by two black bars on a white patch, with black patch from costa to inner bar with points before and beyond it ; a medial black line from origin of vein 2 to inner margin, angled outwards in submedian fold and forming a triangular mark on vein 1 with oblique black strive before and beyond it across the white fascia in submedian fold; postmedial line strong, black, defined on outer side by small rather wedge-shaped brownish marks except towards costa, where it is dilated with two points on it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and incurved below vein 3: a subterminal series of small white spots in the interspaces with black lunules on their outer side and black patches before them at middle and in submedian interspace; cilia chequered white and fuscous. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area slightly darker; an indistinct dark discoidal lunule; a white DASEOCH-ETA. Bil patch at tornus crossed by an oblique brown bar and with black point on its inner edge; cilia chequered fuscous and white; the underside greenish white slightly tinged with brown, the costal area with some brown irroration at and beyond middle, the terminal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal bar, postmedial line waved from costa to vein 5, then incurved and almost obsolete, and diffused waved postmedial line. Ab. 1. murrhina. Fore wing with the terminal area mostly suffused with red-brown. Hab. Brrrary, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand & Leech Colls.; Gurr- mANy, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls.; Ausrria, Leech Coll.; Huneary: SWITZERLAND; Spain, Bilbao; Irary; Scanprnavia; Rvssta, Livonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenra; E. Stperia, Ussuri; Japan, Myano- shita ( Verbury), 1 6,1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 3 3, Tokio (Fenton), 2 2, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 1 g,1 2; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 15,1 9; C. Caina, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 9; W. Curva, Omeishan, 1 Q, Chang-yang (Pratt), 13,29. Hep. 33-42 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 139; Barrett, Lep. Brit: ii. p: 216) pl. 119) i, BD, Brownish ochreous with several irregular yellowish lines, the dorsum black on somites 3-11; pale yellow or whitish transverse dorsal patches on somites 4-6 and 9; tubercles reddish, bearing tufts of brown or whitish hairs ; head black, marked with yellowish. Food-plants: Oak, Birch, Beech, &c. 7-9. 0604. Daseocheta muscosa. Bryophila musccsa, Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 72, pl. 144. f. 15 (1891); id. Moths Ind. 1. p. 298. Diphithera imray, Ampsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 472 (1906). Palpi black with a few white scales, the extremity of 2nd joint white; frons white ; vertex of head black mixed with white scales, the basal joint of antennz white behind and the back of head with white patches, the base of shaft of antenne ringed with white; tegulze and patagia green and white at base, black at tips; vertex of thorax black and white mixed; pectus mostly white, the legs black, the tibize and tarsi ringed with white and with white patches at base of tibiz ; abdomen whitish suffused with black leaving shght white segmental rings, the crest on 3rd segment rufous, the anal tuft white at tip. Fore wing blue-green, the costa black except at base ; a white spot at base with some black beyond and below it ; a short white fascia in submedian interspace; a subbasal white point on costa followed by a black patch extending to median nervure; an antemedial white point on costa, black spot in sub- median fold and black points with white point between them on inner margin ; claviform white defined by black suffusion ; orbicular white defined by black, small, round ; reniform white defined by black with some green in centre and black point in upper part and 32 NOCTUID 4%. spot in lower, elliptical; a medial black bar from costa and oblique line from cell to inner margin ; the veins beyond the cell with white streaks with postmedial black point on vein 6 and oblique minutely dentate line from vein 4 to inner margin, incurved in submedian interspace ; postmedial part of costa with three small white spots ; a broad black subterminal band interrupted by dentate white marks _ between veins 4 and 2, its outer edges excurved below costa and at middle and with white spot at vein 6; the terminal area with black bar from apex and irregular spot at vein 6, the veins with short black streaks at extremities; a terminal series of black striz; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing whitish, the costal half and terminal area suffused with black, the inner area with brown hair ; cilia white intersected with black and mixed with black towards apex; the underside white, the costal area thickly irrorated with black and the apex suffused with black, a diffused black bar from middle of costa, slight discoidal spot, black postmedial line curved and minutely waved from costa to vein 4, then indistinct, and ter- minal series of lunules except towards tornus. Q. Hind wing nearly entirely suffused with black. The thorax has rather more scales than in typical species. Hab. Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 2 type; TRavancorr, Pirmad (Imray), 3 3,2 9,type imrayt. Hap. 34-38 millim. 3605. Daseocheta discibrunnea. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 22.) Diphthera discibrunnea, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 46, pl. 6. f. 14; Himpsn. Moths Ind. 11. p. 295. Head and thorax pale yellow-green; palpi brown, the extremity of 2nd joint white; frons with lateral brown bars; antenne pale brown ; tegule and patagia slightly edged with brown; shoulders with brown patches; pectus and legs whitish tinged with red- brown ; abdomen whitish tinged with yellow-brown, the crests fuscous at tips. Fore wing yellow-green mixed with whitish ; sub- basal line double, black-brown, from costa to a red-brown patch in base of submedian interspace with small blackish loop below it; antemedial line represented by small double dark brown spots on costa and submedian interspace and single mark in cell, the inner submedian spot confluent with the basal brown patch; slaviform defined by a blackish lunule at extremity; orbicular defined by blackish lunules at sides, the reniform by blackish lunules at sides with slight whitish striz representing the annulus; a red-brown bar from middle of costa extending between the stigmata; post- medial line double, minutely waved, much interrupted, bent out- wards and interrupted below costa, interrupted by rufous at vein 6 and between veins 4, 3, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial area suffused with rufous except at costa and inner margin, and with some white points with black streaks between them on costa, its outer edge formed by the faint, minutely DASHOCH ETA. 33 waved subterminal line, with some slight brown points on its outer side, slightly angled inwards below costa,excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; the terminal area slightly irrorated with fuscous, a terminal series of black points; cilia with a series of brown spots at tips. Hind wing very pale green, tinged with yellow-brown on disk and inner area, the apical area suffused with brown ; a faint curved postmedial line and faint subterminal line incurved below vein 4 and bent outwards to tornus ; cilia brown at apex, whitish, with a brown spot below apex ; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with rufous, and the apex suffused with rufous, a brown discoidal spot and maculate postmedial line incurved below vein 3, some brown lunules on termen from apex to vein 2. 2. Hind wing with the broad brownish subterminal band entire. Ab. 1. Fore wing suffused with olive-green.—Punjab. Hab. Punsss, Murree (Harford), 1 3, Dalhousie (Harford), 1 9; Srxaim (Atkinson, Dudgeon), 3 6, 3 2, type. Hvp. 36-44 millim. 3606. Daseocheta marmorea. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 23.) Diphthera marmorea, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 136. A Head white tinged with ochreous; palpi black-brown, whitish at tips of 2nd and 3rd joints; sides of frons and head behind antennee with black-brown marks; antenne brownish; thorax pale green, the tegule and patagia slightly edged with brown, the prothoracic crests ochreous ; pectus and legs ochreous and dark red-brown, the tibiae with some green, the tarsi with pale rings; abdomen ochreous mixed with dark brown towards extremity, the ventral surface dark brown irrorated with ochreous. Fore wing pale yellow-green, the base red-brown confluent with a conical subbasal black-brown mark in submedian interspace, its outer edge extending to just below vein 1 ; a subbasal green striga from costa on the brown area; an antemedial triangular black-browu spot on costa with point beyond it; claviform represented by a curved black striga at extremity from median nervure; orbicular and reniform very large and defined by black at sides only, the former rather quadrate, the latter ellip- tical, the cell between them suffused with rufous ; a black-brown bar from middle of costa; the area beyond and below reniform suffused with rufous; a black point on inner margin before the postmedial line which is double, the inner line indistinct and very incomplete, bent outwards and interrupted below costa, interrupted by rufous at vein 6 and between veins 4, 3, incurved at discal fold, slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 2, 1, and strongly inwards in submedian fold ; the postmedial area suffused with rufous and with black in submedian interspace, and with some pale points on costa, its outer edge representing the subterminal line, slightly incurved VoL. Vill, D bt NOCTUID. below costa, angled outwards at vein 5, then incurved ; a series of black points just before termen ; cilia with series of black-brown Junules at tips. Hind wing very pale green, the basal and inner areas yellowish, the apical area suffused with brown, a faint dis- coidal spot and curved postmedial line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a large black discoidal spot, in- distinct spot at middle of costa, sinuous postmedial line incurved Lelow vein 4 and with black spot in diseal fold, and dark irroration beyond it from costa to vein 4. Hab. W. Cuina, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 g, 2 9,type. Hip. 3b 40, © 42 millim. *3607. Daseocheta verbenata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 24.) Diphthera verbenata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) 1. p. 222 (1898). 3. Head and thorax bright yellow-green; palpi blackish, the extremities of joints white ; sides of frons yellowish white ; antennze brownish ; tegule with some black scales near tips ; pro- and meta- thorax and upper edge of patagia with some black scales; pectus and legs ochreous white mixed with brown, the fore tibize with some black and green, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen ochreous white with slight brownish segmental lines. Fore wing bright yellow-green irrorated with white and a few black scales ; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and cell; a slight black streak in base of submedian fold; antemedial line white defined on each side by black scales, erect, waved; orbicular and reniform small, with slight white annuli defined at sides by black scales, the former round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle, a blackish patch between them; a medial black striga from costa and traces of a waved line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line white defined strongly by black on outer side, slightly on inner, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, shightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some black and white points beyond it on costa and some brownish suffusion at discal and sub- median folds; an indistinct dentate blackish subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of prominent black lunules and wedge-shaped spot at sub- median fold, defined on inner side by white lunules; cilia green with white line at base and some black scales at tips. Hind wing yellowish white with slight dark discoidal bar, indistinct curved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band ; a lunulate blackish terminal line; the underside with the terminal half irrorated with a few black scales, a black discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules. Thorax with rather more scales than in typical species. Hab, Transvaan, Barberton (Rendall), type y+ in Coll. Distant. KHvp. 32 millim. ON DASEOCH ETA,—-LEUCONYCTA, F) *3608. Daseocheta beryllodes. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 25.) Dipthera beryliodes, Turner, Trans. R. Soc. 8. Austr. 1£03, p. 5. ¢. Palpi ochreous and brown; head and thorax bright green ; frons white ; antennee rufous with the basal joint white in front ; tegule with the basal half rufous and biack medial line ; patagia and metathoracic crests at tips with some black scales ; fore tarsi, terminal half of mid tibiz, and hind legs ochreous and black; abdomen ochreous with blackish lateral stripes, the dorsal crest on lst segment green, the others blackish. Fore wing bright green ; a small black lunule at base of cell with rufous and black lunules below and beyond it, the latter with white below it; subbasal and antemedial black points on costa with a semicircular black-edged rufous mark between them; an antemedial black point on inner margin; a small comma-shaped white spot in middle of cell; a waved medial black line interrupted by the white reniform with waved black bar on it; postmedial line remote from cell, black, irregular, excurved below costa, angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, incurved at discal and submedian jolds, defined by white on inner side, strongly in submedian fold, with a rufous band on its outer edge bounded by the indistinct subterminal line, which has some black on it below costa, is incurved at vein 7 and below vein 4, somewhat dentate at middle and excurved in submedian fold, the rufous extending to near termen above middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia chequered with brown. Hind wing ochreous tinged with brown; a dark discoidal lunule ; the terminal area dark brown with sinuous inner edge; cilia chequered white and brown. Underside ochreous with dark discoidal lunules and irregularly waved medial and postmedial lines with irregular dark band beyond the latter. | Hab. Qurenstanp, Dulong, Blackall Range, type tr ¢ in Coll. Turner. Hap. 44 millim. Genus LEUCONYCTA, noy. Type, L. diphteroides. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, slender, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with scales in front, the 3rd rather long; frons with transverse ridge; eyes large, round; antennz of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests; build slender; tibia smoothly scaled; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 36 ! “NOCTUID &. A. Fore wing with medial black patch on costa...........-+e+0 diphteroides. B. Fore wing without medial black patch on costa ...........- vesta. | 3609. Leuconycta diphteroides. Microcelia diphteroides, Guen. Noct. i. p. 84, pl. 3. f. 7 (1852); Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 78, pl. 2. f. 2; id. Trans. Am, Ent. Soe. ii. p. 195, pl. 3. f. 69; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 48. Microcelia obliterata, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 79 (1864) ; id. Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 195, pl. 3. f. 70. Head and thorax pale green mixed with white, the head with some brown scales ; palpi ochreous banded with brown; antenne brown; tegule edged with brown; prothoracie crest red-brown at base ; patagia and metathoracic crests tipped with black; pectus and legs whitish tinged with ochreous, the tibie and tarsi dark brown, the latter ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with black, the ventral surface tinged with ochreous. Fore wing very pale green irrorated with white; subbasal line double, waved, black, interrupted below costa and above inner margin, a triangular black spot beyond it on costa; antemedial line double, black, oblique, waved, strongly angled inwards on vein 1; claviform defined by black; orbicular and reniform with white annuli defined by black, the former elliptical, the iatter open above, its centre defined by blackish on outer side and below, a black fascia a 3 So 7a aS ZZ Fig. 8.—Leuconycta diphteroides, 3. }. between them above median nervure, with a blackish shade above it from costa; aslight waved line from below reniform to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then lunulate and with black points beyond it on the veins, oblique below vein 4, some black and white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line slight, white, defined on inner side by dentate black marks, waved, incurved at discal and sub- median folds; a terminal series of minute black lunules slightly defined by white on inner side ; cilia chequered blackish and white and with blackish line through them. Hind wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous; a slight discoidal point, traces of dentate postmedial and subterminal lines and a terminal series of black striz; the underside white tinged with rufous, especially on the veins and costal area, a black discoidal spot and indistinct sinuous postmedial line. LEUCONYCTA.—AGRIOPODES. OF Ab. 1. obliterata. Fore wing with the black markings defining the postmedial and subterminal lines almost. obselete. Hab. Canada; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Burg), 256, 22, New York (Packard), 1 3, Kvans Center (Grote), 3 ¢, 5 2, Trenton Fails (Doubleday), 1 3, 1 2 type, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Engel), 1 2, Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa, Missouri, itansas. Hvp. 34-40 millim. Larva. Dyar, Can. Ent. xxx. p. 16. Cylindrical, green, smooth, the sete very fine and single ; dorsal and subdersal lines white, narrow, with waved edges; tubercles 1 and il with white points; a pinkish-red stigmatal line edged with white below, distinct at extremities ouly. *3610. Leuconycta vesta. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 26.) Micrecelia vesta, Schaus, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894). 3d. Head and thorax white; palpi black-brown except at tips ; sides of frons black-brown ; antennee brown except at base; pectus and legs tinged with red-brown; abdomen white suffused with brown, leaving white dorsal segmental lines. Fore wing silvery white faintly tinged in parts with red-brown; a triangular black subbasal spot on cesta; antemedial line very indistinct, oblique, waved, with brown point in cell and black point in submedian fold; orbicular defined by black on outer side, the reniform on inner side and with a black fascia between them in cell, otherwise undefined ; pestmedial line represented by a triangular black spot on costa and traces of an oblique waved line with some black points on it from vein + to inner margin; three small black spots on postmedial part of costa; subterminal line very indistinct, white faintly detined on inner side by brownish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black striw; cilia chequered brownish and white. Hind wing white tinged with red-brown ; a terminal series of brown strive from apex to vein 2 slightly defined by white on inner side; cilia white ; the underside tinzed and irrorated with red-brown, a black discoidal point and terminal series of striae. Hab. Mexico (Schaus), typet g in U.S. Nat. Mus. Ap. 36 millim. Genus AGRIOPODES, nov. Type, A. fallax. a Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenna ciliated; thorax clothed chiefly with rough scales aud without distinct crests; tibise moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base and large basal crest. Kore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; Y from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 auastomosing with the cell near base only. 38 NOCTUID 2H. A. Fore wing with prominent wedge-shaped black marks before postmedial line in discal and submedian folds. a. Fore wing without subterminal series of dentate black THOIARS GospacouansacavagsasanbsoacuD0deas008 OE eer ROR CR IN ESOT fallax. b. Fore wing with subterminal series of dentate black marks... geminata. B. Fore wing without prominent wedge-shaped black marks before postmedial line in discal and submedian fold. a. Fore wing without black medial shade ................0:0ec0es tybo. b. Fore wing with prominent black medial shade ............... viridata. 3611. Agriopodes fallax. Moma fallax, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 80, f. 211 (1853); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 34. Head and thorax pale blue-green ; palpi white with black patches on Ist and 2nd joints and the tip of 3rd joint black; sides of frons black; antenne black with some white at base of shaft; tegule with some black on edges; tips of patagia black; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen white dorsally suffused with fuscous, ventrally irrorated with black and with black patch at extremity. Fore wing emerald-green, the costal edge white; a subbasal black spot on costa; a short black streak in base of submedian fold; an antemedial black spot on costa and irregular patch in submedian interspace emitting spurs Fig. 9.—Agriopodes fallax, 8. }. into cell and on outer side in submedian fold ; orbicular represented by a slight black bar, the reniform by a quadrate spot with oblique black bar from esta to it; a slight black striga on middle of inner margin and slightly incurved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line represented by a small black spot on costa, a black line much nearer termen from vein 7 emitting a streak in discal fold towards cell, incurved below vein 4 and forming a large triangular patch between veins 3 and 1, with its apex extending almost to medial line, and a point on inner margin, some black points beyond it on costa and an oblique bar before apex ; faint traces of a whitish subterminal line with a few black scales on it, excurved at middle, then incurved; cilia inter- sected by black streaks extending to termen below veins 6 and 2. Hind wing whitish slightly suffused with brown, an indistinct discoidal spot; cilia chequered black and white; the underside AGRIOPODES. 89 white tinged with brown and irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule, diffused postmedial line, and terminal series of black lunules. Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., New York, 4 9, Distr. of Columbia, Tllinois, Tennessee, Texas. Hep. 36-42 millim. Larva, Head green, wrinkled, black-dotted on the edge. Body stout, much tapered posteriorly, velvety green with dorsal and subdorsal narrow white lines; tubercles with numerous hairs but very minute, imperceptible. Food-plant, Viburnwm.—H. G. D. 3612. Agriopodes geminata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 27.) Moma geminata, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 1 (1908). 6. Head and thorax malachite-green mixed with some white and black scales ; palpi white with black spots at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints; frons white; antenne black, the shaft white above towards base; tegulee with some black scales at middle and a slight black line with two points on it near tips; metathorax with two black spots; pectus and legs white, the tibiz and tarsi with black spots ; abdomen white suffused with fuscous except at base, the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing malachite-green mixed with some white and slightly irrorated with black ; a black spot at base; subbasal black bar from costa and amall wedge-shaped spot above vein | with slight spot below it on inner margin; antemedial line with two black bars from costa, an obliquely curved mark from middle of cell to submedian fold with oblique mark beyond it below the cell, then indistinct, double and incurved at vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform defined by black at sides and with square black spot between them, the former rounded ; a black bar from middle of costa to reniform, incurved below costa, and an incurved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin somewhat interrupted at submedian fold; postmedial line double at costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and with short black streaks from its inner side at discal and submedian folds, some black poiuts beyond it on costa with short white streaks between them; sub- terminal line represented by an oblique black bar from costa, then by a series of small dentate black marks; a terminal series of small black spots with larger spots at discal and submedian folds ; cilia greenish white intersected with black. Hind wing greenish white, the terminal area tinged with fuscous from apex to submedian told; a faint discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line; the termen white; a series of small black spots on termen and cilia ; the underside white, the costal half irrorated with a few black scales, a black spot on middle of costa and discoidal spot, post- medial line faint, bent outwards below costa then crenulate, a terminal series of black strive. Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 g. Exp. 40 millim. 40 NOCTUID Z. 3613. Agriopodes tybo. (Plate CXAIII. fig. 28.) Moma tybo, Barnes, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 166 (1904). ®. Head white with a few black scales; palpi mostly black on outer side except towards tips; thorax pale blue-green, the tegule with black scales at tips towards middle; pectus and legs white, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white dorsally suffused with fuscous, leaving white segmental lines and the basal crest white. Fore wing pale blue-green irrorated with a few black scales ; subbasal line represented by black strie from costa and cell; a black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line expanding into a spot at base; antemediul line black, double at costa, oblique, strongly excurved in cell and above inner margin and incurved in submedian interspace; claviform represented by a small black spot at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, with a broad black bar above it from costa and a waved line from it to inner margin, the reniform incompletely defined ; a black striga in submedian fold below the reniform ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, incurved at discal fold, slightly dentate at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved, indistinctly double beyond the cell, some white pvints with short black streaks between them beyond it on costa and an incomplete waved diffused black line representing the inner edge of subterminal line with black spots on it at discal and submedian folds, in- curved below vein 3; a terminal series of prominent black Junules ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white irrorated and suffused with fuscous, especially on costal half of terminal area ; au indistinct discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line; a terminal series of black strie; the underside white, the costal area tinged with ochreous and the costal and terminal areas to vein 4 irrorated with black, a diffused blackish medial line incurved and indistinct below middle of cell, a black discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3, and terminal series of black lunules. Hab. U.S.A., Arizona (Poling), 1 2 cotype. Hyp. 38 millim. 3614. Agriopodes viridata. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 29.) Jaspidea viridata, Harv. Can, Ent. viii. p. 385 (1876); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 49. ¢. Head and thorax pale green with a few dark scales ; palpi black except at tips; frons with lateral black marks; antenne blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white irrorated with black-brown. Fore wing pale green irrorated with a few black scales: a waved black subbasal line from costa to vein 1; ante- medial line rather diffused, black, very oblique, strongly angled outwards in the interspaces aud inwards on the veins; orbicular and renifeorm with white annuli defined by black, the former round with some black in lower part of centre, the latter strongly constricted at middle; a diffused black medial band, obligue from AGRIOPODES.—POLIONYCTA. 41 costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique and conjoined at inner margin to antemedial line; postmedial line rather indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurved below vein 4; postmedial area suffused with black except between veins 6 and 5 and with some white points on costa; subterminal line obsolete towards costa, dentate at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia green intersected with black. Hind wing white; a black discoidal spot; an indistinct minutely waved post- medial line and faint diffused subterminal line; a lunulate black terminal line; the underside with the costal area irrorated with fuscous, an antemedial band of diffused black scales, large dis- coidal black spot, rather diffused postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal patches of dark irroration at apex, middle, and submedian interspace. Hab, U.S.A., 8. California, 1 g. Hap. 80 millim. Genus POLIONYCTA, nov. Type, P. apicata. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded ; antennz of female nearly simple; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests; tibie slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing broad, triangular, the apex rounded, the termen crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; ’ from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 ohsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell near base only. 3615. Polionycta apicata, n. sp. @. Head and tegule grey suffused with red-brown, thorax grey slightly tinged with brown; fore and mid tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown with pale rufous segmental lines. Fore wing silvery grey irrorated with pale brown and slightly Fig. 10.—Polionycta apicata, 9. }. tinged with rufous in parts, a triangular brown patch on middle of costa and the apical area suffused with brown to vein 4; ante- medial tine double, rufous, irregularly waved ; orbicular represented by a minute rufous unnulus; reniform large, defined by brown, its centre tinged with brown, constricted at middle, its lower extremity produced and acute; postmedial. line double, very oblique and slightly sinuous from costa to vein 4 near termen, then inwardly 49) NOCTUID ©. dentate and oblique to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and waved to inner margin, some whitish and black strie beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinct, pale, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, slight black marks beyond it ahove and below vein 4: a fine waved black terminal line. Hind wing cupreous brown, deepening towards termen, on which there is a series of grey lunules on inner side of the fine waved black terminal line ; cilia grey and brown; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line extending to termen towards apex. Hab. Panama, Obispo (Salvin), 1 2 type. wp. 44 millim. Genus THALATHA. feiss Thalatha, W\k. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 187 (1862)............ SUNENS. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with bair in front, the drd moderate ; frons with very small corneous prominence at middle with raised edges; eyes large, round; antenne laminate or uniserrate; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests; tibia: moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex typically rounded, the termen evenly curved and very slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 ‘rom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked or from angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Sect. I, Antenne of male with uniseriate serrations. 3616. Thalatha malagassica, n. sp. 3. Head and thorax white slightly tinged with rufous; palpi fulvous red with some black above; antenne, tegule, and patagia fulvous red ; pectus and legs fulvous red, the mid tibiz with black spot at middle and the tarsus with black spot on basal joint ; ey Fig. 11.—Thalatha malagassica, $. }. abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing white irrorated with fulvous, the submedian interspace suffused with fulvous except just before antemedial and beyond postmedial lines, a fulvous band trom middle of costa to vein 2 and a patch on costa towards apex ; a diffused black fascia in submedian fold from base to before ante- medial line, from it to postmedial line, and from beyond postmedial . line to termen ; antemecial line represented by a black point on THALATHA, 43 costa, black bar from cell to vein 1, and fulvous line angled out- wards above inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, white, the former defined by black at sides, rather elongate elliptical, the latter defined by diffused black on inner side and by a few black scales on outer, with slight fulvous lunule in centre ; postmedial line fulvous with a few black scales on it and strong black lunule in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on the costal fulvous patch; subterminal line slight, fulvous, waved, angled inwards in discal fold and with black spot beyond it to near termen: a terminal series of slight fulvous lunules; cilia chequered fulvous yellow and white. Hind wing white faintly tinged with yellow, especially on inner area; a fine yellow terminal line and line through the cilia; the underside with faint traces of curved postmedial line. Hab. Mapacascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 $ type. Hap. 44 millim. Srcr. II. Antennz of male laminate. A. Fore wing of male with the apex somewhat produced and acute. a. Fore wing with the subbasal mark in submedian interspace iwie coe Sia e dm MenescaiencancimaeemereineGies ces Gem eacseenecene dinava. 6, Fore wing with the subbasal mark in submedian interspace a minute lunule. a’. Fore wing slightly suffused with green, the black fascia on terminal area strong ...............0eesee neers eceicet. b1. Fore wing strongly suffused with green, the black fascia on terminal area slight ................2css00se0ss00. psorallina. 3617. Thalatha dinava. Acronycta dinawa, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906). 3. Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi black except at tips; frons with lateral black spots; tegule with black band at base; pectus and legs mostly red-brown, the tibie banded with black, the tarsi black; abdomen white irrorated with Fig. 12.—Thalatha dinava, 3. }. red-brown and suffused with black towards extremity, the lst segment with pair of dorsal black points, the 2nd and 3rd with slight black bars, the ventral surface thickly irrorated with rufous. Fore wing white suffused with grey-green and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line very indistinct, double, waved, from costa to vein 1, a blackish spot beyond it on costa and a small wedge-shaped 44 NOCTUID®. black mark below submedian fold; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by fuscous, the former round; an oblique sinuous medial line with diffused brown patch beyond it on costa and greenish patch in cell an oblique irregular black fascia with grey below it in submedian fold from medial to subterminal line; postmedial line very in- distinct and interrupted, black below costa and between veins 6 ~ and 4, with small black spot at costa, bent outwards below costa, incurved and slightly waved below vein 4; an indistinct diffused dark subterminal line, excurved below costa and at middle and angled outwards above vein 1, with black streak from it below vein 2 intersecting the cilia; some diffused brown just before termen from apex to vein 4 and towards tornus; cilia red-brown ; the apex somewhat acute in male. Hind wing white; the veins brownish; the apical area purplish brown from middle of costa and down to vein 2, in female wholly suffused with brown; the under- side with the costal area irrorated and suffused with rufous, a dark patch at middle of costa, slight discoidal spot, and diffused waved postmedial line excurved below costa and at middle. Hab. Br. New Guinea, Dinawa (Pratt), type tf do in Coll. Bethune-Baker, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), Hkeikei (Pratt), 1g. Eup. 38- 42 millim. 3618. Thalatha eceicei. (Piate CX XIII. fig. 30.) Acronycta ekeikci, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906). ¢. Head and thorax white mixed with yellow-green; palpi black-brown, white at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black-brown bars; antennee blackish except at base; pectus and legs mixed with rufous and black-brown, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with deep rufous and black, the ventral surface almost entirely deep rufous. Fore wing white mixed with pale yellow-green; a subbasal blackish striga from costa and point on median nervure with black patch beyond it on costa and minute fiery-red lunule above vein 1; antemedial line with black points on costa, then very indistinct, greenish, oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform very slightly defined by blackish, the former round, open above and below, the latter with greenish centre and white annulus; an erect greenish medial band expanding into a triangular patch on costa, obscuring the outer part of orbicular; postmedial line very indistinctly double filled in with white, almost obsolete and strongly bent outwards below costa, then lunulate with black strie on its outer edge, incurved below vein 4, with alternating white and black points beyond it on costa, crossed by an oblique irregular black fascia in submedian interspace from medial band to termen before which it is interrupted; a very ill- defined lunulate white subterminal band, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and bent outwards to tornus; a terminal series of black strie defined on inner side by white lunules; cilia white with slight blackish line through them and THAT ATA. 45 some black at tips. Hind wing white, the medial veins brown, the apical area and terminal area to vein 2 broadly suffused with purple-brown ; cilia white with brown line through them towards ‘apex. Underside of fore wing deep rufous with white streaks from base, fascia on inner margin and wedge-shaped marks on termen from vein 5 to tornus; hind wing with the costal and apical areas rufous, a dark bar from middle of costa, spot at upper angle of cell, and sinuous postmedial line bent outwards below costa and excurved at middle. @. Fore wing with the subbasal lunule below submedian fold black; hind wing nearly uniformly suffused with purple-brown. Hab. Br. N. Guinua, Ekeikei (Pratt), 1 9, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1g. Hzxp. 3 38, 9 42 millim. Type ft ¢ in Coll. Bethune- Baker. 3619. Thalatha psorallina. (Plate CX XIII. fig. 31.) Acronycta psorallina, Lower, Tr. R. Soc. 8, Austr. xxvii. p. 31 (1903). $ . Head and thorax white mixed with pale yellow-green, the latter with a rufous shade on dorsum; palpi black-brown except at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with lateral black bars ; antennee blackish except at base; pectus and legs largely mixed with deep rufous, the tarsi black tinged with white ; abdomen white suffused with blackish towards extremity, the ventral surtace deep rufous mixed with black and with white bar on penultimate segment. Fore wing white mostly suffused with pale yellow-green ; subbasal line represented by a dark striga from costa and point on median nervure, with black spot beyond it on costa and minute fiery-red lunule above vein 1; antemedial line with black point at costa, then double, greenish, waved; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with greenish centre and white annulus; a strong green shade from middle of costa to median nervure obscuring the outer part of orbicular, traversed by the double waved medial line which is blackish towards costa, greenish below the cell; postmedial line double filled in with white, with black spots at costa, then green with black strize on it, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with alternating black and white marks beyond it on costa, crossed by an oblique black streak in submedian fold from medial line to termen before which it is interrupted ; subterminal line indistinct, white, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards in submedian fold and bent outwards to tornus ; a terminal series of green strise with white lunules before them ; cilia white with slight black lunules at middle and tips. Hind wing white, the apical area suffused with pale rufous ; cilia white, rufous at apex. Underside of fore wing rufous with white streak below base of costa, white fascia on inner margin, some white spots on costa beyond middle and dentate marks on termen below veins 4 and 3; hind wing with the costal A6 NOCTUID AR. area except at base and apical area rufous, a dark bar from costa before middle, discoidal point and sinuous postmedial line. 2, Fore wing with the subbasal lunule below submedian fold black; hind wing tinged with rufous, the whole terminal area suffused with rufous except at tornus. Hab. Qurenstanp, Kuranda (Dedd),1 3,19. Exp. g 34, © 36 millim. B. Fore wing of male with the apex rounded. . a. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green ............ cehee. 6, Fore wing with the ground-colour white. a‘. Fore wing without triangular black patch on middle of inner margin. a?, Fore wing with terminal series of small black spots ......... BER See cuore neon conaa conceted schon acocooehe conjecturalis. 6°. Fore wing with terminal series of slight dark striz. stnens. b', Fore wing with triangular black patch on middle of OAT HARBIN socoaacocon9s600d060n000000000008000005000000000 melaleuca, *3620. Thalatha cebew. (Plate CXXIII. fig. 32.) Dipthera kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii, p. 203 (1906). 3S. Head and thorax olive-green; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ochreous; antennz brown except at base ; tegule with black line at base; patagia edged with black-brown except on inner side towards base; prothorax with two black- brown spots, metathoracic crest black-brown at tip; pectus and legs ochreous mixed with black-brown, the tibizw and tarsi black banded with ochreous white: abdomen ochreous. suffused with rufous, the crests blackish. Fore wing olive-green; costal edge whitish; a black spot at base of costa and oblique wedge-shaped black mark above vein 1 emitting teeth from upper side at. middle and extremity ; a subbasal black point on costa followed by a small triangular spot; a whitish fascia in submedian fold from the basal black mark to postmedial line; an antemedial black point on costa and two on inner margin with faint traces of an oblique line between them; orbicular with slight white annulus, round, followed by a quadrate black spot before the reniform, which is represented by a faint whitish bar on its inner side and some whitish points with black points on, their outer side; an oblique black bar from middle of costa and a Sinuous line from cell to inner margin with triangular spot beyond it above vein 1; post- medial line represented by a black spot on costa and some white points from vein 6 to inner margin strongly incurved below vein 4 and with black bars on their outer side between veins 6 and 4 and in submedian interspace, some black spots beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by an oblique black bar from costa, then by a series of whitish points excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved in submedian interspace and with slight black spots before it above and below vein 5; cilia chequered black, rufous and white. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area THALATHA, 47 tinged with rufous; a brownish postmedial spot below vein 6; cilia chequered rufous and white; the underside with the costal and apical areas suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, a diffused blackish bar from middle of costa, a brown discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type tf ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. vp. 42 millim. 3621. Thalatha conjecturalis. Thalatha sinens, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 187 (1862), var. nee 1856. Bryophila conjecturalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1890, p. 222, pl. vii. f. 10; Humpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 242. Head and thorax white, the head and tegule mixed with pale rufous; palpi with black point at extremity of 2nd joint; frons with black lateral spots; tegule with black dorsal point; patagia with blackish outer edge; metathorax with paired black points ; pectus and legs tinged with reddish brown, the tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen white tinged with red-brown, the basal crest black at tip. Fore wing pure silvery white slightly irrorated with reddish brown; a blackish subbasal spot on costa; a black fascia diffused below, curved from base of costa to below cell, then up to median nervure at antemedial line, which is indistinct, brown, double, waved, oblique; an obliquely curved medial black line with diffused brown band beyond it from costa to vein 1, a strong oblique black fascia from it to outer edge of postmedial line in submedian fold; reniform represented by a slight dark lunule on the black band; postmedial line double, the lines rather widely separated, the outer line with series of black points on it, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 3, some dark points beyond it on costa and a brownish bar from costa ; an indistinct irregularly waved brownish line representing the inner edge of subterminal line from the brown bar to submedian fold and some brownish marks on the outer edge of the line: a terminal series of smali black spots and a wedge-shaped spot in submedian fold; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white suffused with brown; a terminal series of slight dark lunules; cilia white with series of pale brown spots; the under- side white tinged with red-brown, a brown discoidal lunule, slightly waved curved postmedial line, and terminal series of slight lunules. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial band extending from costa to reniform only.— Borneo. Hab. Bompay, N. Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 19; Burma, Rangoon, 1 2 type; Borneo, Sarawak, Sandakan (Pryer),1 ¢. Hep. 32- 36 millim. 48 NOCTUID®. 3622. Thalatha sinens. Orthosia -sinens, Wik. xi. 746 (1857); Hmpsn. Il. Het. B. M. viii. p. 71, pl. 144. f. 6; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 241. Head and thorax pure white, the tegule and patagia with some pale rufous scales; palpi black except at tips; tarsi banded with black-brown; abdomen white suffused with brown. Fore wing pure white faintly irrorated with pale brown on basal and inner areas; an obliquely curved interrupted black fascia from base of costa to subme‘lian fold before antemedial line, which is indistinet, pale brown, oblique, slightly waved, and with double brown spots at costa; a diffused brownish triangular patch from middle of costa to median nervure ; reniform very faintly and incompletely defined by pale brown, small; ‘postmedial line very indistinct and in- complete, double, the lines widely separated and with two black points on costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, incurred Fig. 18.—Thalatha sinens, S. +. below vein 3, crossed by a diffused oblique brown fascia in sub- median fold from well before it to subterminal line, with oblique black striga above it before postmedial line and triangular spot beyond it, two black points with a brown bar from them beyond it on costa; an indistinct diffused waved brown line representing the inner edge of subterminal line which has some slight brown marks on its outer edge; a terminal series of shght dark strize and a wedge-shaped black spot at vein 2; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white suffused with red-brown; a black spot on termen at vein 2; cilia white; the underside white, the costal area suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a slight discoidal lunule and diffused sinuous postmedial line. Ab. 1. Fore wing with the markings grey-green, the striga before postmedial line developed into an irregular fascia from just before medial line to the spot on outer edge of postmedial line. Hab. W. Caina, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 29; Bompay, N. Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 1¢; Manras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3; TRavancory, Trevandrum (/erygusson), 1 9; Burma, Moulmein (Clerk), 1 9 type. Exp. 30-36 millim. ; *3623. Thalatha melaleuca, n.n. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 2.) Tarache kebee, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 208 (1906), nee Dipthera kebee, p. 208. @. Head and thorax white; palpi black except at tips; lower part of frons black; antenne black except at base; tegule black THALATHA.—GOENYCTA. 49 at middle and with black patches at tips; patagia with black patches on outer edge; pectus and legs black and white, the tarsi slightly ringed with white; abdomen fuscous, whitish at base, the crests black, the anal tuft white, the ventral surface black with large white patch at middle. Fore wing pure white; an irregular black fascia below base. of cell, arising from costa at base; a subbasal black point on costa followed by a triangular patch; a triangular black patch on middle of costa extending to lower angle of cell and another on inner margin extending to submedian fold; a small postmedial black spot on costa and point on inner margin, a broad black bar from apex to discal fold with white point on costa, rather bifid below and connected with a triangular black patch from termen below apex with black point above it on termen ; a broad oblique black bar from vein 2 to tornus widely forked above; two black points on termen below middle; cilia white, - black at the black markings. Hind wing fuscous, the inner area whitish; cilia black from apex to vein 5, then white; the under- side black, the base white except costal area, the inner area white, its upper edge expanding into a whitish patch beyond middle. Hab. Br. N. Guinza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type t @ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. Hp. 32 millim. Genus GOENYCTA, nov. Type, G. niveiguttata. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short; frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it; eyes large, round; antenne of female ciliated; thorax smoothly clothed with scales only and without crests; tibiee moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crests on segments 3, 4, 5 large. Fore wing rather narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen slightly excurved at middle and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 3624. Goenycta niveiguttata. Erastria niveiguttata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xiv. p. 205 (1902). @. Head white; palpi black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white; frons with triangular black patch on lower part with two points above it; antenne black except basal joint; thorax black with white patch on metathorax; pectus and legs white, the fore and mid tibie and the Ist joint of tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white slightly tinged with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing black with irregular white subbasal, antemedial and postmedial patches on costal area with black points on them representing the lines and conical white ante- and postmedial patches on inner margin; a white point on costa before the post- medial patch and two towards apex; subterminal line represented VOL. VIII. E 50 NOCTUID &. by an angled white striga from costa, strie on termen below veins 7 and 5 and one at tornus with a few white scales between them ; cilia with a fine white line at base. Hind wing white tinged with fuscous especially on terminal area; cilia with a fine white line at We Ss fo pie SAR, 9, a) Fig. 14.—Goenycta niveiguttata, 2. 4 T° base; the underside white, a fuscous bar from middle of costa with traces of a band from it to inner margin, traces of a band from middle of discocellulars to inner margin, excurved beyond lower angle of cell, an apical fuscous patch. Hab, Srxuim, 1800' (Dudgeon), 1 2 type. Hap. 34 millim. Genus TYCRACONA. Type Tycracona, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95 (1882) ........-.....seeeeeee eee eees obliqua. Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd porrect, short ; frons with small rounded prominence at middle; eyes large, round; antennz laminate; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; tibize moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing tri- angular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anas- tomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, the termen strongly curved. 3625. Tycracona obliqua. Tycracona obliqua, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 95 (1882); Waterhouse, Aid, ii, pl. 118; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 243. Head red-brown; tegule red-brown with white tips; thorax erey-white with some red-brown on prothorax and base of patagia ; legs brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish; abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; some red-brown on costa towards base and a slight subbasal streak on subcostal nervure with point below it on median nervure; antemedial line very indistinct, double, waved, slightly angled inwards below costa ; orbicular defined by brown, minute, round; reniform a’ narrow white lunule slightly defined by brown; an oblique black-brown ~ band from costa to vein 5 on outer edge of renitorm with a black fascia from it above vein 4+ to near termen; postmedial line rather indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; some white points beyond it on costa, defined by whitish on outer side in submedian interspace ay TYCRACONA, —CRANIOPHORA. 51 and with slight dark streak in submedian fold from beyond it to termen; an indistinct rather diffused brown subterminal line excurved at middie and with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces ; a terminal series of slight dark striz with dark marks Fig. 15.—Tycracona obliqua, $. }. beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing greyish brown with very indistinct diffused subterminal band; the underside white slightly tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal bar, minutely waved brown postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5, and brown terminal band narrowing to apex and vein 1. Hab. Stxutm (Dudgeon, Pilcher), 2 3; Buurdn (Dudgeon), 1 9; Assam (Badgley),26,2 92. Hxp. 40-44 millim. Genus CRANIOPHORA. Type. Craniophora, Snell. Vlind. van Ned. p. 262 (1872)..........02-2.0000-s ligustri. bisulcca, Chapman, Ent. Rec. i. p. 28 (1890) ............:0..sseceeee eee ligustrt. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antenne simple and laminate in both sexes; thorax clothed with scales mixed with some hair, the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with divided crest; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and rough hair at base. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with prominent black fascia in submedian fold extending to termen. a. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black ...... nigrivitta., b. Fore wing with the claviform absent ..........0......sseeeeeees fasciata. B. Fore wing without prominent black fascia in submedian fold. a. Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish grey. a, Fore wing with oblique white mark in submedian inter- Spacesbetorepmedh dl Mlinemrcsssreeenceeeaceeertsssrercreeeeeece albonigra. b'. Fore wing without white mark in submedian interspace befonenmiedialilin eds y-cescsesesecn ccc seence a sce ecnee ce seeeeee preclara. b. Fore wing red-brown suffused with purplish fuscous ...... nubilata. ce, Fore wing with the ground-colour grey-white, a, Hind wing white, the terminal area slightly tinged with HOO VUTEC NEN eee eso eciettiie eisniele oeiciscien d nicieaies tcioneaeahionaee pontica, b'. Hind wing uniform brown .................csecceeeeee eee eeees paragrapha., d. Fore wing red-brown with white patch beyond the cell... eguseri. e. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black-brown......... obscura. EQ 52 NOCTUIDZ. 3626, Craniophora nigrivitta. Hyboma nigrivitta, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 72, pl. 144. f. 19 (1891) ; id. Moths Ind, ii. p. 242. 3. Head and thorax brown mixed with some whitish; palpi with some blackish scales above; frons with black bar; tegule with medial black line with some blackish irroration before it; tibie streaked with black; tarsi banded black and whitish; abdomen whitish suffused with brown and with some fuscous on anal tuft. Fore wing greyish suffused with pale brown and slightly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa; a strong sinuous black streak in submedian fold, curved downwards from just before antemedial line to outer edge of claviform, then oblique to termen and cilia; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and to inner margin; claviform defined by black except above, rounded and extending to cell; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the latter with slight brown lunule in centre; an oblique black bar from costa to reniform; postmedial line double, the outer line indistinct, slightly bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and angled inwards in: submedian fold, a slight black streak in discal fold from it to termen and some black points on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; an indistinct pale waved subterminal line defined on inner side by brown forming somewhat dentate marks; a terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing pale suffused with ochreous brown; the veins brown; the terminal area suffused with fuscous leaving a series of black points on termen defined by slight greyish lunules ; cilia ochreous white ; the underside ochreous white, the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a diffused blackish subterminal band. fab, Manpras, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 3 type. Exp. 36 millim. 3627. Craniophora fasciata. Acronycta fasciata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pl. 144. f. 4 (1884) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 243. Hyboma divisa, Moore, P. Z.8. 1885, p. 409; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 45, pl. 125. f. 7. : Acronycta nigrostriata, Pag. Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xli. p. 128 (1889). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ; frons with black bar; tegule with black lines near base and tips; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black streaks; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface whitish except at extremity. Fore wing whitish irrorated with red-brown, the terminal half suffused with red-brown except at inner margin and termen; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to the ante- medial line with dark brown fascia below it and some black-brown CRANIOPHORA. a3 above it at base; antemedial line double, waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former white with red-brown centre, rather elongate elliptical, the latter suffused with red-brown ; medial line dark brown, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, strongly angled inwards in submedian fold and out- wards on vein 1, a strong oblique black-brown fascia from it to termen in submedian fold; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, angled inwards in submedian fold and outwards at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an indistinct diffused whitish dentate subterminal line with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces ; cilia with a series of slight blackish lunules at tips. Hind wing ochreous white more or less tinged with red-brown, the apical area suffused with red-brown; cilia with a series of brownish marks at tips; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a diffused dark mark on middle of costa, small discoidal spot and traces of postmedial line with dark spots on and below costa and in discal and submedian folds. Hab, Japan, Nikko (/to), 1 2 , Yokohama (Pryer), 1 ¢; W. Cina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 9 ; Kasumir, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 9 ; Ponsa, Kulu, Sultanpur(G@. Young),2 $,2 9, Dharmsala (Hocking), 43,12 type diwisa; Bompay, Kanara, Karwar (Bell), 1 5; Cryton, 2 $type; Burma, Rangoon ; Ampoina; Br. New Gurnza, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), 1g,3 9, Dinawa (Pratt), 1 g, Ekeikei (Pratt), 19. Exp. 36-48 millim. : 3628. Craniophora albonigra. (Plate CXXLIV. fig. 3.) Acronicta albonigra, Herz. Ann. Mus. Zool. Ac. Imp. Sci. Pétersb. ix. p. 269, pl. 1. #. 3 (1904). 6. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey-white ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule and patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen red-brown with the dorsal crests blackish. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused and irrorated with brown, the inner half to just beyond antemedial line suffused with black-brown; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and single striga from cell with black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with whitish annulus, round ; medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, incurved to sub- median fold, then obliquely excurved, defined by whitish on inner side below the cell and with dark suffusion on outer; postmedial line double slightly filled in with whitish towards costa and inner margin, slightly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa and crossed by an ill-defined blackish streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines ; an indistinct pale waved subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 54 NOCIUID®. and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds where there is a whitish lunule on it and dark marks beyond it at discal and submedian folds; a terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia chequered dark brown and whitish. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a slight discoidal lunule; cilia brownish with pale line at base; the underside grey-white irrorated with brown, a slight dark mark from costa before middle, discoidal spot, and traces of postmedial line with dark spots on and below costa and in discal and submedian folds. @. Fore wing with the white before medial line confined to an oblique mark below submedian fold, the subterminal line formed of whitish lunules; hind wing wholly red-brown. Hab. FE. Steeri1a, Amurland in Coll. Piingeler; W. Cnina, Omei- shan, 1 6, Chang-yang (Pratt), 19. Hap. 32 millim. 3629. Craniophora preclara. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 4.) Acronycta preclara, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxxv. p. 74 (1890); Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 134. ¢. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bars at middle and above; tegule with diffused black medial line; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black stripe; tibice and tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown towards base, the crests blackish. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with fuscous, the basal area suffused with olive-brown, a diffused olive-brown band beyond the medial line and a band beyond postmedial line, some yellow at base of inner margin; subbasal line represented by indistinct double dark striae from costa and cell; a black streak in submedian fold from base to just before medial line, defined by olive below ; ante- medial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform large, with olive centres and whitish annuli defined by blackish, the former round, the latter with rather irregular outline; a double minutely waved medial line, excurved to median nervure, angled inwards in sub- median fold and outwards on vein 1; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1; an obscure interrupted black streak in submedian fold from medial line to termen and a slight streak in discal fold from postmedial line to before termen; some white points on costa on the dark postmedial band ; an ill-defined waved whitish subterminal line, angled out- wards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight black lunules with olive spots beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with olive-brown ; some indistinct whitish lunules on termen ; cilia chequered olive and whitish ; the underside whitish, the veins tinged with olive, the costal area CRANIOPHORA, 55 slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark spot on middle of costa, dark discoidal spot and postmedial spots on and below costa, in discal fold nearer termen and in submedian fold. Hab. BK. Siserta, Amurland, 1 ¢, Ussuri. Exp. 48 millim. 3630. Craniophora nubilata. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 5.) Euplexia nubilata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 208 (1894). 3. Head and thorax dark reddish brown tinged with fuscous and mixed with some grey scales; tibie and tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen dark brown mixed with blackish and with some grey hair at base. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purplish fuscous leaving a browner patch on medial area in and below eell and the terminal area browner; some golden and greenish scales on inner margin near base; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and a diffused oblique streak below cell; antemedial line double, black, oblique, slightly waved, angled in- wards on vein 1, then outwards above inner margin; claviform absent; orbicular pale rufous with red-brown centre and indistinctly defined by red-brown, round; reniform a black lunule; a double slightly waved black medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure, then incurved and again oblique to inner margin ; post- medial line double, black, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, the outer line less strongly, excurved to vein 3, then incurved; subterminal line pale rufous, diffused, dentate, approxi- mated to postmedial line, angled inwards below vein 3 where there is a small wedge-shaped black spot beyond it; a series of small black spots just before termen on indistinct pale lunules; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the veins, inner and apical areas suffused with ochreous brown; a diffused post- medial line and subterminal band; the underside with black spot in middle of cell with two spots above it below costa, a discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line incurved below vein 3. Hab. Srxutm (Moller), 1 3 type. vp. 46 millim. 3631. Craniophora pontica. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 6.) Acronycta pontica, Staud. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xiv. p. 864 (1879); Melio- ransky, Hor, Soc. Ent. Ross. xxxi. p. 239, pl. 7. f.6; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. Head and thorax white mixed with black; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tegule with black medial line and yellowish and black tips; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black streaks; tibize and tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous, the crests black. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous, the basal area and a broad band beyond the medial line suffused with black, extending to termen above tornus; subbasal line represented by double black striz from | 8 NOOTUID A. costa and a single striga from cell with slight black streak beyond it in submedian fold; orbicular white defined by black and with brown centre; reniform fulvous yellow defined by black and with slight fuscous lunale on inner side of centre ; medial line black, oblique from costa to median nervure, then bent inwards and oblique to inner margin near postmedial line, which is double filled in with grey, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; a dentate whitish subterminal line defined by black on outer side, angled inwards in discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small fuscous spots defined on inner side by a waved whitish line; cilia fuscous inter- sected with whitish. Hind wing white with some fuscous irroration on terminal area and diffused blackish streaks on the veins of terminal half; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a small blackish discoidal spot and faint waved post- medial line incurved below costa and vein 4 and with slight spot in submedian fold. Hab. Spain, Castile; Russta, Crimea, 1¢,19; Armenta; Asta Mryor, Pontus, Taurus; Kurpistan, Egin. vp. 36 millim. *3632. Craniophora paragrapha. Acronycta paragrapha, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 100. f. 8 (1874). @. Head and thorax whitish mixed with dark brown; palpi with black-brown band on 2nd joint; lower part of frons black- brown, a blackish bar above it; tegule with blackish line near base and dorsal patch at tips; tibize and tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen dark brown, the base, dorsal crests, anal tuft, and ventral surface paler. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with dark brown; a diffused brown streak below base of submedian fold ex- panding into a patch below base of cell; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa; antemedial line double filled in with white, oblique, waved, excurved in cell; orbicular and reni- form with brown centres and white annuli defined by dark brown, the former small, round ; an oblique brown line from costa to outer edge of orbicular; postmedial line double filled in with white, lunulate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved and below vein 2 bent outwards to near tornus, crossed by a prominent blackish fascia above submedian fold, its lower extremity bent downwards to tornus, some black and white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, lunulate, with small wedge-shaped black marks beyond it below costa at discal fold and below vein 2; a lunulate white terminal line intersected by slight black streaks on extremities of the veins; cilia chequered black-brown and white. Hind wing brown, the cilia chequered brown and white; the underside ‘white tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused curved crenulate postmedial line. Hab. C. Cotony, Knysna (Tr amen), type tT 2 in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 46 millim. (oy! SI CRANIOPHORA, 3633. Craniophora ligustri. Noctua ligustri, Seniff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins, ii. p- 172 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 119. ff. 1-4; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 21; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 256, pl. 89. f. 1; Frr, Beitr. pl. 142; Steph. lll. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 88; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 154. Noctua litterata, Panz. Syst. Nom. Schaff. Ins. p. 115, pl. 105. ff. 3, 4 (1804). Noctua coronula, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 179 (1809). Acronycta sundevalli, Lampa, Ent. Tidskr. 1885, p. 50. Acronycta olivacea, ‘Vutt, Entom. 1888, p. 81; Ter. Haar. Tijds. xlii. p. 97, joe AN 3 Il, Acronycta nigra, Tutt, Ent. Rec. i. p. 34 (1890). Head white mixed with some black-brown ; palpi black-brown except at tips; frons with brown bars above and between antenna, which are brown; thorax black-brown, the tegule with the basal half mostly white with black medial line and white dorsal streak, the patagia and vertex of thorax with white patches; pectus and legs brown mixed with brownish white, the tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown, the crests dark. Fore wing dark reddish brown with whitish patches from end of cell to postmedial line and on termen at apex and just below middle ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa Fig. 16.—Craniophora ligustri, §. }. with bar beyond it in cell and single striga from cell with short streak beyond its lower extremity ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, strongly incurved at vein 1 and excurved above inner ‘margin; orbicular with white annulus defined by black, round ; reniform large, defined by black with slight white line on inner edge and strong lunule on outer; medial line a black bar from costa to orbicular and sinuous line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white from below costa to vein 3, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved at discal fold and bent inwards at vein 3 to below end of cell, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by white lunules from costa to vein 7 and a white mark angled inwards at vein 2 with dentate black mark above it ; a terminal series of small black spots with white lunules on their inner side; cilia chequered white and brown. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown especially on the veins and inner area, in female more uniformly suffused with brown; cilia chequered white and reddish brown ; the underside white faintly tinged with brown, the costal area 58 NOCTUID HE. irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of post- medial line excurved from costa to vein 4. Ab. 1. nigra. Blacker. Ab. 2. sundevalli. Fore wing more olive-brown without white on postmedial and terminal areas. Hab. Briratn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England, Leech Coll.; Francn, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, & Leech Colls.; Ausrria, Leech Coll.; Hungary ; Switzprtanp, Frey Coll.; Ivaty; Greece ; Scanpi- wavra; Russia, Esthonia, Frey Coll., Livonia, Zeller Coll., Sarepta; Armenia; E.Sreeria, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake. Hap. 34-44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 272, pl. 125. f. 2. Pale bluish green, ventrally yellowish green ; dorsal line whitish ; lateral line pale yellow ; spiracles red ; warts black, bearing single rather long black hairs; head green. Food-plants: Ash and rarely Privet, Alder, &c. 7-9. 3634. Craniophora obscura. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 7.) Craniophora obscura, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 107. Head and thorax black mixed with some grey and white; frons with white bars at middle and between antnne ; tegule with the basal half white irrorated with black; patagia with whitish patches; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen grey-white irrorated with black and dorsally tinged with brown at base, the crests white tipped with black. Fore wing grey-white mostly suffused with black-brown and thickly irrorated with black ; sub- basal line double filled in with greyish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double filled in with greyish, oblique, waved, a slight whitish mark beyond the position of claviform ; orbicular and reniform irregularly defined by black, the former with diffused white annulus except above, rounded, the latter with two grey strie on inner edge and two whitish points on outer side near upper extremity ; two medial black strie from costa and a faint oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with grey lunules, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of indistinct whitish lunules; a terminal series of small triangular black spots, defined on inner’side by whitish lunules ; cilia white and black mixed and with series of blackish spots. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area from apex to vein 2 suffused with brown, in female wholly suffused with brown; asinuous postmedial line; the termen whitish with series of slight dark lunules with blackish spots beyond them on the cilia; the under- side white irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal spot, postmedial line waved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, and a terminal series of black strie. Hab. W. Cuina, Ni-tou, 1 5, 1 9 type, Kwei-chow, 1 2, Pu- tsu-fang,1 9. Hwp. 42-48 millim. ACRONYCTA. 59 % Genus ACRONYCTA. Type. Acronicta, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 62 (1815), non deser.... Perse Acronycia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (1) p. 3 (1825) ............... leporina. Jalyooiags, Vsti, Wer’, 9s ADO USVI) concoasccoscosodocnesono00d serena strigosa. lirica, Jello, Wows 195 AUO(GKSL)) Goscoosecccacnodeaconseasnecce 00. fle Aloeloaeinay, Iliblon, ERA Tos AOL (CUSVA) )ocos cocosccoodcaodeenodanq00b4ces alnt. Jpeg, Labillavns WI Oem (05 PAUP) (SPA) acaoencovocsocesdecosnbnananosebe auricona. Arctomyscis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 202 (1827) .....-.0.-0.ceeeecceeeeenes acerts. dluerogintian, (Emu. INCEm 16 7a, GS CUSIP) coooocoocnopanonccseonsn00D0e Sragilis. Megacronycta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 79 (CUSIEs)) painganonoosenUaaraticte inenernrit taenororcouseeanaccosdsouccdEsuddonad hastulifera. Lepitoreuma, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 80 (CLUESIIG)) Bricicia poondac bccn Nn D AMEE el ERSREOEAHeMaH ap adn sasea boacdadaasannccTe ovata. Plataplecta, Butl. A. M..N. H. (5)i. p. 195 (1878)............--. pruinosit. Mastiphanes, Grote, New Check List, p. 23 (1882), non deser. edolata. minia, Chapman, Ent. Ree. i. p. 26 (1890) ............1.0eee ee rumicis. Cuspidia, Chapman, Ent. Ree. i. p. 27 (1890) ..............1e0000 psi. Pseudopunda, Butl. Trans. Ent Soc. 1890, p. 672 .............- bicolor. Tricholonche, Grote, Mitth. Hildersheim Mus. iii. p. 16 (US DG Ree eoeieae settee os ciinas onisae is tec inadanismcemaaetehineee Soot ene afflicta. Philorgyia, Grote, Mitth. Hildersheim Mus. iii. p. 17 (CIRSISTO) ee BodooGeoaadanOco coed waa Ader cee a AEM aE RCREBE ACA aEOHa sea Sce cckonES luteicoma. Abaaniala, Talo, WE, WHEEL, soocooasoocaoavpcHoNGacDG0GeGDDAGeNG0ND00E~ aceris, Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint typically reaching about to middle of frons and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd short, the palpi sometimes short ; frons smooth; eyes large, round ; antennz laminate ; thorax typically clothed with hair only, usually with hair and hair- like scales mixed with a few scales or chiefly with scales, without crests ; tibiz moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with some rough hair and with basal crest typically formed of hair but usually of scales. Fore wing usually broad, sometimes narrower and more produced at apex which is rounded ; the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 tv form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6,7 shortly stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. Secr. I. (Hyboma). Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. A. Fore wing with distinct black streak from postmedial line to termen in submedian fold. a. Fore wing with black streak on medial area above vein |, @, Fore wing with black streak in discal fold beyond joOstmNaGhiAll INiN@ cosecssgesssq00naH6069000000b 00 s500000000000 theodora. 61. Fore wing without black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line. «, Hind wing pure white. a3, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled in- wards in submedian fold ......................0-055 mansucta. 08, Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled inwards in submedian fold ..................05008. henileuca, 62, Hind wing suffused with brown and with brown Poshmed alpine erereenceee ete eeeecerceeerenee toes ere Sstrigosa. 6. Fore wing without black streak on medial area above vein 1. a', Fore wing with the basal black streak giving off a spur below at middle. 60 NOCIUIDA. a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved. a3, Fore wing white, the antemedial and medial lines and theshade before subterminal line olive. b8, Fore wing grey-white without olive-brown MINAS) | opoco90909b000090060000000e0008090000N9000300 c3, Fore wing blue-grey with olive markings ...... b2. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved. a3, Fore wing with the reniform not suffused with TAUVKOLS) oadaoddssqso nos dbo uBn0aGoacasoqdbSooUUDID000bOdGCNK air TON LOLI} 9 ar ag oasnebagaaodbsosdonosdnguoqudeaaonscudaaaBqN bl, Fore wing with the basal black streak not giving off a spur below at middle. a2, Fore wing with brown shade in submedian inter- space from base to termen .........0.eseseeeeeeee eee i2, Fore wing without brown shade in submedian interspace. a3, Fore wing without prominent white annulus to orbicular. a‘. Fore wing without dark suffusion in sub- median interspace beyond postmedial line. a®, Fore wing with the antemedial line not suffused with fuscous at middle. a’, Fore wing grey-white with a faint olive tinge and slight dark irroration.......... 66, Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown and with more prominent dark irro- TENTION, coopsagoosq 00D 000d oso pn socoNdeD6uDa00C 5, Fore wing with the antemedial line suffused with fuscous at middle. a6, Fore wing withthe reniform tinged with TRUOINS. oooossonoocno boca cons 000toson0000000000000 6, Fore wing with the reniform not tinged WHE) FEEUOTSS 00000000900050005000000600000000000 b+, Fore wing with dark suffusion in submedian interspace beyond postmedial line ............ 68, Fore wing with prominent white annulus to orbicular. a‘, Fore wing without black suffusion on medial area; hind wing white. a, Fore wing not tinged with rufous ......... 6°, Fore wing tinged with rufous ............... b4. Fore wing with black suffusion on medial area; hind wing brown ..........2..2csseseee0s cl, Fore wing without basal black streak .................. B. Fore wing without distinct black streak from postmedial line to termen in submedian fold. a. Fore wing with distinct black streak from base below the cell. al, Fore wing white, the markings black and strongly COMUEDSOIIE | sooosoccacbssan00009000.0d.000000nG0Gsux00G00000 b1. Fore wing greyish, the markings not strongly con- trasting. a>. Fore wing with the basal streak extending to well beyond antemedial line. a3, Fore wing with dark streak in discal fold from before postmedial line to termen .............. 5 43, Fore wing with dark suffusion in discal fold beyond postmedial line ..................eeceeee vinnula. paupercula. lepetita. parallela. albarufa. connecta. exilis, modica. hesitata. hasta. marmorata. albiorbis. Jancousci. crenulata. JSragilis. liturata. brumosa. ACRONYCTA. ®2, Fore wing with the basal streak not extending to beyond antemedial line. a3. Kore wing with dark shades beyond postmedial line in discal and submedian folds. a‘, Fore wing with the basal area not suffused with black: ss.ca0. cc usdateeenacnethosss es teonnets eee }4. Fore wing with the basal area suffused with LOG) are enn mere aR contS Anacneotcucuetoosencasared 8. Fore wing without dark shades beyond post- medial line in discal and submedian folds. a4, Kore wing with the antemedial line minutely Memtater ’s cadesessnevinseeanne cme paemueaesonee b+. Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly Gen tater ci. 363 eu wekgeagharencesceeete aa aueemecmeneee b. Fore wing without distinct black streak from base below the cell. @, Fore wing with black-brown shade in submedian interspace from base to termen ................2eeee88 b1, Fore wing without black-brown shade in submedian interspace. a?, Fore wing with black streak above vein 1 before jpostimaadtien! HN socodenqnaoc0ss¢0cesnacacesade500082000006 62, Fore wing without black streak above vein | before postmedial line. a, Fore wing white with strongly contrasting plackemankin'osiesneceeeseeecaeceesseeeeee reesei &, Fore wing greyish with the markings not strongly coutrasting. a‘, Fore wing with black streak below the cell from subbasal line to beyond antemedial line. a’. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area streaked with brown .............2.66 65, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown ......... 4, Fore wing without black streak below the cell from subbasal line to beyond antemedial line. a, Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area with dark streaks, in female the ter- minal area suffused with brown ............ 6°, Hind wing wholly tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with brown. a°, Hind wing not tinged with orange. ai, Fore wing without prominent white spot on postmedial line in submedian fold. a8, Fore wing without prominent series of white lunules on postmedial line. a9, Fore wing wholly suffused with fuscous brown ............000-20+0. +9, Fore wing with the basal area blackish, the rest of wing greyish. ¢. Fore wing more uniform greyish. a, Hind wing suffused with brown. a1, Fore wing without purplish tinge. @2, Fore wing with the medial ANEGLY WLOMISIA ooocaceconpanos & velia. inclara. clarescens. minella. superans. subochrea. noctwaga. carbonaria. subornata. hamamelis. increta. retardata. 61 62 NOCLUID ©. 612, Fore wing with the medial area slightly paler ...... cesared. bu. Fore wing tinged with PUTplishieeececeeeereese sees impleta. 610, Hind wing white tinged with REN seposeaneoubanooodooceeaHnI0Ke illita. 8, Fore wing with prominent series of whitish lunules on postmedial line. a’, Fore wing whitish grey, the white orbicular not strongly ‘con- trasting. a0, Fore wing with the orbicular FOUN. ieee pe diese erate: pruinosa, bo, Fore wing with the orbicular more elongate elliptical ...... consanguis, 49. Fore wing browner grey, the white orbicular strongly con- tRaStin Saec-eesueec meee cece ceenaeet ote albistigina. bi, Fore wing with prominent white spot on postmedial line in submedian folie atch eR cneameavocuntn ace tcheee ee tee runucts. 26, Hind wing more or less strongly tinged with orange. a. Hind wing without dark discoidal Inia SKS) eososeon panongesaeoneacordonaadedacason lutea. 67. Hind wing with dark discoidal lunule catocaloida. 3635. Acronycta theodora. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 9.) Acronycta theodora, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894); Druce, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Het. ii. p. 472, pl. 93. f. 3. Head and thorax grey-white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with black scales; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ; frons with black bar; tegule with slight black line near base and black tips; shoulders and outer edge of patagia streaked with black ; tibize streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and cell, with black fascia from it to antemedial line in submedian fold; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1, a black fascia above vein 1 from just beyond it to post- medial line; orbicular and reniform defined by black; the former round, the latter with its centre defined by fuscous; an oblique fuscous bar from costa to reniform and indistinct dentate line from cell to inner margin closely approximated to the postmedial line, which is double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, with a black fascia in submedian fold from it to termen, towards which it forks, a streak in discal fold from it to subterminal line and some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of whitish lunules from below costa to vein 4 defined on inner side by fuscous suffusion ; a terminal series of small wedge-shaped black spots ACRONYCTA. 63 with black streaks beyond them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white, the costa and inner margin slightly tinged with brown, the velns brown; a terminal series of small black lunules with black spots beyond them on the cilia; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish bar from middle of costa, a small discoidal spot and postmedial line with minute black streaks on the veins, bent inwards at vein 4, then oblique to near tornus. Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 9; Guarpmata (Rodriguez), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. wp. 44 millim. 3636. Acronycta mansueta, (Plate CX XIV. fig. 10.) Acronycta mansueta, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 100, pl. xii. f. 7; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 102. Q@. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark brown; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons with dark brown bar above and white bars between antenne; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black-brown streak; tibise with black streaks, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen greyish suffused with brown, the basal crest large and dark. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated and in parts suffused with brown especially on inner and postmedial areas; subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa ; a slight black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line giving off a streak above vein 1 extending to medial line, another streak below vein 1 from near base to medial line; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian fold; orbicular and reniform whitish slightly defined by brown, the former round, the latter rather narrow and with brownish centre, some brown suffusion from costa extending between their upper parts; post- medial line double filled in with white, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3, 1, incurved below vein 3, a diffused oblique black streak from it at submedian fold to termen at vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a diffused white subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, defined by brownish on outer side and with slight dark streaks in the interspaces from it to the terminal points; cilia white with slight dark line near base and intersected by slight streaks. Hind wing pure white with slight dark terminal line; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9, Garfield Co., California, Los Angeles, Nevada Co., Sierra Nevada. Exp, 34 millim. G4 NOCLUID®. *3637. Acronycta hemileuca. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 11.) Acronycta hemileuca, Ping. Iris, xi. p. 291, pl. 8. f. 6 (1899); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. 3d Head and thorax grey tinged with brown and mixed with black; palpi with the 2nd joint black towards tip; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen white dorsally mixed with fuscous, the basal crest tinged with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with brown aud irrorated and suffused with black ; a black streak below the cell extending to beyond antemedial line; sub- basal line represented by two black striz from costa; antemedial line double, rather diffused, oblique to submedian fold, then waved ; the medial area with black streak above vein 1; orbicular with slight brownish centre and pale annulus incompletely defined by black, its lower extremity produced; reniform with its centre defined by fuscous and whitish annulus defined by black: a diffused oblique blackish bar from middle of costa; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique to vein 4, then strongly incurved, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from just before it to termen, some pale points beyond it on costa; a faint diffused lunulate subterminal shade from costa to vein 1 ; a wedge-shaped white mark below the extremity of the black streak in submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia grey intersected with fuscous. Hind wing pure white with slight brown irroration at apex and terminal series of brown striz ; the underside with the costa very slightly tinged with brown, traces of a discoidal lunule and curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4. Hab. Tiset, Kuku-nor in Coll. Piingeler. Hap. 32 millim. 3638. Acronycta strigosa. Noctua strigosa, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 88 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 142 (1787); Frr. Beitr. pl. 11; Steph. Hl. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 89; Wood, Ind. Ent. pl. 52. f. 1665; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. . 182. Mane Javillacea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 127. f. 4 (1788); Capieur, Naturf. 1789, p. 98, pl. 3. ff. 5-8; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.2; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 230, pl. 87. f. 4. Acronycta bryophiloides, Horm, Ent. Nachr. xvii. p. 145 (1891). Acronycta casparti, Steinert, Iris, x. p. 398 (1897), & xii. pl. 2. f. 6; Caspari, Jahrb. Nass. lii. p. 177, pl. 4. ff. 2, 3. Head and thorax pale brown slightly mixed with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bars above and between antenne ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes ; tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black above ; abdomen brownish ochreous slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing greyish ochreous tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to ACRONYCTA: 65° antemedial line giving off a streak above vein 1; the base of inner margin yellow with some diffused black above it; antemedial line double, irregularly waved, oblique ; the medial area with black streak above vein | defined by brown above ; orbicular defined by black, produced to a point at lower extremity, the reniform ochreous white defined by black on inner side, some brown suffusion between them ; a dark striga from middle of costa; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, a black streak from just before it to near termen, strong beyond the line, and some pale points with slight dark streaks between them beyond it on costa ; a terminal series of small black spots with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which have a slight dark line through them. Hind wing ochreous Fig. 17.—-Acronycta strigosa, 3. }. white tinged and irrorated with brown, especially on inner and terminal areas, in female more uniformly brown; a faint post- medial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, postmedial line oblique to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of small black lunules. Ab. 1. bryophiloides. Fore wing with the ground-colour more uniform dark grey. Hab. Brivatn, Leech Coll.; Francz, Sand Coll.; Grrmawy, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Ausrrta, Bucovina; Huxcary, Leech Coll. ; Switzertanp ; Romer; Russia, Frey Col., Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Sarepta; Armpnta; W. Srperia ; K. Stperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Prye), 1 2, Hako- daté (Leech), 1 2, Oiwake (Pryer), 2 2 ; Coruna, Gensan (Leech), 19; W. Cartna, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 g. Hxp. 30-38 millim, Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 248, pl. 121. f. 2. Green, rarely purple-brown ; an irregular dorsal crimson-brown stripe, scattered blackish, ochreous and whitish hairs: 11th somite with dorsal prominence; head dark brown. Food-plant: Haw- thorn, 7-9. 3639. Acronycta vinnula. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 12.) Microcelia vinnula, Grote, Proe. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 436, pl. ix. f. 2 (1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 93, pl. iv. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38, @. Head and thorax white; 2nd joint of palpi with black VOL. VIII. F 66 NOCLUID A. band; frons with lateral black pots; antenne fuscous, white at base, the basal joint black behind; tegule fuscous at tips; pro- thorax with pair of black spots; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black stripe; metathorax edged with black behind ;. tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen white irrorated with blackish and dorsally tinged with brown except at extremity. Fore wing white slightly irro- rated with olive-grey and with some olive-grey suffusion above base of inner margin, between orbicular and reniform and on postmedial area; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line, giving off slight spurs below at middle and above at ante- medial line, which is double, oblique, waved ; orbicular defined by black, small, round, incomplete above; reniform defined by black, indistinctly on outer side, and with some olive in centre; medial line olive, blackish at costa, oblique to median nervure, slightly angled outwards at vein 1; postmedial line black, doubie at costa, shghtly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then ineurved, a black streak from it to termen in submedian fold, some white points with short black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subtermina! line defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas, dentate, angled out- wards at veins 7, 6, and inwards in discai fold, a short black streak beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with blackish streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; a terminal series of dark strize; cilia white with a brownish line through them towards apex ; the underside white faintly tinged with brown in parts and the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot and diffused postmedial line irregularly waved from costa to vemn 5, then oblique, some slight black Iunules on termen. Heb. Canapa; U.S.A., New York (Grote), 1 9, Albany, Evans Center, Long I., New Jersey, 1 2, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas. Exp. 32-36 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 94. Head green with a brown spot at the vertex of each lobe. Body rebust, green with a pale lateral line; tubercle 1. of joint 5 elevated, brown. Food-plant: Elm.—H. G. D. 3640. Acronycta paupercula. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 13.) Acronycia paupercula, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 197; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 97, pl. xii. f. 2; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. @. Head and thorax white mixed with pale brownish; palpi with black band on 2nd joint; antennz brown, the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing ACRONYCTA. 67 white slightly irrorated with dark brown and tinged with brown in parts; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold giving off spurs below at middle and above at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, rather elliptical, the latter produced at upper and lower extremities; a slightly waved medial line, indistinct except from costa to reniform; postmedial line double filled in with white, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points with minute dark streaks between them beyond it on costa, and crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen; a faint white subterminal line slightly excurved at vein 7 and middle, crossed by a minute dark streak in discal fold; a terminal series of small black spots with streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brown especially on the veins and terminal area; a terminal series of faint brown spots with slight marks beyond them on the cilia; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a discoidal spot and indistinct postmedial line with dark spots at costa and submedian fold. Hub, U.S.A., Texas, 2 2 type. Hvp. 36-38 millim. *3641. Acronycta lepetita. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 14.) Acronycta lepetita, Smith, Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci. xviii. p. 94 (1908). Head, thorax, and abdomen bluish grey mixed with olive-brown ; palpi black at sides; a black point at base of antenna. Fore wing blue-grey mixed with olive-brown, the postmedial area more suffused with olive especially towards costa and above submedian streak; a black streak below base of cell extending to antemedial line towards which it forks, with a slight spur below at middle ; subbasal line represented by an olive spot on costa; antemedial line double, olive-grey, very oblique to submeian fold near middle ; orbicular slightly defined by black, oblique elliptical, some- times confluent with the reniform, which is slightly tinged with fuscous and incompletely defined by black, rather irregularly lunu- late ; medial shade oblique to the reniform, then obsolete ; post- medial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, bent outwards below costa and slightly incurved below vein 4, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold extending to termen ; subterminal line only defined by the darker postmedial area; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base ; cilia whitish ; the underside with discoidal spot and more or less distinct postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Brownsville, xp. 26-28 millim. This species is unknown to me; figured from a drawing trom type in Coll. J. B. Smith. in) 68 NOCTUID &. 3642, Acronycta parallela. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 15.) Apatela parallela, Grote, Can. Ent. x1. p. 58 (1879); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 110, pl. iii. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. ¢. Head and thorax violaceous grey mixed with dark brown, the vertex of head and medial part of tegule suffused with black ; palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black-brown stripes ; tibise with slight black streaks, the tarsi banded dark brown and white; abdomen white dorsally irrorated with reddish brown. Fore wing violaceous erey suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa and single striga’ftrom cell; a black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line giving off a spur below at middle; antemedial line double, the inner line strong from costa to submedian fold, oblique, sinuous, angled outwards below costa and inwards in sub- median fold; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round with slight dark centre, the latter large; a black striga from middle of costa to orbicular; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a rather diffused dark streak in submedian fold from it to near termen and some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line whitish excurvyed below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved; a terminal series of black points and fine terminal line ; cilia intersected by slight streaks and with fine dark line near base. Hind wing semihyaline white ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with pale brown and some slight dark striz on termen. Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Colorado, 2 g type, Garfield Co., Denver. Exp. 34 millim. 3643. Acronycta albarufa. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 16.) © Acronycta albarufa, Grote, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xvi. p. 239 (1874); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 184, pl. iii. f. 10, & pl. xii. {. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. Acronycta walkert, Andrews, Can. Ent. ix. p. 98 (1877). ¢. Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tegule with strong black line near base; shoulders and outer edge of patagia with black streak; tibiz shghtly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line _ represented by double black striz from costa; a curved black streak in submedian fold slightly detined by whitish above from base to the antemedial line, which is double, black, angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian fold, then almost obsolete ; ACRONYCTA. 69 orbicular and reniform whitish defined by black, the former round, the latter with rufous centre, the cell between them suffused with black ; a medial black bar from costa and traces of a line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line black slightly defined by whitish on inner side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, a black streak from it to termen in submedian fold and some whitish points on costa; an indistinet whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and angled inwards in discal and sub- median folds, with slight black streaks in the interspaces from it to the terminal series of minute lunules which have black streaks {rom them™intersecting the cilia through which there is a dark line. Hind wing pure white, the termen slghtly tinged with brown at apex; a terminal series of slight brown lunules: cilia with a diffused brown line through them; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and traces of a curved postmedial line waved on costal area. @. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, a slight discoidal spot and diffused sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9 ; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Center (Lintner), 1 5, 4 2, Georgia, Minnesota, St. Paul, Missouri, 1 2 type, Colorado, Denver, New Mexico. Hxp. 36-40 miilim. 3644. Acronycta connecta. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 17.) Acronycta connecta, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 79 (1878); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 115, pl. ii. f. 16; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43. , Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown; 2nd joint of palpi with biack band; frons with blackish bars above and between antenne ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tarsi black ringed with grey; abdomen grey-white dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous, the area between the cell and veins 3 and 1 suffused with fuscous, the costal area tinged with fuscous on terminal half, the veins with slight dark streaks ; sub- basal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa ; a black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond the antemedial line which is double, the lines widely separated towards costa, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1; orbicular defined by black except above, somewhat produced to a point at lower extremity, and with black suffusion between it and renitorm, which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer and with some brown in centre; an oblique black striga from middle of costa; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, strongly ineurved below vein 3 and excurved below submedian fold, a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen and a slight streak in discal fold from it to 70 NOCTUID®. termen, some whitish points beyond it on costa; an indistinct whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with brownish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing white faintly tinged with yellowish at base and fuscous on terminal area, the veins brownish; a series of slight brown striz on termen; the underside slightly irrorated with brown, a faint discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved and with dark spot in submedian fold. Hab. Canapva; U.S.A., New York, Staten I., Evans Center (Grote), 1 g,1 @ type, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois. zp. 38 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 116. Head greyish, with a brown band on the vertex of each lobe. Body whitish green with an orange subdorsal line, running along tubercle ii. ; tubercles i. and 11. black, distinct ; a double black bent line on joint 2; hairs single dorsally, multiple laterally. Food- ‘plant: Willow.—H. G. D. 3645. Acronycta exilis. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 18.) Acronycta exilis, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1874, p. 197; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44. Acronycta modica, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 138 (part.). @. Head and thorax grey-white, the vertex of head tinged with rufous ; palpi white, the 2nd and 38rd joints with black bands ; frons with black bar; shoulders with black streaks ; tegule with some blackish at middle; tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-white. Fore wing grey- white with a faint olive tinge and slight black irroration ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa; a slight black streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform whitish, defined by blackish, open above and below and with rufous centres, the former large, somewhat oblique elliptical; a black bar from costa to orbi- cular and slight oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, oblique from costa to vein 6, slightly angled inwards in discal fold and incurved below vein 3; a slight black streak in submedian fold from it to termen and some black points on costa; an indistinct whitish subterminal line ex- curved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of black points defined by slight whitish lunules; cilia with a dark line through them. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown ; cilia whitish with a slight brown line through them ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, waved post- medial line incurved below vein 4, and terminal series of slight lunuies. Hab. U.S.A., New York, Albany (Bailey), 2 2 type. Hap. 34 millim. ACRONYCTA. 71 3646. Acronycta modica. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 19.) Acronycta modica, W1k. ix. 56 (1856); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 138, pl. ii. f. 4, & pl. iv. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tegule with slight black medial line ; shoulders with black streaks; tibiee with slight black streaks, the tarsi banded with black. Fore wing grey-white tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and single striga from cell; ante- medial line double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform whitish defined by a few black scales and with brownish centres, the former round; a blackish striga from middle of costa and a faint line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and produced to short black streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 3, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to near termen, some white points with minute black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle and with a minute black streak on it at discal fold; a terminal series of black stria defined by whitish lunules; cilia with slight dark line through them and series of black points at tips. Hind wing greyish tinged with yellowish on basal and inner areas, the terminal area suffused with fuscous and the veins of terminal half with dark streaks; a slight discoidal spot; cilia ochreous white with a slight dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot, rather diffused waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab. U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York (Doubleday, Grote), 2 3, 2 9 type, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 ¢, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Minnesota, Texas,1 ¢,19. Huxp, 38-42 millim. Larva. Head brown-mottled, a black line around clypeus. Body brown with a dark lateral shade, heaviest above, joining across on joints 12-13; hairs nearly single, fine, obscure. Food-plant: Oak. —H.G. D. 3647. Acronycta ovata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 20.) Acronycta ovata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 80, pl. ii. f. 14 (1873); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 185, pl. iv, ff. 7-8, & pl. xii. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown; 2nd joint ot palpi with black band ; shoulders with black streaks ; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and single striga from cell; a rather 4 12, NoCTUIDA. diffused curved black streak in submedian fold from base to the antemedial line where it expands into a black patch, the line double, the two parts widely separated towards costa and with black spots at costa, angled outwards below costa and inwards below cell; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the latter with its centre defined by red-brown; a very oblique brown striga from costa to reniform and traces of a line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish and with small black spots at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and slightly angled at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved and angled outwurds at vein 1, a black streak in submedian fold from its inner side to termen and some whitish points with black marks between them beyond it on costa; a pale minutely dentate subterminal line slightly defined by fuscous on outer side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled inwards at discal and submedian folds, a slight black mark beyond it in discal fold and slight streaks in the inter- spaces to the terminal series cf small black lunules which have fuscous marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area rather darker ; traces of a slight discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved; a terminal series of slight brown lunules ; cilia whitish with a brownish line through them; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial line waved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of slight lunules. Hab, U.S.A., Massachusetts, Newton, New York, Aibany ( Bailey), 1 $,1 Q, Pennsylvania, i ¢ type, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 9, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Minnesota, St. Paul, Texas and West to foot of Rocky Mts. Hxp. 36-38 millim. This is probably a variety of A. modica with the basel streak and antemedial line of fore wing more prominent. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 187, pl. v. f. 3. Head brown. Body brown, a narrow dorsal darker line; a double row of white dorsal blotches on tubercle i. Food-plant : Oak.— Jel, Ce JD, 3648. Acronycta hesitata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 21.) - Lepitoreuma hesitata, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Terr. vi. p. 575 (1882); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44. Acronycta clarescens, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 140, pl. iii. f, 3, & pl. xii. f. 11 (mec Guen.). @. Head and thorax bluish white mixed with dark brown; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; tegule with strong medial black line; shoulders with black streaks; tibiee streaked-with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen bluish grey irrorated with black. Fore wing bluish grey tinged with brown and slightly irrorated with black, especially on the veins; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa ACRONYCTA. 73 and single striga from cell with black streak beyond it in sub- median fold defined by white above; antemedial line double, rather diffused and filled in by brownish in and just below cell, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly waved; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black, the former with brown centre and white annulus, round, the latter with brown-suffused centre and slight pale annulus, open above and below; a blackish mark on middle of costa and faint waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with slight whitish spots, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and produced to short black streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold from well before it to near termen, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a minutely dentate white subterminal line with slight black mark beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of minute triangular black spots defined by whitish lunules and rather larger spot below vein 2; cilia with blackish line near base and whitish tips. Hind wing fuscous brown; the cilia whitish with a slight brown line near base; the underside white irrorated with brown, a large blackish discoidal lunule, waved postmedial line with blackish spot in submedian fold, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab, Canava; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 3 9 type, Texas, Arizona. Exp. 42 millim. Larva. Like A. ovata, without the white dorsal spots.—H. G. D. 3649. Acronycta hasta. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 22.) Acronycta hasta, Guen, Noct. i. p. 45 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 87, pl. i. f. 14; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Aim. p. 36. Acronycta telum, Guen. Noct. i. p. 45 (1852). | Acronycta smithii, Butl. A, M. N. H. (6) xi. p. 401 (1898). Head and thorax grey-white irrorated with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; shoulders with black stripes; tegulee with slight dark line near base; tibie with slhght dark streaks, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous, dorsally suffused with pale reddish brown at base. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line re- presented by double dark strize from costa and a single striga from cell with a slight black streak from it to antemedial line with fuscous suffusion below it; antemedial line double, dark, rather diffused, oblique, slightly waved and bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform defined by black and their centres slightly by fuscous, the former round; a medial dark spot on costa; post- medial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, with double black points at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some brownish suffusion beyond it, darker from vein 3 to below submedian fold 74. NOCTUIDD. and with a slight black streak in submedian fold from it to termen ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal line with small dark spots on its outer edge; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with slight dark marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown; cilia white mixed with brown at tips ; the underside white tinged with brown in parts, the costal and terminal areas“with slight dark irroration, a small black discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line with dark spot in submedian fold and some points on termen. Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, White Mts., New York, 1 g, 2 Q type smithii, Ithaca, Otto, New Jersey, Delaware, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Kansas (Snow), 1 ¢, 192. Kxp. 40-42 millim. *3650. Acronycta marmorata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 23.) Acronycta marmorata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 1381, pl. xiii. f. 3; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 103. Head and thorax white irrorated with a few black scales ; tegule with a black line near tips and tipped with black; patagia with black lines near edges; abdomen white tinged with ochreous. Fore wing white tinged with ochreous and irrorated with brown ; a black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, black, oblique, excurved in interspaces ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former white with dark point in centre, round, the latter with dark centre and slight whitish annulus; medial line distinct, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and dentate below the cell ; postmedial line double, the inner line brownish, the outer black, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, oblique below vein 4, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from the mediai line to termen, some pale points beyond it on termen; subterminal line white, irregularly dentate, with dark marks beyond it in the inter- spaces ; a terminal series of small black lunules defined on inner side by a waved white line; cilia intersected with black. Hind wing whitish, the veins tinged with fuscous; a brown termiaal line; the underside white irrorated with black, a dark discoidal point and interrupted postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Montana, California, Folsom. wp. 36-42 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from cotype in Coll. J. B. Smith. 3651. Acronycta albiorbis, n. sp. Plataplecta pruinosa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pl. 144. f. 3 (nee Guen.). Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi with blackish mark on 2nd joint above; tegule and patagia edged with ACRONYCTA. GD blackish ; abdomen whitish suffused with pale yellow-brown. Fore wing white almost entirely suffused with pale rufous; sub- basal line represented by a black striga from costa; a rather diffused sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to ante- medial line which is double, the lines widely separated towards costa, oblique, waved, with black point on the outer line in sub- median fold with white streak from it to medial line; orbicular rather quadrate, extending to antemedial line and defined by an oblique black striga on outer side; reniform large, rather quadrate, incompletely defined by black except above and with slight dark lunule on inner side of centre; a slight dark patch on middle of costa and brownish line from cell to inner margin angled outwards on vein 1; postmedial line double filled in with whitish lunules, bent outward below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines and with some brown suffusion beyond it in discal and submedian folds; subterminal line formed of ill-defined white iunules; some slight black striz on termen defined by whitish lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; an indistinct postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; the underside white tinged with red-brown, the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with brown, a brownish patch on middle of costa, slight discoidal spot and diffused post- medial line oblique and waved to vein 5, then incurved. Ab. 1. Greyer and irrorated with darker brown; fore wing with the white lunules on postmedial line smaller and _ less distinet.—Travancore. Hab. Travancorn, Pirmad (Imray), 1 2 ; Cayton, Pundaloya (Green), 3 3 type. Hxp. $ 38, 2 42 millim. *3652. Acronycta jancousci. Apatela jankowskii, Oberth, Et. Ent. vy. p. 69, pl. 7. f. 1 (1880); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132. @. Head and thorax grey mixed with white and black-brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; frons with black bars at middle and above ; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen brown, the basal crest white tipped with black, the ventral surface grey irrorated with black. Fore wing violaceous grey irrorated with brown; a wedge-shaped black streak below base of cell, defined by white above and with pure white spot at its extremity ; sub- basal line represented by two black striz from costa; antemedial line double, oblique, waved; medial area suffused with black except from costa to median nervure beyond the antemedial line and beyond the reniform; orbicular white defined by black and with brown point in centre, small, round; reniform whitish defined by black and with brown lunule in centre; an indistinct double minutely waved medial line ; postmedial line double, black, 76 NOCTUID®. filled in with white from costa to vein 3, bent outwards below costa, then lunulate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, a black patch beyond it on costal area with some white points on costa, the black suffusion extending beyond it on inner area, and with black streak from it to termen in submedian fold; sub- terminal line white faintly defined by brown on inner side and on outer by black with black streaks on the veins, minutely waved, angled outward at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a fine black terminal line; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing red- brown with traces of a curved postmedial line; cilia white with a brown line through them; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal lunule and curved crenulate postmedial line. Hab, EK. Siszerta, Amurland, Ussuri in Coll. Pingeler; Japan. Exp. 34-40 millim. *3653. Acronycta crenulata. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 24.) Acronycta crenulata, Beth.-Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 198 (1906). Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown; palpi except at tips and sides of frons black-brown; antennee blackish except at base; tegule with dark line near tips; metathorax with paired black points; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen ‘ whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing white almost wholly suffused with pale red-brown; subbasal line indistinct, double, blackish filled in with white, excurved below costa and ending at vein 1; antemedial line double, blackish filled in with whitish, oblique, waved ; orbicular a small round white spot slightly defined by black; reniform slightly defined by black and with white lunule on its outer edge; medial line with oblique blackish striga from costa, indistinct and waved from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, black, filled in with white lunules, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa and a short black fascia in sub- median fold from it to subterminal line, which is indistinct, whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black spots defined by slight whitish lunules, cilia chequered white and blackish. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially on terminal area; an indistinct diffused postmedial line ; cilia white with some brownish spots ; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a diffused brown bar from middle of costa, small discoidal spot, and crenulate postmedial line bent outwards below costa. Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Mt. Kebea (Pratt), type fT ¢ in Coll. Bethune-Baker. vp. 44 millim. ACRONYCTA. “1 ~I 3654, Acronycta fragilis. (Plate CXXIY. fig. 25.) Microcelia fragilis, Guen. Noct. i p. 34 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 94, pl. xii. f. 3; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 48. Bryophila spectans, W\k. Can. Nat. & Geol. vi. p. 88 (1861). Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; antenne with the base of shaft above white ringed with black; tegule with diffused dark medial band and slight dorsal black stripe ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes, the upper edge of patagia brown; metathorax edged with black behind; tibize streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white tinged with brown, the basal crest tipped with black. Fore wing white suffused in parts with brown and black, especially on inner half and beyond the post- medial line; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and single striga from cell; a diffused black streak in sub- median fold from base to antemedial line, which is double filled in with white, oblique, waved, angled outwards above inner margin; orbicular and reniform white defined by diffused black, the former round ; a diffused dark bar from middle of costa; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outward on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a diffused waved white subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, and angled inwards in submedian fold where there is a blackish spot beyond it; a terminal series of black spots defined on inner side by white lunules and with brown marks beyond them on the cilia, which are white. Hind wing white faintly tinged with reddish brown; a terminal series of dark striz ; the underside with sight discoidal lunule and traces of curved postmedial line. Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9; U.S.A., Vermont, Manchester, New York (Doubleday, Grote), 33, 1 2 type, Lancaster, New Jersey, Mississippi. Zap. 36 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 96. Head green, the angles of the lobes brown and black. Body green, a linear dorsal brown band, widening on joint 2; hairs fine, long, sparse. Food-plant: Birch.—H. G. D. 3655, Acronycta liturata. (Plate CX XIV. fig. 26.) Acronycta liturata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 151 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 129, pl. xii. f.8; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 108. @. Head and thorax white mixed with some brown and black ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with blackish bar; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tarsi banded black and white; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with brown in parts and rather thickly irrorated with black; sub- basal line represented by double black striz from costa and spot 7S NOCTUID®. below cell; a rather diffused sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to well beyond antemedial line, which is rather indistinct, double, waved, oblique, angled inwards in submedian fold and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former pure white with some brown i centre, large, round, the latter with dark lunule in centre; medial line rather diffused, very oblique from costa to reniform, dentate below’ the cell ; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate, incurved below vein 3, crossed by dark suffusion in submedian interspace from medial line to termen and a dark streak in discal fold, some white points beyond it on costa; a whitish dentate subterminal line with dentate blackish marks beyond it in the interspaces connected with the terminal series of triangular black spots; cilia with faint dark line near base and series of black points at tips. Hind wing white; the veins tinged with brown; the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2 where there is a dark mark; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot and curved postmedial series of minute streaks on the veins. Hab. U.S.A., Oregon, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 1 9, Gar- field Co. xp. 48 millim. 3656. Acronycta brumosa. (Plate CXXIY. fig. 27.) Acronycta brumosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 52 (1852) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43. j Apatela persuasa, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 271 (1875); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 180, pl. iii. f. 11; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 103. 6. Head and thorax brownish grey mixed with black and white ; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint; frons with black bar; basal joint of antenne white in front; tegule with black medial line and some black near tips ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; tibiz with some black marks, the tarsi banded black and white ; abdomen brownish grey irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged with brown and thickly irrorated with black, the submedian interspace mostly suffused with black to the medial line, some brown sutfusion on postmedial area; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled out- wards below costa and inwards below median nervure; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former white with brown centre, elongate elliptical, the latter with its inner part darkened by the medial line which is very oblique and diffused from costa to reni- form, oblique and waved from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some dark suffusion from it to near termen in discal fold and submedian interspace and some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line pale, waved, ACRONYCTA. 79 excuryed below vein 7 and incurved in discal and submedian folds, with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces to the terminal series of black lunules, which have blackish spots beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing pure white, the veins slightly tinged with brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules with slight spots beyond them on the cilia; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot, postmedial spot on costa and minute streaks on the veins from costa to vein 3. ®. Hind wing with the veins, costal, inner and terminal areas tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubleday), 1 2 type, Archer, Texas, 1<¢, 1 @ type persuasa, ? Colorado, ? New Mexico. Exp. 48-52 millim. 3657. Acronycta velia. Acronycta velia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894), Druce, Biol. Centr. -Am., Het. ii. p. 472, pl. 93. f. 4. ®. Head and thorax white mixed with black; palpi with small black spots on the joints above; pectus and femora white tinged with brown, the tibie streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with black and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black, the area between the reniform and postmedial line white ; smbbagel line represented by double diffused black striz trom costa aad single striga from cell; antemedial line double filled in with white, strong, oblique and waved from costa to submedian fold, then erect, the inner line angled inwards just below mediin nervure ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, white with dark brown centre, the latter large with brown centre and whitish annulus, its upper extremity produced ; ; a medial black line diffused and very oblique from costa to reniform, incurved and sinuous from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, strongly bent Gudmards below costa, then lunulate, strongly bent inwards from vein 3 to submedian fold, then excurved, some white points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa and with blackish suffusion from it to termen between veins 3 and 1; a waved white subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold; a terminal series of small tri- angular black spots defined on inner side by white lunules and with blackish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown at base, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; cilia chequered white and fuscous; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, an indistinct diffused oblique brownish medial line, a biack discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and a terminal series of small black lunules. Hab. Muxico, Jalapa; Guaremata (Rodriquez), 1 2, Godman- Salvin Coll. wp. 48 millim. 80 NOCTUID E. 3658. Acronycta inclara. (Plate CXXLIYV. fig. 28.) Heron hamamelis, Sinith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 141, pl. in. ff, 1, 2, 3, & pl. xii. f. 12 (nee Guen.). aie inclara, Smith, Can, Ent. xxxii. p. 335 (1900). Acronycta brumosa, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 103 (nee Guen.). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous and black, the vertex of thorax paler; palpi whitish at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons with black bar; tegule with diffused black band near base defined by whitish at Deer tibize streaked with black; the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous and dorsally suffused with brown, the rag crest whitish, Fore wing grey- -white thickly irrorated with fuscous and suffused in parts with brown, the basal area suffused with black to the outer antemedial line leasing: some yellowish on base of inner margin ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa; ante- medial line double, minutely waved, oblique, the inner line angled inwards below the cell; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former whitish with brown centre, round, the latter with its centre suffused with brown ; an indistinct waved medial line; postmedial line double filled in with grey, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, below vein 3 bent inwards to lower edge of reniform, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line formed of dentate whitish marks shghtly angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots defined on inner side by whitish lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous and whitish with dark lne near base and terminal series of black points. Hind wing brown, with indistinct discoidal spot and postmedial line incurved below vein 43; cilia chequered ochreous white and brown; the underside white irrorated with brown, a short black streak in middle of cell of male, large dis- coidal lunule, curved waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab. Cawana; U.S.A., Maine, Vermont, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 2 $,1 Q, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 3, Minnesota, Dakota, Missouri, Texas and West to the foot of Rocky Mts. Exp. 38-40 millim. This is probably a grey variety of A. hamamelis. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 143. Like A. ovata, with or without the white dorsal spots.—H. G. D. 3659. Acronycta clarescens. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 29.) Acronycta clarescens, Guen. Noct. i. p. 54 (1852); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p- 101 Acronycta prunt, Harris, Ent. Corresp. 1869, p. 313; Smith & Dvar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 123, pl. iv. f.4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and black ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule with blackish ACRONYCTA. 81 lines at middle and near tips; patagia edged with black, tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish suffused with reddish brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, the basal area suffused with fuscous to the outer antemedial line leaving the area between the subbasal and antemedial lines pale to the streak in submedian fold ; subbasal line represented by double black striz trom costa and single striga from cell, with a black streak beyond it in submedian fold to inner antemedial line ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, excurved in cell, the inner line strong, black; orbicular and reniform white defined by black except above, their centres suffused with brown, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to reniform, dentate from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, below vein 4 bent inwards to lower extremity of reniform and erect to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa with black striz between them; subterminal line white with lunulate blackish band on its outer side, dentate, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of triangular black spots; cilia white with a black line through them, Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with red-brown; cilia white ; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, a slight black streak in middle of cell, black discoidal lunule, minutely waved postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of smal] black lunules. Ab. 1. Fore wing with ferruginous centre to reniform. Hab. Canapa, Nova Scotia (Redman) 1 3; U.S.A., Eastern States, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 6,7 2; Trenton Falls (Doublelay), 2 9 type. Hap, 40-42 millim. Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 125, pl. vii. ff. 22-23. Head pale, heavily dotted with black over vertex. Body green or red, with a purple-brown dorsal stripe that widens on joints 7-10; a white U-shaped edge to the band on joints 2 and 3; tubercles small, dark, with several obscure hairs, Food-plants : Apple, Cherry, &c.—H. G. D. *3660. Acronycta minella. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 30.) Apatela minella, Dyar, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. vi. p. 41 (1898); id. Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 102. @. Head and thorax grey mixed with black; abdomen dark grey. Fore wing whitish tinged with ochreous and almost uniformly irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; a faint black streak below base of cell; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, dentate, strongly angled outwards below costa ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round ; medial line indistinct, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly eblique and sinuous from lower you, VIII. G 82 NOCTUIDA. angle of cell tu inner margin, a dark streak before it in submedian fold; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of slight pale lunules with dark points beyond them in the interspaces, excurved helow vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at submedian fold; a terminal series of small black lunules; cilia grey mixed with fuscous. Hing wing ochreous white tinged with fuscous, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line; a terminal series of black striz. Hab. U.S.A., 8S. Colorado. Hap. 36 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from type in U.S. Nat. Mus. 3661. Acronycta superans. (Plate CXXIV. fig. 31.) Acronycta superans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 53 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 119, pl. i. f. 6; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43. Head blackish with white band between antenne ; palpi white with black band on 2nd joint; thorax grey-white, the tegule with black line near base and some black scales at tips, the patagia with black scales mixed and black streak on outer edge, the metathorax with brown scales mixed ; tibise slightly streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white irrorated with dark brown, the basal crest red-brown. Fore wing white with slight dark irroration, the base, the antemedial area below the cell, the medial area from cell to vein 1 and a diffused band from costa in and beyond end of cell and from postmedial line to termen between vein 3 and submedian fold black-brown suffused with some yellowish at base on inner margin : subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa; antemedial line strong, double, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform defined by black-brown, the former with white centre, erect, elliptical, the latter large ; a very oblique black striga from costa to reniform and oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line strong, double filled in with white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate and angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved aud angled outwards at vein 1, some white points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line white, excurved below costa and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold to near postmedial line, angled inwards and interrupted at submedian fold, with dark brown beyond it from below costa to vein 4; a terminal series of small black lunules with black-brown spots beyond them on the cilia, Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with reddish brown ; cilia white mixed with some brown; the underside white, the costal and the terminal areas irrorated with brown and the veins tinged with brown; a dark streak in cell from base to near the dark discoidal lunule, a crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of small black lunules. ACRONYCTA. 83 Hab. Canava (Norman), 19, Ottawa (Young), 1 3; U.S.A... New York (Doubleday), 1 Q type, Evans Center (Grote), 33,429, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, and West to the Mississippi and Central States. Hwp. 50-52 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 121; Saunders, Ins, Inj. Fruits, p. 166, f. i74. Head pale, thickly dotted with brown, a red spot on vertex of each lobe. Body green on the sides, an even narrow dorsal brown stripe, widened on joint 1, narrowed on the incisures ; hairs sparse, fine, almost single. Food-plants: Apple, Birch, &¢.—H. G. D. 3662. Acronycta subochrea. (Plate CXXIV. fig, 32.) Acronycta subocrea, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 153 (1874) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42. Acronycta brumosa, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. L17, pl. xiii. f. | (nee Guen.). Apatela hamamelis, Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 102 (nec Guen.). Head and thorax grey-white largely mixed with fuscous black ; palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band; lower part of frons whitish ; a white bar between antenne; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes; tibize with slight black streaks, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen white irrorated with dark brown and dorsally clothed with red-brown hair except towards extremity, the basal crest fuscous aud white. Fore wing bluish white thickly irrorated with very dark brown and suffused with dark brown below the cell to antemedial line, in reniform and below end of cell and beyond postmedial line ; some yellowish at base of inner margin; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, the lines rather widely separated towards costa, oblique, minutely waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, open above, the former round, the latter defined by black points on outer side; a very oblique blackish striga from costa to reniform and minutely waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin with short diffused blackish streak before it above vein 1; postmedial line blackish, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1; some white points with black streaks between them beyond it on costa; an indistinct minutely waved pale subterminal line; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia mostly black at base and white at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged with olive-brown, the terminal area suffused with fuseous, in temale darker: cilia white with a dark line through them; the underside white irrorated with dark brown, a dark streak in base of cell, black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line bent inwards to costa and with minute dark streaks on the veins, and terminal series of slight lunules. Hab, Canapa, Ontario; U.S.A., South to Virginia and West to ) G2 84 NOCLUIDA. Rocky Mts., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1g, = Q type, Distr, of Columbia, Washington, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Wis- consin, Colorado, Garfield Co. Hap. 46 millim. Lurva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 118. Head brownish, dotted with red and black over the face. Body green, a darker lateral shade, the dorsum paler and containing a transverse blackish patch on joints 5, 8, ¥, and 12, the latter small; hairs fine, rather long, several from each tubercle. Food- plant: Witch hazel (Hamamelis).—H. G. D. 3663. Acronycta noctivaga. (Plate CX XV. fig. 1.) Acronycta noctivaga, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. ii. p. 487, pl. ix. f.3 (1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 156, pli. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; shoulders with blackish streaks ; tibie banded with blackish ; abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous and dorsally suffused with brown, the basal crest whitish with black tip. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black-brown, the basal area suffused with black-brown to antemedial line leaving some yellowish white on base of inner margin, and diffused black- brown bands beyond the medial and postmedial lines; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell filled in with white; antemedial line double filled in with white, strongly waved, oblique; the medial area with black-brown fascia above vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former very small, round, the latter filled in with brown; a diffused somewhat dentate medial line oblique from costa to median nervure, then inwardly oblique; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of dentate whitish marks, somewhat angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards at discal and submedian folds, with blackish streaks in the interspaces from it to the terminal series of black points with blackish streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with reddish brown; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish, the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot. Hab. Canava (Normam), 1 3, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 ¢; | U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3, 4 9, Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois, Oregon, Portland, Colorado, New Mexico. Hap. 38-40 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 157, pl. viii. ff. 27, 28. Head black. Body blackish with a faint red subventral band ; warts large, the hairs short, dense, bristly, black mixed with some soft greyish ones. Food-plants: low bushes.—H. G. D. 0) Or ACRONYCTA. 3664, Acronycta carbonaria. (Plate CXXV. fig. 2. Acronycta carbonaria, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 252; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal p. 133. Acronycta brumosa, Leech, P, Z. 8. 1889, p. 476 (nec Guen.). 3. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with black; palpi brown, whitish at base; frons with blackish bar; tegule and patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown except at bise. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused with dark brown and irrorated with black, the area just before antemedial line paler: subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, oblique, the lines widely separated, with black streak in submedian fold from its inner edge to well beyond it; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former with white annulus on inner side and black point in upper part of centre, the latter witii slight black lunule on inner side of centre; a very oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the lines rather widely separated and with some white between them, bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to short black streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 3, some white points beyond it on costa; a strongly waved whitish subterminal line slightly defined by blackish on outer side, a terminal series of black points with blackish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half brownish; a brownish postmedial bar from costa and slight lunulate terminal line; the underside with the costal area tinged and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal lunule, indistinct waved postmedial line from costa to vein 4 with dark spots on and beiow costa, small spot on costa near apex, and terminal series of small lunules frora apex to vein 2. Q. Hind wing with indistinct curved postmedial line, the terminal area suffused with brown and the inner area tinged with brown. Hab, K. Stperta, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Pryer), 4 3,2 2; Corea. Hep. 46-48 millim. -3665. Acronycta subornata. Acronycta subornata, Leech, P. Z. 8, 1889, p. 477, pl. i. f. 6. Acronycta brunnea, South, ined. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown and black ; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint ; patagia edged with blackish ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brewn, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey-white almost wholly suffused with dark red-brown and irrorated with black, the grea just before antemedial line and the costal area beyond antemedial line rather whiter; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to 86 NOCTUID Ai: submedian fold in which there is a slight black streak from its inner edge to beyond antemedial line which is double, the lines, rather widely separated, waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rather erect elliptical, open above and with white annulus on inner side and below: a very oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and oblique waved line from lower angle of ccll to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with some white, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of whitish lunules in the interspaces, incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of black points defined by slight whitish lunules. Hind wing yellow-brown, the terminal area dark brown, a slight discoidal spot and postmedial line oblique below vein 4; cilia whitish at tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a blackish streak in middle of cell, large discoidal spot, postmedial line waved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, diffused subterminal band and terminal series of slight Junules. Ab. 1. brunnea. Fore wing more uniform brown with less grey. Hat. Javan, Yokohama (Pryer), 4 Q type; Corna, Gensan (to), 19. Evp. 42-48 millim. ‘Typet brumnea in Coll. Wileman. 3666. Acronycta afflicta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 3.) Acronycta afflicta, Grote, Proc, Ent. Soe. Philad. ii. p. 488, pl. ix. f. 4 (1864); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 127, pl. i. f. 10; Simith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42. Acronycta dolens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 260, pl. 26. f. 7 (1889). Head and thorax black mixed with white and some pale reddish brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with dark bar ; tegule with the basal half blackish, the terminal half pale with black les at middle and near tips; disks of patagia and thorax whitish; fore tibiae and tarsi banded black and white: abdomen fuscous brown, the basal crest and ventral surface whitish. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with some grey and mostly suffused and irrorated with black, some whitish at base of inner margin ; subbasal line double, waved, from costa tv submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former whitish with brown centre, round; an oblique dark bar from middle of costa and oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein +, some white points beyond it on costa; a dentate whitish subterminal Jine; a terminal series of rather triangular spots defined by slight whitish lunules; cilia whitish with a brown line near base and terminal series of brown lunules. Hind wing white, the veins streaked with brown; the terminal ACRONYCTA. 87 area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of dark points ; cilia white mixed with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, the veins of terminal area streaked with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, curved waved postmedial line with blackish spot at costa and slight dark streaks on the veins and terminal series of small lunules. Hab, Canada; U.S.A., Massachusetts, New York, Florida (Double- day), 1 3, Missouri, St. Louis, Texas, 2 2, West to the Rocky Mts.; Mexico, Jalapa (Hoege), 1 ¢ type dolens, Godman-Salvin Coll. Hvp. 40-46 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi, 19> WAS), fall, We Me I, Head brown, mottled with darker on the face. Body robust, brown, with red-brown dorsal and lateral stripes; hairs of tubercle ij. single, long, black, those of joints 3-7 slightly spatulate. Food-plant: Oak. 3667. Acronycta hamamelis. (Plate CXXV. fig. 4.) Acronycta hamamelis, Guen, Noct. i. p. 52 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct, N. Am, p. 44. Head and thorax grey largely mixed with brown and black ; palpi whitish at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons with black bar; tegule with blackish line near base; tibiee streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey-brown thickly irrorated with fuscous and with dorsal series of slight dark tufts of hair, the basal crest with some white. Fore wing grey- white almost wholly suffused with fuscous brown and thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black stri from costa ; antemedial line double, minutely waved, oblique ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former with brown centre and whitish annulus, round, the latter with its centre suffused with brown and slight pale annulus ; an indistinct curved medial line ; postmedial line double, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 3 to lower edge of reniform, some pale points beyond it on costa; an indistinct dentate whitish subterminal line angled inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small triangular black spots defined on inner side by slight whitish lunules; cilia whitish with fine waved - blackish line near base and terminal series of points. Hind wing brown with traces of discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line ; cilia whitish with brown line through them; the underside white irrorated with brown, a slight dark streak in middle of cell of male, a black discoidal lunule, curved waved postmedial line, and terminal series of small black lunules. Hab. U.S.A. (Doubleday), 1 3, co-type, Pennsylvania, 1 9, Grote Coll., Georgia, Virginia. Hwp. 42 millim. Larva. Guen. Noct. i. p. 52. Dorsal area yellowish grey, the ventral area ferrugimous red, the 88 NOCTUIDA. two colours separated by a dark green lateral line; six dorsal green patches; subdorsal line fine, green; head pale; anal segment slightly humped; warts each with one hair. Food-plant: Hama- melis virginiana. 3668. Acronycta increta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 5.) Acronycta increta, Morr, Proc, Bost. Soc. N. H. xvii. p. 131 (1874); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 144, pl. xii. f. 13; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 44. Head and thorax white mixed with brown and fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with blackish bar; tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey thickly irrorated with brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with fuscous and suffused in parts with brown, the basal area suffused with black to outer edge of antemedial line leaving the base of inner margin whitish and the area between subbasal and antemedial lines greyer to submedian told; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold; aute- medial line double, minutely waved, oblique; orbicular and reniform whitish detined by black and with red-brown centres, both erect elliptical, a black bar from costa to orbicular; postmedial line double, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved and with short black streaks beyond it on the veins, incurved below vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa; a whitish subterminal line angled cutwards at veins 7, 6, 4,3; « terminal series of small triangular black spots defined by whitish lunules on inner side ; cilia chequered white and brown and with dark lne through them. Hind wing greyish wholly suffused with reddish brown ; cilia white with small brownish spots from apex to vein 2; the underside whitish slgltly tinged and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial line with dark spots at discal and submedian folds, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9; U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 ¢,1 9, Beverley, | 2 type, New Jersey, Texas, New Mexico. Hap. 34 millim. 3669. Acronycta retardata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 6.) Microcelia retarduta, Wik. Can, Nat. & Geol. vi. p. 388 (1861); Smith & | Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 145, pl. ii. f. 5 & pl. xii. f. 14; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 45. Acronycta dassecta, Grote & Rob. Trans, Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p, 178, pl. ii. f. 81 (1870). Head and thorax white mixed witn brown; palpi with the 2nd joint black above ; tegulie with diffused black medial line; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; fore tarsi banded black and white; abdomen white dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white slightly irrorated with fuscous, the basal area thickly irrorated; subbasal line double, waved, from costa to sub- ACRONYCTA. 89 median fceld in which there is a short black streak before it; antemedial line double, with short black streaks on each line on the veins, the inner line angled inwards below the cell and the outer with small black spot on it; orbicular and reniform defined by fuscous and with slight dark centres, the former round; postmedial - line doubie, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, in- curved below vein 3, with brown suffusion beyond it to near termen between veins 6 and 4 and from vein 3 to submedian fold, and some white points on costa with dark marks between them; sub- terminal line absent; a terminal series of small round black spots ; cilia with a slight black line near tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown and with terminal seiies of slight black strie; cilia white with a slight brown line through them ; the underside white tinged in parts with biown, a large black discoidal lunule and rather diffused, curved, waved brown postmedial line. Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., Massachusetts (Packard), 1 ¢, New York, Schenectady (Lintner), 1g, Evans Center (G@rote), 13,19, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1 9 type, Virginia. Hap. 30-34 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 146. Head red-brown. Body whitish, each scgmeut with five purple- brown transverse bands dorsally, the sides and feet pale. Food- plant: Maple.—H. G. D. 3670. Acronycta cesarea. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 7.) Acronycta cesarea, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soe. xiii. p. 191 (1905). @. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown with an olive tinge; frons with black bar; patagia with dark edges; tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown with pale segmental lincs, the ventral sur:ace whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated and suffused with fuscous brown with an olive tinge, the medial area slightly, paler ; subbasal line blackish, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold in which there is a slight black streak from it to outer edge of antemedial line, which is double, eblique, waved, angled inwaids in submedian fold; orbicular and reniform small, white irrorated with brown and defined by blackish, the former round ; medial line represented by an oblique bar from costa and oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, some alternating white and dark points beyond it on costa; subterminal line absent ; a terminal series of black points defined on inner side by slight whitish lunules ; cilia chequered fuscous brown and white and with dark line through them. Hind wing greyish uniformly suffused with brown; cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside whitish, the costal area and terminal area to vein 3 irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, 9() NOCTUID®. bar at middle of costa, diffused sinuous postmedial line, and terminal series of black striz. Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, Essex Co. Park, Kansas (Snow), 2 9. Hep, 26-30 millim. 3671. Acronycta impleta. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 8.) Acronycta impleta, W1k. ix. 57 (1856); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42. Acronycta luteicoma, Grote & Rob, Iraus. Am, knt. Soe. i. p. 179, pl. 2. f. 83 (1870); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi, p. 152, pl. i. 1. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 42. Head and thorax grey largely mixed with brown; palpi white with black band on 2nd joint; tegule and patagia edged with brown; shoulders streaked with black; tibie slightly streaked with black, the mid tibia with black spot at base, the tarsi banded with fuscous ; abdomen red-brown. Fore wing grey almost wholly suffused and irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and cell; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black, their centres suffused with brown, the former round, the latter with the black on outer edge reduced to points ; medial line minutely waved, very oblique from costa to reniform, incurved below the cell; postmedial line double, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, filled in with whitish lunules, the one below submedian fold more prominent, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of whitish spots, slightly excurved at vein 7 end incurved below vein 3; a terminal series of smal‘ black spots ; cilia with a slight dark line through them. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with red-brown ; cilia white ; the underside white faintly tinged with red-brown, a slight dis- coidal spot and traces of postmedial line from costa to vein 4. Haé. Canada; U.S.A., Maine, New York, 3 ¢, Distr. of Columbia, Llinois, Georgia, Kansas (Snow), 1 3, 1 9, Texas, ? California; hab. ign. 1 Q type. Hwvp. 40-48 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xxi. p. 153, pl. vi. f. 16. Head shining black, body black with pale dots; a reddish sub- stigmatal band ; narrow broken dorsal and subdorsal lines; warts large; the hairs in dense tufts, long, fine; dense pale brown tufts subdorsally on joints 3 to 6, 12 and 13; four dense black tufts on joint 5; two short black pencils on joint 12. Food-plants: Prunus, Populus, &e. 3672. Acronycta illita. (Plate CXXV. fig. 9.) Acronycta illita, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 152 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.s, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 151, pl. xi. f. 12; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 104. Q@. Head and thorax black mixed with grey-white; frons with black bar; tarsi banded black and white; abdomen grey ivrorated ACRONYCTA. 91 with black, the basal crest black and white. Fore wing white very thickly irrorated with black; subbasal line represented by double black strize {rom costa and cell; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, oblique, waved; orbicular and reniform defined by black and with some black suffusion in centres, the former irregularly rounded, the latter lunulate; traces of a medial line, oblique from costa to reniform and erect from submedian fold to inner margin, with a blackish maik before it above vein 1; postmedial line double, black, filled in with white lunules except towards costa, bent out- wards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa; sub- terminal line indistinct, whitish, waved, slightly defined on outer side by black ; a terminal series of black spots. Hind wing grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with fuscous, a dark discoidal lunule and indistinct curved postmedial line. Hab, Canava, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), Cartwright (Heath), 1 29; U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, Glenwood Springs, Hap. 50 millim. Larva, Head shining black. Body black, dotted with pale, with a reddish substigmatal band and narrow broken dorsal and sub- dorsal lines; warts large, the hairs in dense tufts, long, fine; dense pale brown tufts subdorsally on joints 3 to 6, 12, and 13; four dense black tufts on joint 5; two short black pencils on joint 12. Food-plants: Prunus, Populus, &e.—H. G. D. 3673. Acronycta pruinosa. (Plate CXXV. fig. 10.) Acronycta pruinosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 53 (1852); Hmpsn Moths Ind. ii. 4 - al Dado Polia suluta, W\k. xxxiii. 723 (1865). Head and thorax white slightly tinged with brown in parts and irrorated with black; palpi with the 2nd joint black at sides; tarsi banded with black; abdomen white suffused with pale brown except at base. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with brown and with some brownish suffusion beyond the medial and postmedial lines ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa and curved black mark below cell with white spot on its inner side ; antemedial line double, the lines widely separated on costal half and with black points on them from costa to median nervure, oblique, waved ; orbicular white defined by black and with brown point in centre, round; reniform defined by black, on outer side reduced to points, its centre suffused with brown and with black Junule on inner side; a diffused dark patch on middle of costa and oblique slightly waved line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in by white lunulate marks, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of slight white marks in the interSpaces ; a terminal series of small black Junules defined by whitish lunules and with blackish marks beyond them 92 NOCLUID &. on the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with pale yellow-brown, the terminal area slightly darker; an indistinct postmedial line defined by whitish on outer side; cilia white with series of slight dark points ; the underside white tinged with brown, a brownish mark on middle of costa, indistinct discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. Hab. Kasumrr, Dana (McArthur), 1 $3; Ponsaz, Sulu, Sultanpur (G5 40D), Gy Cia rine, (Celeron) og, 1k 5 ieayli, Il g - Dharmsila (Hocking), 1 3g, 19; N. Invta, 1 @ type soluta ; Srkuim, 1 ¢ ; Assam; Java (Horsfield), 1 f type. wp. 36-46 millim. 3674. Acronycta consanguis. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 11.) Acronycta consangwis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) iv. p. 358 (1879); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. Acronycta asiatica, Pouj. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) viii. p. 20 (1888). Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black patch at sides; hind tibize with black streaks, the tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen white suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing white irrorated with brown and fuscous; sub- basal line represented by slight double striz from costa and curved black mark below cell with white spot en its inner edge; ante- medial line double filled in with whitish, the lines widely separated towards costa and the outer line very indistinct except at costa and inner margin, oblique, waved; orbicular white defined by black on outer side, slightly on inner, somewhat elliptical ; reniform defined by black on inner side and by black points on outer; a fuscous patch on middle of costa and an oblique rather diffused line from lower angle of cell to inuer margin ; postmedial line black defined on inner side by lunulate white marks, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and angled out- wards at vein 1, some brown sutfusion beyond it and white points with minute black streaks between them on costa; traces of a whitish subterminal line; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia white with series of blackish spots near base. Hind wing white suffused with pale brown excepo on inner area; a diffused brownish postmedial line and terminal band; cilia white intersected with pale brown ; the underside white faintly tinged with brown, the costal area irrorated with brown, a brown patch on middle of costa, slight discoidal spot, and postmedial line excurved to vein 5, then incurved. Hab. ?E. Sreerta, Ussuri; Japan, Tokio (Fenton), 1 9, Yoko- hama (Pryer, Manley), 4 3, 3 2 type; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt),1 $,1 9, Moupin (David), type T ¢ asiatica in Mus. Paris. Hap, 42-48 millim. ACRONYCTA. 93 *3675. Acronycta albistigma. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 12.) Acronycta albistigma, South, ined. - 3. Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints black above: antenne with the basal joint black at extremity behind ; tegule with faint dark band before the tips which are whitish; tarsi brown ringed with white; abdomen ochreous whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa and cell, the latter filled in with white; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein |; orbicular pure white defined at sides by black and with some brown scales in centre, rather oblique elliptical ; reniform defined at sides by black and white points ; medial line represented by a diffused oblique fuscous bar from costa and an indistinct oblique dentate line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, the inner line indistinct, filled in by white lunules between veins 7 and 4 and 3 and 1, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, bent inwards below vein 4 and ending on inner margin near tornus, some dark suffusion beyond it between veins 8 and 4 and below vein 2, and some white points on costa; a waved white subterminal line: a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia defined by whitish lunules on inner side. Hind wing white, the basal area tinged with brownish vellow, the veins and terminal area suffused with brown ; an indistinct curved post- medial line; cilia ochreous white with a series of fuscons spots; the underside white with slight dark spot in middle of cell, blackish discoidal lunule and postmedial line maculate and excurved to vein 9, then oblique. Hab. Japan, type 7S in Coll. Wileman. wp. 50 millim, 3676. Acronycta rumicis. Noctua rumicis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 516 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 117. ff. 7-9; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 9; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 543; Steph. I. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 42; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 241, pl. 88. f. 2; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. Acronycta salicis, Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pl. 136 (1829). Acronycta diffusa, Wik. xi. 708 (1857). Acronycta indica, Moore, P. Z.8. 1867, p. 47; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 205, & iv. p. 509. Acronycta turanica, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 65; id. Rom. Mém. y. pl. 8. f. 5. Acronis alnoides, Geest, Allg. Zeit. Ent. viii. p. 310 (1908). Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons with black bar; tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with ochreous and brown, the basal crest mixed with black. Fore wing white very thickly irrorated with brown, the inner and postmedial areas suffused with brown; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and single striga from celi with black streak from O4 NOCLUIDE. it to antemedial line, which is strong, black, double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round with brown point in centre, the latter with brown lunule on inner side of centre; an oblique dark striga from custa to reniform and waved line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double with white lunule on it in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; an irregularly waved white subterminal line excurved below costa and at middle and with series of black spots on its outer edge; a terminal series of small triangular black spots; cilia mixed with brown at base, the tips white with series of black points. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia white with some brown at base; the underside white tinged and irrorated with red- brown, a slight discoidal point. Ab. 1. salicis. Fore wing suffused with fuscous brown, leaving the lunule on postmedial line and the subterminal line white. Ab. 2. alnoides. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with fuscous to postmedial line and with diffused oblique fascia beyond postmedial line below vein 3. Ab. 3. Larger and darker.—Japan and W. China. Ab. 4. turanica. Fore wing sparsely irrorated with fuscous and with fuscous sutfusion below submedian fold and beyond postmedial line only. Hab. Brrratn, Scotland, Leech Coll., England (Gregson), Leech Coll.; France; Deymarx, Dohlmann Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Golls.; Auvsrrta; Hungary: Switzernanp, Frey Coll. ; Sparx; Corsica, Frey Coll.; Irary; Morocco. Tangier ( Walsing- ham), 1 3 ; Scanpinavia ; Rossta, Livonia, Zeller Coll. ; Cyprus (Miss Bate), 1 Q; Arnmenta; Asta Minor, Brussa, 13,19, Zeller Coll., Amanus Mts., 12; Syria, 12, Leech Coll., Bagdad (Loftus), 12 type diffusa; W. Turkustan, Ferghana, 1 3,19, Sarawschan, Issyk Kul; FE. Torwesran, Ili; EH. Srperta; Japan, Hakodaté (Whiteley), 16,19, Tokio (Mares), 13,19, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Leech), 23,392, Nagahama (Leech), 19, Kiushiu, 1 9 ; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 9: C. Cutna, Ichang (Pryer), 1 2 , Ship- y-shan (Pratt), 1 ¢; W. Cura, Chang-vang (Pratt), 2 9, Omei- shan, 19, Nitou, 1 @, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 12, Wa-ssu-kou, 1 ¢, Kia-ting-fu, 1 ¢, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 3, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 9, Kwei-chow, 1 ¢ ; Srxurm (tussel!), 1 3 type indica. Eap, 34-46 millim. Larva. Mey. Brit. Lep. p. 148; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 267, pl. 123. fom Dark grey-brown with pale marblings ; a dorsal series of black patches enclosing orange-red spots; subdorsal series of white spots ; subspiracular line waved, white or pale yellow, the tubercles orange- red; fascicles of pale ochreous or reddish hair mixed with blackish hair; somites 4 and 11 somewhat prominent above; head black streaked with brownish ochreous. Food-plants: Polygonum, Salix, Hawthorn, Veronica, &e. 8-9. ACRONYCTA. 95 3677. Acronycta lutea. Acronycta lutea, Brem. & Grey, Motsch. Et. Ent. i. p. 65 (1852) ; Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. pl. 4. f. 7; Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 18, pl. 2. t. 14; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. Pharetra leucoptera, But). Trans Ent. Sve. 1881, p. 595. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black-brown ; palpi with blackish band on 2nd joint; patagia edged with blackish ; tursi banded black and white; abdomen greyish suffused with brown and with yellow towards base, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused and irrorated with black- brown, the inner and postmedial areas slightly darker; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa and single striga trom cell with shght black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, the lines widely separated, oblique, waved, angled out- wards below costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, with shght whitish annulus; a dark striga from middle of costa and faint dark patch above middle of vein 1 ; postmedial line double with white lunule on it below submedian fold, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa; a subterminal series of whitish spots in the interspaces with blackish spots on their outer side conjoined by slight streaks to the terminal series of points. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal area slightly tinged with brown; the terminal area broadly black-brown with irregular inner edge angled inwards at vein 2 and pale yellow patch on termen in submedian interspace; cilia whitish ; the underside yellowish white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal Junule and diffused subterminal band forming large blackish patches between vein 3 and submedian fold and vein 1. Ab. 1. leucoptera. Hind wing whitish slightly tinged with yellow. Ab, 2. Hind wing deep orange-yellow. Hab. KE. Siprrta, Dahuria, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Oiwake (Pryer), 42, Yokohama (Pryer), 2 3 type Jeucoptera ; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 S$; W. Cutna, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3. Hap. 46-48 millim. 3678. Acronycta catocaloida. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 13.) Acronycta eatocaloidu, Gres. Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 813; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 138. ®. Head and thorax white mixed witb black; palpi white with black band on 2nd joint; patagia edged with blackish; tarsi banded black and white: abdomen greyish thickly irrorated with dark brown and dorsally suffused with reddish brown towards base. Fore wing whitish almost wholly suffused with dark brown and irrorated with black; subbasal line indistinct, double, waved, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, waved, oblique ; orbicular and renitorm defined by black, 96 NOCLUID-E, the former white with brown centre, round; an indistinct waved medial line ; postmedial line double filled in with white lunules, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa; an ill-defined lunulate white subterminal line conjoined below apex and at middle to the white lunules on termen defining the terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing yellow with paler patch beyond the cell from costa to vein 4; the basal area suffused with brown ; a black discoidal lunule; the terminal area broadly black-brown with sinuous inner edge and leaving a narrow pale yellow terminal band with series of dark points on it; cilia pale yellow ; the underside pale yellow irrorated with brown except in submedian interspace, an elongate dark mark in middle of cell, large black discoidal spot, lunulate postmedial line incurved below vein 3 and with diffused brown band beyond it interrupted at discal fold. Hab ii. Stpurta, Amurland, Ussuri; Javan, Hakodate (Leech), 19. Exp. 46 millim. Secr. IL. (Zriena). Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales mixed with a few scales. A. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform conjoined by a black streak. a. Fore wing with black streak in discal fold beyond post- medial line. a, Fore wing with quadrate black patch between orbi- cular and reniform, the postmedial line slightly hin@urved! laelkony WEIM 42. consoaacocosaaconasgdconcascoseacans quadrata, 61. Fore wing with black streak between orbicular and reniform, the postmedial line strongly incurved below vein 3 a, Fore wing with white streaks on the veins and Tin Salone WOME! .ccbsscaccscncasonpooonccascssa0s0nn000 strigulata. b?. Fore wing without white streaks on the veins and in subinediin fold. a. ‘borax with ochreous dorsal streak..........0+... thoracica, 6°, Thorax without ochreous dorsal streak. a‘. Fore wing with the black streak between orbicular and reniform bent downwards as an oblique striga on inner edge of reniform., . Fore wing with the ground-colour white . /etifica. Be Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish (en . Fore wing with the basal black streak extending to beyond anteinedial line ; SIZE MARLO Les aesicnceo ime tteiteen cceneipeemenen lobelie. B®. Fore wing with the basal black streak not extending to beyond antemedial line ; size smaller. a’, Hind wing with the veins and termen irrorated with brown .................. manitoba. b7. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown furcifera. b', Fore wing aii the black streak between onivouler and reniform dividing into a fork on inner edge of reniform. . Fore wing slightly irrorated with fuscous. ACRONYCTA. . Fore wing whitish or slightly tinged P with brown, the streak in extremity of submedian fold almost always separate ’ from the minute streak intersecting the CTT a co ooseel actress een cae ae Se ee 6°. Fore wing more or less suffused with purplish ‘brown, the streak in extremity of submedian fold confluent with the streak intersecting the cilia ............... c®. Fore wing more uniform purplish brown; size larger sia sieloe sate env asia biateele nerstaseheiietestes b8. Bote wing strongly irrorated with fuscous. . Hind wing with the postmedial line in- pacieinats size moderate. . Fore wing with the streak in sub- median fold crossing postmedial line , ONE, . Fore wing with the orbicular oblique elliptical Uc adie nd Gisalag atavacis chelate epee 6’. Fore wing with the orbicular rounded. 6’, Fore wing with the streak in sub- median fold crossing postmedial line SHIDHE freaanectenasmussaae sce er cemte eee b®. Hind wing with the postmedial line strong, defined by whitish on outer side; size very large..............c0e-+e.ees 6. Fore wing without black streak in discal fold beyond Peay line. . Fore wing without black shade in submedian inter- space from base to termen. a*. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial streaks in submedian fold strong .................c0cseceeeee es 62, Fore wing with the basal and postmedial streaks in submedian fold slight ...... Bop SBE Bansnoutnancncaty 61. Fore wing with black shade in submedian interspace HRONAN, [ORYSTS) 1H) (HETHTAVESD. co onoqadansoaneacq0 SbondaonndeccbDsGed B. Fore wing without black streak between ‘orbieular and reniforin. a. Fore wing with distinct black streak below base of cell. a}, Fore wing with spur from lower side of basal streak at middle. a*, Fore wing with the streak in submedian fold beyond postmedial line slender and not reaching fermen. a, Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half and the termen tinged with brown in female. at, Fore wing blue-white .........,.........s.eeeeeees b+. Fore wing prey-white..............:ceceveseeeeeees 63, Hind wing wholly suffused with brown. a*, Fore wing with the streak below base of cell extending to beyond antemedial line......... b*, Fore wing with the streak below base of cell not extending to beyond antemedial line ... b2, Fore wing with the streak in submedian fold beyond postmedial line strong and reaching ae men. Hind wing tinged with ochreous. se Fore wing with the postmedial line angled inwards in submedian fold ................5.+64 bt. Fore wing with the postmedial line not angled inwards in submedian fold ................. aes YOu. VIIi. psi. tridens. encretata. cuspis. leucocuspis. orientalis. maxima. aria. hercules, rubiginosa. taurica, aceris. major. eldora. tritona, Jjaleula. B= 9 98 NOCTUID A, b*. Hind wing white, not tinged with ochreous. a4, Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled outwards at veins 4,3 .............00.55 6*, Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly angled outwards at veins 4, 3. a’, Fore wing with the ground-colour purplish PaO ir Loppoodeasoodoascoscnsodech godenesaesouuEsbuc >, Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey @. Fore wing without spur from lower side of basal streak at middle. a, Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely waved. Fore wing with the inner area black. a*, Fore wing with black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line ................2.ceeee 6+, Fore wing without black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line ...................2008 63. Fore wing with the inner area not black. a*, Fore wing witl: distinct black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line. a>. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly incurved below vein 4, the medial line Iidis tim Cty wer sseenescocecue sec eere reer ee cee 6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly incurved below vein 4, the medial line Gistincti a. seen seetee cede uns noes eases 64, Fore wing without distinct black streak in discal fold beyond postimedial line. a°. Fore wing with the antemedial line double, distinct. a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line angled inwards in submedian fold ; DEVON WEIAT SIMOIEE oc ocasccsgaesossn005ba08000 o®. Fore wing with the antemedial line not angled inwards in submedian fold . b°. Fore wing with the antemedial line single, obsolescent. a’, Kore wing with the ground-colour white. 0° Fore wing with the ground-colour blue- prey. a”, Fore wing with the orbicular present. bo’. Fore wing with the orbicular absent . c®. Fore wing with the ground-colour ash- aie) Re Regaine Saari R ECB a Spaaneaeaneeecnacecantnc 6?, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate throughout. a®, Fore wing without series of dark streaks in interspaces of terminal area. a‘, Fore wing with well-defined black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line. a®. Fore wing with oblique black striga on inner edge of reniform .............0.0.-s0ee0e 6°. Fore wing without oblique black striga on inner edge of reniform...............cee0eee0 b4. Fore wing without well-defined black streak in discal fold beyond postmedial line. a®, Fore wing with more or Jess distinct black streak in submedian fold crossing post- medial line. o, elizabeta. revellata. grisea. alni. Juneralis. morula. transversata. tota. radcliffer. Selina. Sfrigida. CYANESCENS. pacifica. enterrupta. spinigera. ACRONYCTA. a®. Fore wing with the orbicular well- developed. a’. Wore wing with the orbicular round ... 6’. Fore wing with the orbicular quadrate, Whitisht 2/4 asc... ara seeeeneeetoee eee tec 6°. Fore wing with the orbicular minute. a’, Fore wing with the antemedial line GOW, CMHC aoonoanccococcoconconbecne o’, Fore wing with the antemedial line single, obsolescent. a*. Fore wing with the basal streak reaching antemedial line. a, Fore wing blue-grey.............00.+--+- 6°. Fore wing grey-white. a’, Fore wing thickly irrorated with HUSCOUSE (cease. cers eee eee }!°. Kore wing sparsely irrorated with fuscous. al, Fore wing creamy-white, the postmedial line incurved in sub- mediangtoldpeeeeeeeseeeeeeeree Sade bu. Fore wing chalky white, the postmedial line angled inwards in submedian fold .................. 68. Fore wing with the basal streak not reaching antemedial line. a. Fore wing white irrorated with HUSCOUSH Yas calececsecaklac eee ae eee 6°. Kore wing brown irrorated with ONT tS) ase onaHach andre sceanauceincnascene ine b°. Fore wing without black streak in sub- median fold crossing postmedial line. a®. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly dentate. 99 auricoma. pulverosa. menyant hidis. canadensis. cinderella. lepusculina. chionochroa. popult. similana. a”. Hind wing with the ground-colour ~ ULC onep cur taeeoeacerepantnscddaa rneaa nee bo’, Hind wing with the ground-colour ONAMGO! soo stice atavie sakeseeneae anode ene denees 0°. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely dentate. a’. Fore wing blue-grey ; hind wing white in male. a*, Fore wing with prominent white Iunule on postmedial line in sub- MENG HONEY conccoascccoapadosodscqnc0c000 68. Fore wing without prominent white lunule on postmedial line in sub- > se@alienn iROGl Geacnopoesedednaboubscoqoooecce 6’. Fore wing pale grey; hind wing tinged with brownish ochreous. a’. Fore wing with fuscous shade on INMET ALC AIe e eoer aes ccscn seeceisssenaes 6°. Fore wing without fuscous shade on MONSTe HNNEE)) lop sabe oocbooanbenouneacnenccoce 63, Fore wing with series of dark streaks in inter- spaces of terminal area. a‘, Kore wing with the postmedial line with strong whitish teeth interrupted by dark streaks at discal and submedian folds ...... gastridia. metaxantha. nigricans. emaculata. wmpressa. distans. edolata. TEL 100 NOOTUID A. +4, Fore wing with the postmedial line moder- ately dentate. a’, Kore wing with the postmedial line obso- VOSCON bayseciy iM dad berek aac neeeeeeeac meee saeco: lithospila. 6°. Fore wing with the postmedial line distinct. a®, Kore wing with black streak above vein 1 from base to postmedial line ............ barnest. 6°. Fore wing without black streak above vein | from base to postmedial line. a’. Kore wing with the inner half suffused with) fusCOUs | ch oche Wietacasedcsescncnsemaee perdita. 6", Fore wing with the inner half not suffused with fuscous .............-206- extricata. @. Fore wing with the postmedial lie not dentate except at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved...... digna. d*, Fore wing with the postmedial line even through- out, strongly bent inwards below vein 3 ........ . raphaelis. 6. Fore wing without black streak below base of cell. a, Fore wing with the orbicular moderate. a@, Fore wing with the antemedial line strongly bent inwards to immer MAYQIN .............06.eeecer eres aee rubricoma, 62, Fore wing with the antemedial line not strongly bent inwards to inner margin. a, Fore wing with whitish subterminal line. a‘, Fore wing slightly suffused and irrorated WB 8) SIRGOWE! ech sonossneosnopeqcoRocoaagobssbegoede centralis, 64, Fore wing strongly suffused and irrorated WHA) ANSGOWS cosopsoosesoqqsccs000nc00bn00000500000 megacephala. ¢e4, Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black. a>. Head, thorax, and fore wing strongly irro- TRENTON Willa FAREN? oogacanoneododoconssoosedcoboosb0 tienda. 6°. Head, thorax, and fore wing slightly irro- THEN WAMU GABEH/ coopogodosaseop0sn900sns500800000 bicolor. 63, Fore wing without whitish subterminal line. a’. Fore wing with the postmedial line not defined by small dark lunules on outer side. a’, Fore wing ochreous white..................... betule. (D5 KORE) WANE (RIREN/ cocannsnacdconodasonsos6000aqK008 americana. 64, Fore wing with the postmedial line defined by small dark lunules on outer side. a, Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown. as’ Hind wing of male tinged with grey ... hesperida. 06, Hind wing of male tinged with yellow . hastulifera. c6, Hind wing of male pure white............ dactylina. 68, Fore wing white tinged with brown. a6, Fore wing with the antemedial line entire, indistinctly double ............... insita. 66. Fore wing with the antemedial line re- duced to spots on costa, below cell, and OM INNEL MATIN .-.0.....ecere-ececees oon innotata. 1, Fore wing with the orbicular minute. a. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold beyond postmedial line. a3. Fore wing with the medial area below and beyond! the/cell black ooo c.c. ca. sccascsceeee ot hello. 63, Fore wing with the medial area concolorous... Jdonga. &2, Fore wing without black streak in submedian fold beyond postmedial line. a’, Fore wing with brown shade beyond postmedial TS eeEe een Ant n cape soondur oscbectcao oo seacsodsbataadonGd sperata. ACRONYCTA. 101 63. Fore wing without brown shade beyond post- medial line. a!, Fore wing with the postmedial line dentate. euphorbiz. b+. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely WAVER... Fi suocean ees yeteenanne meee cee eee eeace abscondita. 3679, Acronycta quadrata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 14.) Acronycta quadrata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 154 (1874) ; smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 106, pl. iii. f. 1; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Ain. p. 38. ¢. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale violaceous brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; tegule with blackish streaks at middle and on outer edge; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; mid and hind tibie with faint dark streaks; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown towards ex- tremity. Fore wing white irrorated with violaceous brown, the costal area from medial to postmedial lines and the postmedial area suffused with pale violaceous brown ; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa ; a strong black streak in submedian fold from base to Just beyond antemedial line, expanding at middle and with some brownish suffusion below its base ; antemedial line double, brown, waved from costa to submedian fold, then excurved ; orbicular white defined by black except above, erect elliptical, with quadrate black mark beyond it extending slightly into the reniform which has a brownish centre and white annulus defined by black ; a diffused medial brownish line oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line black detined by white on inner side, bent outwards below costa, erect to vein 4, then slightly incurved and very minutely waved, a minute black streak before it in submedian fold and strong fascia beyond it to near termen, some whitish points on costa; subterminal line rather diffused, whitish, excurved below costa and at middle and with minute black streak beyond it in discal fold; a terminal series of slight dark strie ; cilia white with dark brown line at base and brown tips; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal point and indistinct postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then slightly waved. ©. Hind wing with indistinct curved postmedial line with broad diffused dark band beyond it except towards tornus ; the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous. Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 9 , Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 53,19, Br. Columbia; U.S.A., Nebraska, Kansas, 2 2 type, California. Hap. 40-44 millim. 3680. Acronycta strigulata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 15.) Acronycta strigulata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 92, pl. xii. f.6; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 101. ¢. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous and black; 2nd 102 NOCTUID ED. joint of palpi with black band; shoulders with black stripes; vertex of thorax with yellowish stripe; mid and hind tibie streaked with black ; abdomen white dorsally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous and black, the veins white with slight black streaks between them near origin from cell; subbasal and autemedial lines absent; a black streak in basal half of submedian told, diffused below and defined by a fine white streak above, ex- tending to medial line; orbicular white defined by black except above, oblique, acute at lower extremity and with oblique black streak from it to lower extremity of reniform, which is whitish slightly defined by black on inner side, undefined on outer; a diffused oblique dark bar from middle of costa to reniform and traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black slightly defined by white on inner side, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then very oblique and angled outwards on vein 1, rather diffused black streaks from well before it to termen in disca! and submedian folds; a series of small wedge-shaped black marks on termen and cilia, the mark above vein 2 longer. Hind wing pure white; the underside with the costal area irrorated with a few black scales, a black discoidal spot and some points on termen. @. Hind wing with the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado (Bruce), 1 6, 1 2, Glenwocd Springs, 13g,1 9. Hep. 44 millim. 3681. Acronycta thoracica. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 16.) Apatela thoracica, Grote, N. Am. Ent. 1. p. 94 (1879); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 91, pl. iii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37. ©. Head and thorax white mixed with brown and black; 2nd joint of palpi with black band, frons black at sides and with slight black bar above; antenne with the basal joint white in front; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; prothorax dorsally tinged with reddish ochreous, the metathorax with slight paired black marks; tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white suffused with grey and irrorated with black ; subbasal line represented by double black strie from costa and single striga from cell; a strong black streak in submedian fold from base to well beyond antemedial line with a white streak above it extending to medial line; the antemedial line represented by a black striga from costa, interrupted to median nervure, then angled inwards in submedian fold and strongly out- wards above inner margin; orbicular white defined by black, small, oblique, triangular, with oblique black streak from its extremity to lower extremity of reniform, which is defined by black on inner side, undefined on outer and with its centre tinged with rufous, an oblique black bar above it from costa, and an indistinct sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at vein 1; postmedial ACRONYCTA. 103 line black defined on inner side by diffused white, double just above and below vein 2, strongly bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, crossed by black streaks in discal and submedian folds, the latter strong, the former stronger towards termen; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; subterminal line represented by slight white strie from costa and above vein 2; cilia intersected by short black streaks trom before termen. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown especially on terminal area, the veins brown; cilia white; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a blackish discoidal spot, rather maculate postmedial line incurved below vein 3, and terminal series of small lunules. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado, 1 2 type, New Mexico, Las Vigas, Hot Springs, Arizona, Tucson, Yavapai Co., Minnehaha, 1 9. Hep. 46 millim. 3682. Acronycta letifica. (Plate CXXV. fig. 17.) Acronycta letifica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 89, pl. iti. f. 12; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Amn. p. 101. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; palpi with black band on 2nd joint ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; prothorax with slight paired black spots; tibie with interrupted black streaks, the tarsi with slight black bands; abdo- men white irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa and single striga from cell; a strong sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to outer edge of antemedial line, which is double, the lines widely separated towards costa, oblique, sinuous ; orbicular defined by black except above, rather oblique elliptical, with strong curved black streak from its lower edge to lower extremity of reniform, which is large, defined by black on inner side, faintly defined on outer and with black points at upper and lower extremities; an indistinct rather diffused medial line, oblique from costa to reniform, oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, the outer line black, the inner indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, with black streaks from just before it to termen in discal and submedian folds ; postmedial area tinged with fuscous and with blackish in submedian interspace, some whitish points on costa ; an indistinct diffused white subterminal line slightly bent, outwards at vein 7; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with fuscous, the basal area paler and tinged with ochreous ; a terminal series of dark points; the underside white irrorated with fuscous, a blackish spot in middle of cell and black discoidal spot, an indistinct diffused sinuous postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., New York, Evans Center (Grote), 2 ¢, 2 9, New Jersey, Florida, 1 ¢. vp. 44-50 millim. 104 NOCIUID.B. 3633. Acronycta lobeliz. (Plate CXXV. fig. 18.) Acronycta lobelie, Guen. Noct. i. p. 44 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. US. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 82, pl. ii. f. 11; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 36. Acronycta grotei, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) xi. p. 400 (1893). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous ; palpi with black band on 2nd joint; frons with lateral black marks; shoulders with black streaks; tegule and patagia with black streaks at sides ; pro- and mesothorax with slight paired black marks; tibia with strong black streaks, the tarsi slightly banded with black above ; abdomen dorsally suffused with pale reddish brown, the basal crest grey, the anal tuft and ventral surface white mixed with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white suffused and irrorated with fuscous ; sub- basal line represented by double black strive from costa and a single striga from cell; a very strong black streak in submedian fold from base to outer side of antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angied outwards beiow costa and excurved above inner margin; orbicular white defined by black, small, oblique elliptical, a strong curved black streak from its lower edge to lower extremity of reniform, which is large, defined by black on innerside, indistinctly defined on outer and with black points at its upper and lower extremities ; an indistinct medial line, oblique from costa to reni- form, oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line double filled in with white, the outer line black, bent outwards below ccsta, then dentate, slightly angled inwards at discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 2, some dark suffusion beyond it in submedian interspace, a black streak from it to near termen in discal fold and a strong black streak from just before it to termen in submedian fold; traces of a minutely waved whitish subterminal line; cilia intersected by black streaks from just before termen. Hind wing white tinged with reddish brown and the terminal area with fuscons, the veins brown; cilia white intersected by slight brown streaks; the underside white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a slight black streak in base of cell, a black discoidal spot, a crenulate postmedial line ending in a dark spot in submedian fold, and a terminal series of blackish points. Hab. Canava; U.S.A., New York (Doubleday), 1 3 type, Evans Center (Grote), 3 2 type grote, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida, Minnesota, Kansas (Snow), 2 6, 1 2, Douglas Co., Louisiana, Texas. Hwp, 48-58 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 83, pl. vii. f. 24. Head black. Body blackish with a broken dorsal red stripe; hairs sparse, fine, short, mostly growing from the tubercles dorsally. Food-plant : Wild Cherry.—H. G. D. ACRONYCTA, 105 3684. Acronycta manitoba. (Plate CXXV. fig. 19.) Acronycta manitoba, Smith, Ent. News Philad, viii. p. 150 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S, Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 90, pl. xii. f. 1; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 101. 3. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and fuscous ; palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black above; abdomen greyish irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by black strize from costa and cell; a strong black streak in submedian fold trom base to outer edge of antemedial line defined by a fine white streak above; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular rather incom- pletely defined by black, acute at lower extremity and with strong black streak from it to reniform, which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer and with black points at upper and lower extremities, its centre tinged with fuscous ; a diffused oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and faint sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line ; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, double at costa and below vein 2, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, then dentate and strongly incurved, with black streak in discal fold trom it to near termen, and diffused streak in submedian fold from just before it to termen ; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, excurved at vein 7, with faint dark streaks from it to the terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown, the terminal area irrorated with brown; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a black discoidal lunule, rather diffused postmedial line oblique to vein 4 then incurved, and terminal series of black strie. @. Hind wing more suffused with brown, especially on terminal area. Hab. Canava, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1 ¢, Aweme(Criddle), 1 3, 1 2, Cartwright (/leath), 2 §,1 9; U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs. Hap. 44 millim. 3685. Acronycta furcifera. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 20.) Acronycta furcifera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 44 (1852) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 88, pl. ii. f. 13; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37. Head and thorax dark reddish brown mixed with grey; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; abdomen reddish brown, the basal crest greyish, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark reddish brown irrorated with grey-white; subbasal line represented by shght dark marks below costa and cell; a strong 106 ' NOCTUID 2. sinuous black streak in subbasal fold from base to outer edge of antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled out- wards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular whitish defined by black, oblique, acute at lower extremity and with black streak from it to reniform, which is defined by black on inner side, slightly defined on outer; a diffused dark medial line, oblique from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line black, bent out- wards below costa, then minutely dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on vein 1, with shght black streak from it to termen in discal] fold and strone streak in submedian told; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7; the interspaces of terminal area with short black streaks ; cilia chequered whitish and brown with fine black line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown; a terminal series of small blackish spots: the underside whitish tinged and irrorated with red-brown, a slight dark streak in base of cell, a blackish discoidal spot and spot on middle of costa, a diffused somewhat maculate postmedial line incurved below vein 4, and terminal series of small black spots. Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., Maine, Kittery Point, New York, 1 ¢, 192, New Jersey, Union Co., Distr. of Columbia, Washington, Illinois, Carbondale, Florida. Hap. 44-46 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 86, pl. vi. f. 10. Black, the warts, except 1, pale brown with apical hair and minute rosette of reddish hairs, the brownish sete similar to the rather numerous secondary hairs; a bright red dorsal stripe on somites 3 to 11, narrowly edged with velvety black interrupted at the incisures; somite 12 dorsally black; head bilobed, shining black with a red patch at apex of each lobe, slightly shagreened, the coarse sete pale: prolegs pale. Food-plants: Wild Cherry, Fire Cherry, and Choke Cherry. 3686. Acronycta psi. Noctua psi, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 514 (1758) ; Hsp. Schmett. iv. pl. 115. He HWS ID, Ie, 18, ils OL aS jal (io iis Ws Iie Ine Leeiie, pl. 58; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 389; Caland, Tijd. vy. Ent. xxxix. pl. 8. fig. 3; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. Acronycta bivirge, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p 40. Acronycta suffusa, Tutt, Entom. lors, p 50. Acronicta altaica, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182 (1901). ¢. Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; palpi with black band on 2nd joint ; antennee with the basal joint black behind ; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; tibie streaked with black; abdomen white dorsally irrorated with fuscous, ventrally tinged with pale brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with pale brown; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to Just beyond ACRONYCTA. NON antemedial line giving off slight spurs on upper side near base and on underside at middle and forking above and below on antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin, indistinct except at costa; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former oblique elliptical, rather acute at lower extremity and with curved black streak from it extending into reniform, which is produced at upper and lower extremitics and constricted at middle ; an oblique medial blackish striga from costa ; postmedial line black Fig. 18.—Acronycta psi, d. 1. defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then recurved and slightly sinuous, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by a fine black streak in discal fold and stronger streak in submedian fold from well betore it to near termen, the area beyond it slightly tinged with brown, some whitish points with black points between them on costa; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points with slight. black streaks from them intersecting the cilia and double point at submedian fold. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half tinged with brown, the terminal area irrorated with brown from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of dark points; the under- side with the costal area slightly irrorated with black, a black discoidal spot and traces of a waved postmedial line with blackish spot on costa and minute dark streaks on the veins. Q. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line, the terminal area suffused with brown. Ab. 1. bivirge. Fore wing with the basal area to antemedial line and the postmedial area suffused with black. Ab. 2. suffusa. Darker; fore wing more irrorated with brown. Ab. 3. altaica. Much paler; fore wing white, tinged with fuscous grey.—Altai, HK. Siberia. Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; Franch, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Austria; Hungary; Swirzeruanp, Frey Coll.; Spary; Ivary, Leech Coll.; Aveerta; ScanDINavia ; Russia, St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Butegaria; ARMENIA; ASIA Minor, Pontus; Syrta, Mardin; W. Turkestan, Ferghana; W. Srperia, Altai; E. Sreerra, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yokohama (Manley), 1 3. Exp. 36-50 millim. Larva. Meyyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 251, pl. 122. f. 2. Blackish or slate-grey ; a broad pale yellowish or whitish dorsal stripe ; lateral series of orange or reddish marks; spiracular line 108 NOCIUID®. whitish, broad ; 4th somite with a long erect dorsal blackish pro- minence, the llth somite with smaller prominence; numerous ochreous, whitish and blackish hairs; head black. Food-plants : Plum, Rose, Birch, &e. 7-9. 3687. Acronycta tridens. Noctua tridens, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 115. ff. 5-8; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 222, pl. 87. f. 2; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 40; Caland, Tijd. v. Ent. xxxix. pl. 8. f. 2; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. Noctua psi, Hibn. Kur. Schmett., Noct. f. 5 (nec Linn.). Acronycta kargalika, Moore, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 282 (1878); id. 2nd Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 8, pl. 1. f. 9. Acronycta virga, Tutt, Entom. 1888, p. 50. 6. Head and thorax grey suffused with purplish brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides ; antennee with the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes; tibiz striped with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with brown and irrorated with black. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish brown ; sub- basal line represented by double black striz from costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to outer edge of antemedial line giving off slight spurs above near base and below at middle ; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, obsolescent on inner area ; orbicular defined by black on outer side and below, oblique elliptical and giving off an oblique black streak extending into the reniform, which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer; an oblique black striga from middle of costa; postmedial line black, detined by pale brown on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by black streaks in discal and submedian folds from well before it to near termen, the latter confluent with a terminal point; faint traces of a pale waved sub- terminal line; a terminal series of black points, emitting slight streaks intersecting the cilia, which are brownish at base, whitish at tips. Hind wing whitish, suffused with pale brown especially on terminal area; the underside white irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, waved postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of small black spots. ; @. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line, the terminal area more suffused with brown. Ab. 1. Fore wing more variegated with white; hind wing of male white, the veins slightly tinged with brown towards termen. —Britain. Ab. 2. virga. Fore wing with the terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous.—Britain. Hab. Brrrary, Leech Coll.; Francr, Leech Coll.; Gurmany, Zeller, Frey and Leech Colls.; Ausrria; Hungary; SwitZerzanp ; ACRONYCTA. 109 Spatn, Catalonia; N. Irary; Aterkia; Scanprnavia; S. Russia ; Burearta; Arwenta ; EH. Turcesran, Karghalik ; Syria; E. Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri. Hap. 40-46 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 247, pl. 122. f. 1. Black ; a broad white dorsal stripe including a series of orange spots ; lateral series of reddish marks and white tubercles ; spiracular line broad, whitish ; somites 4 and 11 with dorsal prominences, the 4th with tuft of black hair; numerous long blackish, whitish, and yellowish hairs; head black. Food-plants: Hawthorn, Oak, Birch, &e. 8-10. 3688. Acronycta incretata, n. n. Acronycta increta, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 78 (1878) ; id. Ill. Het. B. M. iil. Bs 12, pl. 44. f. 5 (1879), nee Morr. 1874; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132. 36. Head and thorax greyish suffused with purplish brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ; frons black at sides ; antenne with the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes; tibie with black stripes; abdomen greyish dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing greyish suffused with purplish brown; subbasal line represented by double black strice from costa; a black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond antemedial line, giving off slight spurs above near base and below at middle and forking above and below on antemedial line, which is double, indistinct, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former open above, oblique elliptical, with curved black streak from it extending into the reniform, which is constricted at middle and produced at upper and lower extremities ; an oblique black striga from middle of costa to reniform ; post- medial line black defined by pale brown on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then waved, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and excurved at vein 1, crossed by a fine streak in discal fold and stronger streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen, some slight pale marks beyond it on costa; a series of slight black streaks from just before termen intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged with brown; a terminal series of slight dark points; the underside white, the costal area tinged and irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, waved postmedial line with blackish spot on costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a terminal series of small dark lunules. @. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, an indistinct sinuous postmedial line. Hab. Javan, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 2 5, 4 2 type; Corna, Gensan (Leech), 1 5 ; W. Cuina, Wa-ssu-kow, 1 9. Hwp, 45-54 millim. 110 NOCTUID A, e 3689. Acronycta cuspis. Acronycta cuspis, Hibn. Noct. f. 504 (1818); Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. 1, p. 32 (1825); Dup. Lép. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 150, pl. 15. f. 1; Frr. Neue Beitr. i. pl. 57; Boisd. Icones, pl. 71. f. 3; Caland, Tijd. y. Ent. xxxix. p. 163, pl. 8. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182. 3. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous ; 2nd joint of palpi with biack band; frons black at sides ; antennee with the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks; patagia with black medial streaks ; tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi slightly ringed with black ; abdomen white irrorated with black and dorsally tinged with brown at base. Fore wing bluish white irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa; a strong black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line, the basal half thicker; antemedial line double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular defined by black, rather oblique elliptical, connected by a short black streak with the reniform, which is defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer ; an irregular oblique black bar from costa to reniform and slight oblique sinuous line from lower angle of celi to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, >en minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by ‘zht black streak in discal fold and strong streak in submedian , the latter extending to near termen, the area beyond it very ightly darker to the hardly traceable waved whitish subterminal tine; a terminal series of black points with strong black streaks from them intersecting the white cilia. Hind wing white slightly tinged with brown at base, traces of a curved postmedial line; a diffused brownish subterminal band; a terminal series of dark points with slight streaks from them intersecting the cilia; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with a few dark scales, a dark discoidal spot, a postmedial line waved and excurved to vein 5, then oblique, and terminal series of small dark lunules. @. Hind wing more suffused with brown. Ab. 1. Fore wing without the bluish tinge, suffused with pale brown. Ab. 2. Fore wing almost wholly suffused with black-brown. Hab. France ; Germany, Zeller, Frey, and Leech Colls.; Avsrria, Leech Coll.; Huneary; Swirzprranp; Armunta; W. TurKEsTAN, Issyk Kul; E. Turwesran, Ili; E. Siserta, Amurland, Ussuri. Exp. 40-45 millim. Larva. Kirby, Butt. & Moths Eur, p. 158; Hffm. Raup. p. 75, pl. 21. f, 28. Resembles that of A. ps, but has a long thick tuft of black hair on 4th somite instead of the tubercle. Food-plant: Alder. 8-9. ACRONYCTA. stall 3690. Acronycta leucocuspis. Acronycta leucocuspis, Butl, A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 78 (1878) ; id. TIL. Het. B. M. iii. p. 12, pl. 44. f. 2. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides; antenne with the basal joint black behind at extremity; shoulders and onter edges of patagia with black stripes; tegule with black medial stripes; tibiz with black streaks, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen greyish tinged with brown and irrorated with black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line repre- sented by double black striz from costa; a black streak in sub- median fold from base to antemedial line, giving off slight spurs above near base and below at middle and forking above and below at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, irregularly waved, the lines rather widely separated towards costa: orbicular white defined by black, small, round, with black streak from it to reniform, which has a brown centre and whitish annulus defined by black on inner side, ill-defined on outer, produced at upper and lower extremities ; an oblique diffused blackish bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved, crossed by a slight black streak in discal fold from well before it to subterminal line and a stronger streak in submedian fold extending to termen, some white points beyond it on costa; the terminal area with slight dark streaks on the veins; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules diffused towards termen ; a terminal series of small black spots; cilia brown and white at base, white at tips and with slight dark line through them. Hind wing white, the veins brown ; an indistinct sinuous postmedial line; the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; a terminal series of slight dark striz ; cilia mixed with brown at base; the underside with the costal area irrorated with black, a slight dark streak in cell, black discoidal spot, traces of a waved postmedial line and terminal series of small blackish lunules. Ab. 1. 9. Head. thorax, and fore wing browner; hind wing wholly suffused with brown. Hab. Javan, Oiwake (Pryr), 1 3, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 3 6 type, Fushiki (Leech), 1 9 ; Corma, Gensan (Leech), 2 g, 19; N. Cuina, 1 9. Hvp. 40-46 millim. 3691. Acronycta orientalis. Acronycta orientalis, Mann, Wien. ent. Mon. 1862, p. 370, pl. 3. f. 4; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132. 6. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown; palpi IL NOC?LUID AM. with the 2nd joint mostly black; frons with blackish bar; tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey irrorated with fuscous and dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black and tinged in parts with brown; sabbasal line repre- sented by slight black strize from costa and cell; a rather diffused black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond the ante- medial line giving off a slight spur below at middle; antemedial line rather diffused and ill-defined, double, the two parts widely separated at costa, oblique, waved ; orbicular whitish defined by black and with slight dark centre, rather small, round with black streak from it to middle of reniform, which is incompletely defined by black and with some black on inner side of centre; an oblique black bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the inner line indistinct-except below vein 3, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, some black points beyond it on costa, crossed by slight black streaks in discal and submedian folds from just before it to subterminal line and with slight brown suffusion beyond it especialiy in submedian interspace ; subterminal line represented by a series of slight diffused whitish lunules; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which have a slight brown line through them. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of blackish points with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight blackish discoidal spot. Hab. Asta Mtnor, 1 g, Pontus, Bithynia, Lydia. Hp. 40 millim. Larva. Led. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge, ix. p. 63, pl. 3. f. 7. Pearl-grey with black dorsal fascia and subdorsal white stripes ; hairs long, grey-white. Food-plant: Pear. 5. 3692. Acronycta maxima. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 21.) Triena maxina, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 333; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 240. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark iron-brown; 2nd joint of palpi blackish at tips: frons black at sides; basal joint of antenne: black behind ; tegule dark brown at base ; shoulders with black stripes with white streaks above them ; outer edges of patagia and base of upper edges with black streaks ; tibiee with slight black streaks, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen dorsally silky brown, ventrally whitish. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with iron-brown; subbasal line represented by diffused double dark strize from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond antemedial line, giving off slight spurs below at middle, above at inner antemedial line and above and ACRONYCTA. 113 below near extremity ; antemedial line double, dark, rather diffused, the two lines widely separated on costal half, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin, the outer line angled outwards below costa and just below median nervure ; orbicular whitish defined by black, more distinctly on outer side, small, somewhat elongate elliptical ; reniform large, defined by black, with black lunule on inner edge of centre with diffused brown mark beyond it; a diffused oblique brown striga from costa to reniform and traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line double filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by a short black streak in discal fold from just before it and a longer streak in submedian fold from well before it, some brown suffusion beyond it and some white points on costa ; subterminal! line absent ; a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia, which are white, and double spot at submedian fold. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area darker ; a diffused brown postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved and defined by whitish on outer side; a series of small blackish spots on termen and base of cilia which are white ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a large black discoidal spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, traces of a diffused subterminal band and terminal series of points. Hab. Punsas, Mnrree (Powell, Harford),23,39, type; Assam, Khasis; Burma, Rangoon. Exp. 3 64, 2 72 millim. 3693. Acronycta iria. (Plate CXXV. fig. 22.) Acronycta tria, Swinh, A. M.N. H. (7) iii. p. 113 (1899). 3S. Head and thorax grey suffused with pale red-brown ; palpi white, the 2nd joint with black band; antenne with the basal joint black behind at tips; shoulders with black streaks; tibiee streaked with black ; abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused and irrorated with pale red-brown ; subbasal line represented by double oblique dark strie from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line where it forks, giving off a slight spur below at middle; ante- medial line indistinct, double, the lines very widely separated on costal half, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1 and excurved above inner margin, the outer line angled outwards below costa ; orbicular and reniform defined by fascous, the former whitish with slight rufous centre, rather oblique elliptical, with a black streak from it extending into the reniform which has a rufous centre: a diffused oblique fuscous line from costa to reniform and traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin at antemedial line; postmedial line double, black filled in with white, the inner line incomplete, bent outwards below costa, then VOL. VIII. I 114 NOCTUID. dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen towards which it expands, some whitish points beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks; faint traces of a minutely waved whitish subterminal line with slight dark streaks in the interspaces from it to the series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia, which are white with a slight black line through them. Hind wing white, the veins tinged with brown, the terminal area slightly suffused with brown from apex to submedian fold and with a terminal series of slight dark lunules ; the under- side with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a black disvoidal spot, faint traces of postmedial line with blackish spot in submedian fold, and terminal series of slight dark lunules. 2. Hind wing with indistinct sinuous postmedial line and the terminal area more suffused with fuscous. Hab. Punsas, Kulu, Sultanpur (G. Young), 2 $, 1 2 type. Exp. 90-54 millim. 3694. Acronycta hercules. Acronycta hercules, Feld. Reis. Nov. pl. 109. f. 2 (1874); Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 13i. Acronycta elongata, Oberth. Et. Ent. x. p. 20, pl. 2. f. 3 (1884). 3. Head and thorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; 2nd joint of palpi and frons with black patches at sides; shoulders with black spots ; tegule dark at tips; patagia with dark upper edges ; pectus tinged with rufous at sides, the tibize with blackish streaks ; abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous and tinged with ochreous at base and on ventral surface. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with fuscous brown; subbasal line represented by double oblique striz from costa; a slight dark streak helow base of cell; antemedial line double, oblique, dentate, the lines widely separated, the outer line angled outwards below costa, the inner line inwards below cell, angled inwards on vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin; orbicular and reniform large, incompletely defined by fuscous, the former rounded and with short black streak from it to the latter which has its centre tinged with rufous; an indistinct irregular medial line, oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, angled inwards in submedian fold and bent outwards to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then strongly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with dentate black mark before it in submedian fold and whitish points with black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line represented by a series of faint whitish lunules in the interspaces; a series of black points on termen and base of cilia. Hind wing white, the basal area suffused with reddish brown, the veins brown ; some brown suftusion on terminal area from apex to below vein 2; a series of fuscous points on termen and base of cilia from apex to vein 2; the underside white, the basal area faintly tinged with ochreous, the ACRONYCTA. 115 costal and inner areas with slight dark irroration, a black discoidal lunule, small postmedial spots on costa and in submedian fold, and terminal series of points. 2. Hind wing more suffused with brown. Hab. K.Sreuuta, Amurland, 1 2, Ussuri; Javan, Tokio (Maries), 2 3, Oiwake (Pryer), 1 $, Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer), 4 3, 2 2; Cuina, Foo-chow (de la Touche), 1 2. Hep. 60-66 millim. 3695. Acronycta rubiginosa. Acronycta rubiginosa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 178 (1862); Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 30. Triena denticulata, Moore, P. Z. 8S. 1888, p. 408; Butl. Ill. Het. B. M. vii. p. 45, pl. 125. f. 8: Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 242, Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and black; palpi with black spot on 2nd joint near extremity ; frons with lateral black bars ; patagia with black streaks on outer edge; tarsi banded with black; abdomen whitish suffused and irrorated with brown. Fore wing grey almost wholly sutfused with brown and irrorated with black, the terminal area paler; a diffused black fascia in submedian fold from base to termen ; subbasal line represented by double oblique black striz from costa and single striga from cell ; antemedial line hardly traceable, double, oblique, waved, with double blackish points on costa, vein 1 and inner margin ; orbicular and reniform incompletely defined by black, the former whitish, oblique elliptical, the latter very indistinctly defined; a very oblique medial dark shade trom costa to lower angle of cell; post- medial line double filled in with whitish in parts, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1; some whitish points with slight blackish marks between them beyond it on costa and a brown shade from it to termen at middle; small dentate subterminal blackish marks in the interspaces from nelow costa to vein 4; a terminal series of small triangular black spots with dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white; the veins tinged with brown; a series of small blackish terminal spots with blackish marks beyond them on the cilia, which are mixed with brown; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a brownish patch on middle of costa, slight discoidal spot and traces of a postmedial line with blackish spot on costa, waved to vein 4, then oblique. Hab. Kasumir, Scinde Valley (Leech), 1 9 ; Punsas, Simla (Harford), 1 3, Dharmsdla (Hocking), 2 3,2 2 type denticulata ; Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), typet in Mus. Oxon. Hep. 42- 44 millim. 3696. Acronycta taurica. (Plate CXXV. fig. 23.) Acronicta taurica, Staud, Cat. Lep. pal. 132 (1901). ©. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides: antennee it 116 NOCTUIDA. with the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia streaked with black; tibie slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with brown, the basal crest mixed with black. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line represented by double black strize from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to beyond antemedial line emitting a slight spur on lower side at middle and spurs above and below at the antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, well separated, the former round, the latter with oblique black striga in lower part and the black on outer edge broken up into points; an oblique black bar from costa to reniform; postmedial line double filled in with white, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by black streaks in discal and submedian folds from well before it to before termen with slight fuscous suffusion beyond it and some white points with black strie between them on costa; a terminal series of black points with fuscous streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which are white with a slight dark line near base. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused with brown; a curved postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the veins; a terminal series of black points with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which are white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a small black discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on the veins, and terminal series of black points. Hab. Asta Mrnor, Taurus Mts., Hadjin, Zeitun ; Syrra, Lebanon, 1 2, Leech Coll. Awp. 56 millim. 3697. Acronycta aceris. Noctua aceris, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 514 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 114. ff.4-7 & pl. 117 A. ff. 3,4; Donoy. Nat. Hist. Eng., Ins. x. p. 15. pl. 330; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 13, 14; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 253, pl. 88. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p.36; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. . 131. beg candelisqua, Esp. Schwett. iv. pl. 191. f. 1 (1796). Noctua infuscata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 177 (1809). Acronycta paradoxa, Boisd. Ind. Meth, p. 60 (1829). Acronicta judea, Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131 (1901). g. Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; shoulders with black streaks ; tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen grey- white slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with fuscous brown; subbasal line represented by double black striz from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line giving off slight spurs below at middle and above and below at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled outwards below costa and inwards on the veins and to inner ACRONYCTA. WG margin; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, oblique elliptical, the latter with oblique black striga in centre ; a diffused oblique blackish bar trom costa to reniform and a slight line from lower angle of cell, incurved to vein 1 where it is angled outwards, then inwards above inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved aud angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal line, the veins beyond it with slight dark streaks, some white points on costa; a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia, which have a slight dark line through them. Hind wing pure white, with postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the veins and fine terminal line ; the underside with the costal area slightiy irrorated with brown, a small blackish discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on the veins, and terminal series of striz. 2. Hind wing with the veins strongly streaked with black. Ab. 1. candelisqua. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with brown ; abdomen and terminal area of hind wing tinged with brown. Ab. 2. judea. Paler; fore wing greyish white. — Palestine. Hab. Briraty, Leech Coll. ; Franc, Sand Coll. ; Germany, Zeller and Leech Colls.; Austria; Huneary; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll. ; Spain; Ivary; Greece; Norway, Frey Coll.; Russta, Lithonia, Zeller Coll.; Armenia; Asta Minor, Pontus, Bithynia; Pauesrine; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, Issyk Kul; HE. Tourxssran, Ili, Kashgar. Hep. 40-48 millim. Larva. Meyr, Brit. Lep. p. 142; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 231. pl. 120. » ie Yellow clothed with long yellow hair, the 4th, 6th, 7th, and Sth somites with dorsal tufts of red hair; a dorsal series of black- edged white diamond-shaped marks ; warts brown ; stigmata black ; head yellow marked with black. Food-plants: Horse-chestnut, Sycamore, Oak, &c. 7-9. 3698. Acronycta major. Acronycta major, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, pl. 5. f. 7 (1868) ; Oberth. Kt. Ent. v. p. 69. pl. 7. f. 5; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131. Triena anedina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1881, p. 19. Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides; basal joint of antennee black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes; tibiae streaked with black: abdomen grey- white, the extremity irrorated with fuscous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with pale brown ; subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa; _ a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to outer ante- medial line, giving off slight spurs above and below at antemedial line, the line very indistinct, double, oblique, waved, the two lines 118 NOCIUIDA. widely separated towards costa and with black strie at costa; orbicular whitish defined on inner and outer sides by a few black scales, small, rather oblique elliptical; reniform with black striga on inner edge with minute oblique black streak from it, otherwise hardly traceable ; an indistinct diffused oblique dark striga from costa to reniform ; postmedial line blackish defined by white on inner side, double at costa, just below discal fold and above sub- median fold, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards at vein 7, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by black streaks at discal and submedian folds not nearly reaching termen and with white points beyond it on costa; a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia, which are white. Hind wing white, the basal area clothed with pale reddish-brown hair, the veins streaked with brown and the terminal area suffused with brown; a brownish postmedial line, excurved to vein 4 then incurved ; cilia white ; the underside white, the veins tinged with brown, a black discoidal spot, indistinct crenulate postmedial line with brownish spot at costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of slight dark points.—K. Siberia; Japan, Yezo. Ab. 1. anedina. Somewhat darker especially the hind wing.— Japan, Hondo; W. China. Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial black streaks more or less obsolescent.—C. & W. China. Hab. K, Srperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yezo, Hakodaté (Andrews), 1 g, Tokio (Maries), 1 9 type anadina, Yokohama (Manley, Pryer), 2 3 ; C. Cuina, Hai-ning (J. J. Walker), 1 9, Ichang (Hobson), 4 6; W. Cuina, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 3,19, Omeishan, 1 2 , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 ¢, Va-chien-lu (Pratt), 13. Exp. 52-72 millim. 3699. Acronycta eldora. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 24.) Acronycta eldora, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 189 (1900). ©. Head and thorax grey-white mixcd with fuscous brown and blackish ; sides of palpi and frons with blackish patches; shoulders with black streaks; tegule with dark tips towards middle and patagia with dark upper edges; abdomen grey-white mixed with dark brown and black. Fore wing grey-white suffused and irrorated with brown ; a small black spot at base and traces of a black streak in submedian fold; subbasal line represented by an oblique black striga from costa; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, angled outwards below costa and just below median nervure and strongly above inner margin, angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the former small, irregularly rounded, the latter with biackish centre, an oblique dark shade above it from costa aud traces of an oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, the outer line black, bent outwards ACRONYCTA. 119 below costa, then strongly dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; crossed by a strong black streak in submedian fold extending to termen and with a slight streak before and beyond it in discal fold not extending to termen, some slight whitish streaks beyond it on costa; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; subterminal line absent; a series of blackish points on termen and cilia. Hind wing greyish, suffused with fuscous, the veins darker ; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, the veins brownish, a blackish discoidal spot and curved minutely waved postmedial line. Hub. U.S.A., Colorado, Denver, 2 9, cotype. Hap. 62-64 millim. 3700. Acronycta tritona. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 25.) Triena tritona, Hubn. Zitr. p. «1, ff. 107, 108 (1818); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 104, pl. ii. f. 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37. Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with brown; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; antenne with the basal joint white in front, black behind; tibie streaked with black ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing violaceous grey tinged with reddish brown; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa; a sinuous black streak in sub- median fold from base to just beyond the antemedial line giving off slight spurs below at middle and above at inner antemedial line ; the line very indistinctly double, oblique, sinuous, almost obsolete on inner area; orbicular incompletely defined by blackish, small, round; reniform defined by a blackish lunule on inner side, very indistinct on outer, constricted at middle and with its upper extremity produced ; a very oblique diffused dark bar from costa to reniform ; postmedial line black defined by grey on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly angled in- wards in discal fold and outwards on veins 4, 3, strongly angled inwards in submedian fold, then excurved again, a strong black streak from it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line absent; the interspaces of terminal area with very slight dark streaks ; a series of small blackish spots on termen and cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with ochreous brown, the termen rather darker ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base ; the underside white, the costal area slightly tinged with ochreous. Hab. Canapa; U.S.A., New York, Center (Bailey), 2 3,2 9, Albany (Bailey), 1 9 , Mississippi, Florida (Doubleday), 1 2 , Minne- sota, Oregon, Portland, Colorado, Pacific Coast. Hvp. 40 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 105, Head brown, dotted with black. Body green; a brown dorsal band, divided on joint 3, broken on joint 6, enclosing a green space on joints 7 to 10; hairs short, fine, sparse, several from each tubercle. Food-plant : Vaccintwm.—H. G. D. 120 NeCCrUID. 3701. Acronycta falcula. (Plate CXXV. fig. 26.) Apatela falcula, Grote, Can. Ent. ix. p. 86 (1877); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 109, pl. xii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. Head and thorax violaceous grey tinged with brown; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons black at sides; antenne with the lst joint white in front ; shoulders with black stripes; patagia on outer side and metathorax edged with rufous ; tibiz with slight black streaks; abdomen white thickly irrorated with greyish fuscous leaving white segmental lines. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown ; subbasal line represented by a black striga from costa; a strong black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond antemedial line defined by white above, giving off spurs below at middle and above and below at antemedial line, which is represented by a black bar in cell, other- wise almost obsclete, oblique, sinuous; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black, the former rather diamond-shaped, open above, the latter open above and below; a rather diffused medial black striga from costa; postmedial line black slightly defined by white on inner side, more strongly in submedian interspace, strongly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa and a strong black streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; traces of a whitish subterminal line slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle, the interspaces beyond it with slight dark streaks to the terminal series of points ; cilia white mixed with fuscous at tips. Hind wing of male white, the apical area tinged with brown, of female ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous; the underside white slightly irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot, postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the veins, incurved below vein 4, and terminal series of black strize. Hab. Canapa, Manitoba, Cartwright (Heath), 1 9, Winnipeg, Aweme (Criddle), 1 6; U.S.A., New York, Illinois (Bean), 1 2 type, Minnesota. Hap. 42 millim. Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 110. Dark brown mottled with greenish, the ventral surface greenish white; a darker dorsal line; warts small with one or two hairs, i. and li. on somite 12 larger; bead brownish in front, greenish at sides. Food-plant: Hazel. 3702. Acronycta elizabeta. (Plate CXXV. fig. 27.) Acronycta elizabeta, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent, Soe. xxxiii. p. 125 (1907). Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown especially on vertex of head ; palpi dark brown, white on outer side at base and at base of 3rd joint ; antenne whitish at basein front; tegule with brown line at base and dorsal streak; tibia streaked with dark brown, ACRONYCTA. All the tarsi dark brown ringed with white; abdomen dark brown. Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by double oblique striz from costa and single striga from cell; a strong black-brown streak from base below the cell defined by whi'e above, slightly forked at middle below and forked at antemedial line, which is double, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous ; orbicular small, round, hardly defined except on outer side; reniform an indistinctly defined narrow lunule with oblique black striga on lower inner edge ; medial line oblique from costa to reniform, indistinct and sinuous from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line brown defined by whitish on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, slightly angled at veins 4, 3, then incurved and angled outwards at vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa, with a slight black streak from it to subterminal line in discal fold and stronger streak from just before it to termen in submedian fold; subterminal line represented by a series of whitish lunules slightly incuryed at discal fold and more strongly below vein 3; cilia whitish intersected by slight dark streaks from just before termen and with dark line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown; cilia’ white with slight dark line through them and some dark points at tips; the underside whitish tinged with brown, a discoidal spot, indistinct curved postmedial line, and terminal series of points and strive. Hab. U.S.A., New Jersey, Elizabeth, cotype + @ in Coll. J. B. Smith, Rhode I.,1¢. Hawp. 3 42, 2 44 millim. 3703. Acronycta revellata. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 28.) Acronycta revellata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 150 (1897) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 112; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am, p. Loz. g. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with black ; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; frons whitish at middle; shoulders with blackish streaks ; tibia slightly streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-white dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-white suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by a diffused black striga from costa; a black streak defined by whitish above below submedian fold from base to just beyond antemedial line, which is hardly traceable, double, very oblique; orbicular and reni- form whitish defined by black and with brownish centres, the former round, the latter produced at upper and lower extremities, some slight dark suffusion between them extending to costa; post- medial line blackish slightly defined by whitish on inner side, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, angled out- wards at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved, a strong black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen and some white 12D NOCLUID 2. points beyond it on costa; traces of a diffused whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of small black spots with dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which are whitish with a dark line through them. Hind wing pure white, the veins faintly tinged with brown ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and traces of a curved postmedial line from costa to Vein 2. @. Hind wing with the terminal area slightly tinged with brown. Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Barnes), 16,2 @, Salida. Hap. 42-44 millim. Larva. Head heavily mottled with black, the vertices of the lobes red. Body green, a purple-brown dorsal stripe, broken in the incisures, maddened on joints 2 and 5 and on 7 to 11, the latter containing a green patch; some brown spots on the sides. ; hairs fine, sparse. Food-plants : Birch, &c.—H. G. D. 3704. Acronycta grisea. (Plate CXXV. fig. 29.) Acronycta grisea, W1k. ix. 56 (1856); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 113, pl. tii. f. 4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 37. Acronycia pudorata, Morr, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi. p. 93 (1876). Head and thorax violaceous grey suffused with brown; palpi white at base and with black band on 2nd joint; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; abdomen white dorsally suffused and irrorated with brown. Fore wing violaceous grey suffused with brown and slightly irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double dark strie from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to just beyond antémedial line, which is double, indistinct except at costa, and the inner line black from costa to submedian fold, oblique, slightly sinuous; orbicular and reniform somewhat pale defined by black, the former round ; traces of a medial line very oblique from costa to reniform and in- curved below the cell ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, prominently in submedian interspace, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and bent outwards to inner margin, a black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen, some white points beyond it on costa; a faint diffused whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle; a terminal series of dark strie; cilia white with a slight dark line near base and series of points at tips. Hind wing white ; the veins slightly tinged with brown and the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown from apex to vein 3; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small black discoidal spot, traces of a waved postmedial line with brownish spot at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of slight lunules. Hab. Canapa, Hudson's Bay (Barnston), 1 3, 1 2 type, Ottawa (fletcher), 1 g, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 3, Cartwright ACRONYCTA, 123 (Heath), 2 3, 1 9, Alberta, Calgary (Wolley-Dod), 2 3, 2 9; U.S.A., New York, 1 @, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri. Hap. 34- 42 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 114. Head heavily mottled with black, the vertices of the lobes red ; body green; a purple-brown dorsal stripe, broken at the incisures, widened on joints 2 and 5 and 7 to 11, the latter containing a green patch ; some brown spots on the side; hairs fine, sparse. Food- plants: Birch, &c.—H.G. D. 3705. Acronycta alni. Noctua alni, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 845 (1767); Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 116, ff. 4-6; Donoy. Brit. Ins. x. p. 8, pl. 327. f. 2; Walch, Naturf. xii. p. 58, p!. 1. ff. 14-16; Capieur, Naturf, xiv. p- 91, pl. 4. f. 11; Fuessly, Ent. Mag. ii. p. 43, pl. 1. ff. 5-8; Hubn. Eur. Schneit., Noct. f.3; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 285, pl. 87. f. 5; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. i. p. 88; Frr. Beitr. pl. 16; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 132. Noctua deyener, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 70 (1776). Acronycta steinerti. Caspari, Soc. Ent. xiii. p. 4 (1898); id. Jahrb. Nass. li. p. 178, pl. 4. ff 8,9; Steinert, Iris, xi. p. 299, & xii. pl. v. f. 5. Acronycta carola, Philipps, Soc. Ent. xiii. p. 50 (1898); Caspari, Jahrb, Nass. lii. p. 181, pl. 4. ff, 5-7. Head and thorax white mixed with some black hairs ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; frons black at sides; artenne black ; tegule with slight dorsal black streak ; shoulders aud outer edges of patagia with black streaks ; tibie streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen white mixed with fuscous, the basal crest with black. Fore wing whitish suffused with brown, the inner area below the cell and vein 3 suffused with black leaving some white at base of inner margin and tornus; subbasal line represented by a blackish striga from costa ; antemedial line double filled in with whitish, slightly angled outwards below costa, interrupted by black in submedian fold and excurved above inner margin ; orbicular whitish defined by black, rather elongate elliptical and with brown streak in centre, a broad diffused black band beyond it from costa to the black inner area obscuring the inner part of reniform, which is defined by black, its outer part brownish and its upper and lower extremities produced ; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side on the pale area and by brownish on the black area, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then strongly incurved and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by a strong black streak in submedian fold from well before it to termen and with slight biack streak from just before it to termen in discal fold, some white points beyond it on costa; a white subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle; a terminal series of black strive; cilia chequered brownish white and black. Hind wing white; a slight discoidal spot; a postmedial series of minute black streaks on the veins; the veins of terminal area towards apex and the termen from apex to vein 3 irrorated with 124 NOCIrUID ®, brown ; cilia white tinged with brown at apex and intersected with black from apex to submedian fold; the underside with black discoidal spot, brownish marks at middle of costa and postmedial line which is rather diffused to vein 6, then represented by short black streaks on the veins, a terminal series of black striz. Ab. 1. steinerti. Fore wing much more suffused with brown. Hab. Brrrain, Leech Coll.; Franczr, Sand Coll.; Germany, Zeller, Frey and Leech Colls.; Avsrria, Leech Coll. ; Huneary; Swirzertanp ; Trany; Scanprnavia ; Russra, Finland, Livonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg; Armenia; HE. Siperta, Amurland, Ussuri; Japan, Yesso (Pryer),1 ¢. Hap. 34-44 millim. Larva. Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 140; Barrett, Brit. Lep. iii. p. 238, pl. 121, f. 1. Black : a series of transverse yellow bands; Ist somite with four long black hairs with broadly spatulate tips, the 4th—9th and 11th and 12th somites each with two hairs; head black, when young whitish suffused with slate-grey on somites 4—9, somites 4-8 with slight dorsal prominences ; resting with the head bent round against 8th somite and closely resembling a patch of birds’ excrement ; when adult the larva can emit a strong odour like carburetted hydrogen. Food-plants: Alder, Birch, Beech, Cornus, &e. 7-9. 3706. Acronycta funeralis. (Plate CXXYV. fig. 30.) Acronycta funeralis, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. vi. p. 17, pl. 3. f. 8 (1866); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 102, pl. iil. f. 7; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 43. 6. Head and thorax white slightly mixed with black-brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; sides of frons black ; antenne brown, the basal joint black behind; shoulders and outer edges of patagia with black stripes ; tibize striped with black, the tarsi banded black and white; abdomen white mixed with fuscous, the dorsal crest blackish. Fore wing white more or less irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area tinged with grey-green, the inner area black extending to cell at base, leaving some white on base of inner margin and narrowing to a point at tornus; subbasal line repre- sented by an oblique wedge-shaped black spot from costa, the ante- medial line by a wedge-shaped spot from costa, bar from cell and indistinct double line filled in with greyish angled outwards above inner margin; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by fuscous, the former large, round, more distinctly defined by black on outer side, the latter on inner side, a diffused black patch from middle of costa extending to between their upper parts; postmedial line fine, blackish defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then waved, strongly incurved below vein + and angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by a strong black streak in submedian fold from just before it to termen with blackish suffusion above and below it just beyond postmedial line, the costa beyond it with alternating black and white spots; a whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 3; cilia chequered black and white. Hind wing white, ACRONYCTA. 125 the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with fuscous, the apex tinged with brown ; a terminal series of black stria from apex to submedian fold; cilia white intersected with black-brown ; the underside with the costal area tinged with brown in parts, a blackish discoidal spot, excurved postmedial line from costa to vein 7, and series of short streaks on the veins. Q. Hind wing with the terminal area suffused with fuscous and the postmedial line more distinct. Hab, Canapa; U.S.A., New Hampshire, Jefferson, New York, Keene Valley, Long I., Pennsylvania, Mt. Airy, Pittsburg, Kentucky, 1 3, Mississippi, Missouri,: Kansas City. Zevp. 36 miilim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 103; Harris, Ent. Corr. 1869, p. 313, pl. iii. f, 2. Head shining black. Body black, with a row of white diamond- shaped dorsal spots, those on joints 5 to 12 with a black medial transverse line ; subdorsal setv long, spatulate, black. Food- plants: Apple, &c.—H.G. D. 3707. Acronycta morula. (Plate CXXV. fig. 31.) Acronycta morula, Grote & Rob. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. ii. p. 196. pl. iii. f. 7) (1868); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 76, pl. ii. f. 10; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 36. Acronycta ulmi, Harris, Ent. Corresp. 1869, p. 312, pl. iii. f. 10 (larva). Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; 2nd joint of palpi with black-brown patch at sides; frons with lateral dark spots ; patagia with some dark brown on edges; vertex of thorax with pale rufous fascia except on metathorax; shoulders with black stripes; tibize with black streaks, the tarsi slightly banded with black above; abdomen whitish irrorated with brown and dorsally suffused with reddish brown except at extremity. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by two oblique dark striz from costa; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold defined by red-brown suffusion below and extending to the antemedial line, which is double, the lines widely separated towards costa, angled outwards below costa, incurved in cell, angled inwards below the cell and on vein 1 and strongly excurved above inner margin; orbicular and reniform defined by brown, the former small, round, the latter large and with its centre tinged with rufous, an oblique dark striga above it from costa and au indistinct oblique sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line brown defined by whitish on inner side, double at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at vein 3, then bent inwards to below angle of cell and angled outwards on vein 1, some brown suffusion beyond it especially between veins 3 and 1, with a black streak from it to termen in discal fold and crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from medial line to termen, some slight white streaks beyond it 126 : NOCTUIDAE. on costa ; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; traces of a whitish subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of black points with brown marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish uniformly suffused with fuscous and tinged with rufous; cilia white with a dark line near tips towards apex ; the underside white irrorated with brown especially on terminal area, a black streak in cell from base to near the large black discoidal spot, a minutely waved postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, traces of a diffused subterminal band and a terminal series of black points. Hab, Canana, Ottawa (Pletcher, Young), 23,292, Ontario, 19; U.S.A., Maine, New York (Doubleday), 12, Evans Center (Grote), 36 g Ih Q , Rochester, Kendall, Long Island, Otto, Distr. of Columbia, ‘Washtinaton. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Tiltimere) Missouri, Kenan (Snow), 1 ¢,1 9, Texas. Exp. 52-56 millim. Larva, Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat, Mus. xxi. p. 78, pl. vii. ff. 20, 21. Head blackish, the vertices of the lobes red. Body somewhat flattened, a diamond-shaped elevation on joints 5, 8, and 12 dorsally ; dull brown, mottled, a blackish shaded dorsal band enclosing the dorsa] elevations ; hairs short, whitish, growing from the skin. Food-plants: Elm, Apple, Linden.—H. G. D. *3708. Acronycta transversata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 32.) Acronycta transversata, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 149 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 65, pl. x. f. 10; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 100. Head, thorax, and abdomen ash-grey irrorated with black; shoulders with black streaks. Fore wing ash-grey irrorated with black ; a black streak below base of cell extending to the ante- medial line; subhbasal line represented by a black spot on costa ; antemedial line represented by one or two spots on costa, two angled marks in submedian interspace and one or two lunules on inner margin sometimes forming an almost continuous line; orbicular defined by black, small, round, the reniform very ill- defined, dark ; medial line represented by an oblique blackish bar from costa to reniform, inwardly oblique and irregular from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, oblique below vein 4 and angled inwards in submedian fold, crossed by a short black streak in discal fold and by a streak in submedian fold extending to near termen ; the terminal area somewhat darker: the subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points; the cilia intersected with black. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown in female; the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., Colorado. Hap. 42-46 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from cotype in Coll. J. B. Smith. ACRONYCTA. 127 3709. Acronycta tota. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 1.) Apatela tota, Grote, N. Am, Ent. i. p. 12 (1878) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 66, pl. x. f. 11; id. Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. 3. Head and thorax fuscous-brown mixed with white; palpi white below, frons white at sides; basal joint of antennw white in front; patagia white at outer edges; tarsi banded fuscous and white; abdomen white, dorsally suffused and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white suffused and irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; a sinuous black streak below base of cell extending to the ante- medial line, which is double, slightly excurved from costa to submedian fold where it is angled inwards and the inner line prominently black, then again excurved; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former very small, elongate; a medial line, black from costa to reniform, then indistinct and angled inwards below vein 2; postmedial line slightly defined by whitish on inper side, bent outwards below costa, then very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved and with slight black streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with brown; subterminal line absent; a terminal series of black points; cilia white and brown mixed, the tips chequered white and brown. Hind wing white, the veins brownish, the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown; a slight discoidal point, indistinct curved postmedial line and terminal series of striz; the underside with the costal area irrorated with tuscous, a black discoidal spot. Palpi very short, hardly reaching middle of frons. Hab, U.S.A., Texas (Belfrage), 1 3 type, Comal Co. Lup. 38 millim. 3710. Acronycta radcliffei. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 2.) Apatela radcliffei, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sei. ii. p. 270 (1875) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 107, pl. xii. f. 4; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. 6. Head and thorax pale violaceous grey suffused with fuscous ; 2nd joint of palpi with black band; shoulders streaked with black ; mid and hind tibiz streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black; abdomen white dorsally tinged with pale brown. Fore wing violaceous white suffused and irrorated with pale brown, the terminal area whiter; subbasal line indistinct, from costa to median fold in which there is a sinuous black streak defined by white above and extending to well beyond antemedial line, which is double, oblique, slightly bent outwards at submedian fold and the outer line angled outwards below costa; orbicular with slight whitish annulus defined by black, somewhat oblique elliptical ; reniform with slight whitish lunule defined by black on inner side, undefined on outer except by shght black striz at upper and lower extremities; medial line very faint, diffused, oblique from costa to 128 NOCTUID &. lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique to inner margin at ante- medial line; postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, bent outwards below costa, excurved and slightly sinuous to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by a fine black streak in submedian fold from medial line to termen ; subterminal line only defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas, dentate, excurved at vein 7 and middle; the veins of terminal area with slight dark streaks ; a terminal series of black points with slight brown streaks from them intersecting the cilia. Hind wing white, the veins of terminal half tinged with brown, the termen suffused with brown from epex to vein 2; the underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, traces of a postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the veins and blackish spots at costa and submedian folds, a terminal series of small black lunules. Q. Head, thorax, and fore wing browner; abdomen strongly suffused with brown, paler at base; hind wing tinged with brown, the terminal area suffused with dark brown, a discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line showing through to upperside; cilia mixed with brown; the underside with the costal and terminal areas strongly irrorated with brown, the postmedial line strong, minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique. Ab. 1. ¢. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown, the cilia white with brown points, the underside as in female.— Vancouver. Hab, Canapna, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 1 2, Vancouver I. (J. J. Walker), 1 5 ; US.A., New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Evans Center (Grote), 1 3, 2 2 type, Albany, Adiron- dack Mts., Virginia. Hap. 40—44 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 108, pl. v.f. 9 & pl. vi. f. 10. Head black below, the upper half red.. Body black, with a dorsal, and three yellow stripes on each side ; cervical shield, anal plate and a dorsal spot on joints 12 and 13 black ; hairs fine, pale, sparse, mostly growing from the tubercles dorsally. Food-plant: Wild cherry.——H. G. D. 3711. Acronycta felina. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 3.) Apatela felina, Grote, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Sury. Terr. vy. p. 208 (1880); Smith & Dyar, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 53, pl. xi. f, 9; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. ¢. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; sides of palpi and frons blackish; antenne blackish; shoulders with black stripes; tibie streaked with black; abdomen white tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing white irrorated with fuscous, the veins with slight dark streaks, the terminal area slightly darker; a sinuous black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line represented by a slight dark mark on costa; orbi- cular slightly defined by black, elongate, pointed at extremity ; reniform represented by a blackish discoidal spot with oblique brown bar above it from costa; postmedial line slight, dark, un- usually near termen, excurved below costa, incurved below vein 4, ACRONYCTA. 129 and slightly angled outwards on vein 1; crossed by slight dark streaks in discal and submedial folds; cilia white, intersected by brown streaks in the interspaces. Hind wing white, the veins irrorated with brown, the terminal area very slightly irrorated with brown; a slight brown terminal line; cilia white, intersected by faint brown streaks in the interspaces from apex to vein 2; the underside with dark discoidal spot and postmedial series of minute dark streaks on the veins. Hab, U.S.A., Washington, Seattle, Colorado, Glenwood Springs, California, Sierra Nevada, 2 ¢ type. vp. 40-45 millim. Larva. Head shining black. Body whitish or yellowish, with a reddish-brown dorsal band, a narrower lateral one, and shading subventrally; hairs long, fine, soft, growing from the skin, white or yellow; a slender single dorsal black pencil on joints 5, 7, and 12. Food-plant: Poplar.—H. G. D. *3712. Acronycta frigida. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 4.) Acronycta frigida, Smith, Ent..News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 54, pl. xi. ff. 6-10; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 100. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark bluc-grey thickly irrorated with black ; palpi blackish at sides; shoulders with a black streak. Fore wing dark blue-grey thickly irrurated with black; a black streak below base of cell almost connected with the streak across postmedial line; subbasal line absent or represented by a black point on costa; antemedial line absent or represented by a black spot on costa and angled mark in submedian interspace ; orbicular slightly defined by black, narrow and elongate; medial line absent or represented by dark spots on costa and inner margin; post- medial line defined on inner side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, slightly incurved below vein 4+ and excurved at vein 1, crossed by black streaks in discal and sub- median folds, the former very slight ; cilia intersected with black. Hind wing white with discoidal spot showing through from under- side and dark terminal line; the underside white with dark irroration, a discoidal spot sometimes connected by a streak with base, and postmedial line. ; Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada, Truckie. Hwp. 44 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing trom type in U.S. Nat. Mus. Larva. As in A. felina, the hairs slightly coarser and less abundant. Food-plant: Willow.—H. G. D. 3713. Acronycta cyanescens. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 5.) 3. Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-grey mixed with fuscous ; palpi blackish at sides. Fore wing blue-grey thickly irrorated with blackish, the veins with slight dark streaks; a slight sinuous black streak below the cell to near antemedial line, which is blackish and VOL. Yili. K 130 NOCTUID A. diffused towards costa, then very indistinct, oblique; orbicular absent; reniform represented by traces of a slight black lunule with diffused oblique black mark above it from costa; postmedial line whitish, defined on inner side by black towards costa, slightly bent outwards below costa, then lunulate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and bent outwards at vein 1, crossed by a slight black streak in submedian fold; subterminal line absent; a series of small black spots on termen and cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area slightly irrorated with fuscous; a series of slight fuscous spots on termen and cilia which are white mixed with fuscous; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and postmedial series of slight dark streaks on the veins. Hab. Canada, Vancouver (Danby), 3 3 type. Hwp. 44 millim. *3714. Acronycta pacifica. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 6.) Acronycta pacifica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 56, pl. xi. f. 5; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Ain. p. 100. Head, thorax, and abdomen ash-grey with some dark irroration. Fore wing ash-grey with dark irroration and streaks on the veins ; a black streak below base of cell extending to the antemedial line, which is very indistinct, double, bisinuate, angled inwards in sub- median fold; orbicular very small and slightly defined by black, narrow and elongate; reniform a slight dark mark; medial line represented by a dark mark on costa; postmedial line black, bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and stronger in submedian interspace, where it is crossed by a black streak extending to termen, the area beyond it rather darker; subterminal line absent; cilia intersected with black. Hind wing white, slightly tinged with fuscous in female ; the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line. Hab. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. Hap. 40-46 millim. This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from co-type in Coll. J. B. Smith. 3715. Acronycta interrupta. (Plate CXXVLI. fig. 7.) Acronycta interrupta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 46 (1852); Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. D> LOI. Hoopes occidentalis, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil. vi. p. 16 (1866) ; Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 79, pl. ii. f. 8; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. Head and thorax brownish white; palpi with black patches at sides of 2nd joint; lower part of frons tinged with rufous; shoulders with blackish streaks; tegule with rufous streaks at middle and sides ; patagia with black streaks on outer edges; tibize with interrupted black streaks ; abdomen grey, dorsally tinged with fuscous, ventrally white. Fore wing brownish white; subbasal line represented by a slight dark striga from costa; a strong black ACRONYCTA. Usl streak in submedian fold to just beyond the antemedial line, which is indistinct, double, the lines rather widely separated towards costa, oblique, sinuous; orbicular incompletely defined by black, rather obliqne elliptical ; reniform faintly defined, with an oblique black striga on inner side, an oblique black striga above it from costa; postmedial line blackish defined by white on inner side, double at costa, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then strongly ineurved, some brown suffusion beyond it between veins 3 and 1, crossed by black streaks in discal and sub- median folds, the latter extending almost to termen, some slight white streaks with black points between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line absent ; a series of small black spots on termen and base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown : cilia white; the underside white, the costal area irrorated with brown, a slight dark streak in base of ecil, a black discoidal spot, an indistinct diffused sinuous postmedial line with minute dark streaks on the veins, and terminal series of small black lunules. Hab, Canava (Norman), 2 3, Ontario, Ottawa (Fletcher, Young, Gibson), 4 5, 22, London (Saunders), 2 $, 1 2, Manitoba, Aweme (Criddle), 19; U.S.A., Maine, New Hampshire, New York, 3 3,5 9, Buffalo, 1 gd, 1 Q , Trenton Falls (Doubleday), 2 3g, Schenectady, Kendall, Rochester, Long Island, Rhode Island, 1 @, Pennsylvania, New Brighton (Merrick), 1 9, New Jersey, Distr. of Colambia, Washington, Michigan, Hastings, 1 $, Wis- consin, Milwaukee Co., 1 36, Georgia, Nebraska, West Point, Kansas (Snow), 1 g,1 92. Hep. 40-46 millim. Larva. Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 80, pl. v. ff. 7, 8. Head black, the vertices of the lobes red. Body purplish on the sides, with a blackish dorsal stripe that ends on a rounded elevation on joint 12, and contains a series of dorsal markings consisting of a square black spot with two red and two yellow dots with a lateral arm; a broad greyish lateral band; hairs growing from the tubercles dorsally, supplemented by whitish ones laterally, growing from the skin. Food-plants: Elm, Apple, &c.—H. G. D. 3716. Acronycta spinigera. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 8.) Acronycta spinigera, Guen. Noct. i. p. 45 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 122, pl. xii. f. 5; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. Apatela harveyana, Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1875, p. 418; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 39. Head and thorax white mixed with brown; palpi white at base, the 2nd joint with black band; shoulders streaked with black ; mid and hind tibie streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen whitish largely mixed with brown, the ventral surface paler. Fore wing whitish thickly irrorated with brown; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa and single striga from cell; a fine black streak in submedian fold defined by whitish above and brown below and extending to outer edge of antemedial line, which is double, oblique, moved, angled Kk 2 132 NOCTUIDA. outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform’ defined by blackish, the former somewhat oblique elliptical, the latter with some brown in centre; an oblique brown bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique waved line from cell to inner margin; postmedial line double filled in with white, the outer line black, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a fine black streak in sub- median fold from medial line to termen and with some white points beyond it on costa; a minutely waved whitish subterminal line with slight dark streaks from it to the terminal series of points; cilia with slight dark line through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown; cilia white; the underside white irrorated with brown, a dark streak in base of cell, black discoidal lunule, indistinct postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of small black lunules. Hab, U.S.A., Maine, New York (Doubleday), 1 3 type, Evan’s Center (Grote), 5 6, 3 2, Pennsylvania, Sharon, 1 9 type har- veyana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Texas. Hap. 44-50 millim. 3717. Acronycta auricoma. Noctua auricoma, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 174 (1787); Esp. Sehmett. iv. pl. 117. ff. 4-6 & 117 A. ff 1,2; Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.8; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 236, pl. 87. f.6; Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 542; Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust. mi. p. 41; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. Noctua lapathi, Schrank, Faun. Boiea, p. 308 (1802). Noctua similis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 180 (1809); Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Haust., iti. p. 41. Noctua pepli, Hibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 614 (1818). Acronycta alpina, Frr. Neue Beitr. pl. 623 (1858). Acronycta pyhevaare, Hffm. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 126. Head and thorax white tinged with brown and mixed with black ; palpi with the 2nd joint black above; tegule edged with blackish ; patagia with white patches and black outer edges ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with ochreous brown, the basal crest black and white, the extremity and ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing grey-white thickly irrorated with black and tinged with brown in parts; subbasal line represented by double oblique black striz from costa and single striga from cell with black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian fold and on vein 1; orbicular defined by black, somewhat oblique elliptical ; reniform defined by black and with spot on inner side below, the black on outer side reduced to points; an oblique black bar from costa to reniform and oblique waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a black streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines, with some dark suffusion beyond it and whitish points on costa; ACRONYCTA. 133 subterminal line represented by a series of whitish marks in the interspaces with blackish points on their outer side; a terminal series of slight black points with dark marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with ochreous brown especially towards base; cilia white; the underside white slightly tinged with ochreous, the costal area with very slight brown irroration. Ab. 1. pepli. Fore wing darker and more uniform in colour. Hab. Berratn, Leech Coll.; Francz, Leech Coll.; D»nmark, Leech Coll.; Gerauany, Zeller & Frey Colls.; Austria; Huneary ; Swirzertanp, Frey Coll.; Spain, Catalonia; Iraty; Norway, Surendal (Christy); Laezanp; Russia, Finland, Esthonia, Zeller Coll., St. Petersburg, Zeller Coll.; Arwenza; N. Sreerm; KE. Siserta, Amurland. wp. 36-42 millim. Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p.143; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 259, pl. 121. £. 4. Black, the segmental incisions greyer; somites 2-12 each with two or four orange-red tubercles bearing fascicles of orange hair, the other hairs blackish; head and thoracic plate black. Food- plants: Oak, Birch, 2ubus, &&. 6-7 and 9-4. 3718. Acronycta pulverosa, n. sp. (Plate CX XVI. fig. 9.) Acronycta pruinosa, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 104 (nec Guen.). Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown; palpi with black patch on 2nd joint at sides; tegule with dark marks near tips at middle; patagia with black streaks on outer edges ; tarsi banded with fuscous; abdomen grey-white irrorated with fuscous and dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing grey-white irrorated and in parts suffused with brewn; subbasal line repre- sented by double black striae from costa; a slight sinuous black streak in submedian fold from base to antemedial line, its lower edge expanding into a spot at middle with brownish mark beyond it ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, waved, angled inwards below costa and cell and on vein 1; orbicular whitish defined by black at sides, rather oblique quadrate; reniform defined by black, the black on outer edge reduced to points, its centre suffused with brown, somewhat constricted at middle; an oblique dark striga from costa to reniform and traces of an oblique line from cell to inner margin angled outwards on vein 1; postmedial line double filled in by white lunules, the inner line indistinct except at costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards on vein 1, a black streak trom it to termen in submedian fold, some brown suffusion in discal and submedian folds and some white points with slight dark streaks between them beyond it on costa; faint traces of a subterminal series of whitish marks in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small black lunules with slight brown marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing white tinged with brownish fuscous, the terminal area suffused with brown from apex to vein 2; an in- distinct. postmedial sinuous line ; cilia white with aseries of brown spots; the underside white faintly tinged with brown, a dark 134 NOCTUIDZE. discoidal spot, traces of postmedial line with dark spots on and below costa and in discal and submedian folds, and terminal series of slight dark lunules. Ab. 1. Fore wing more suffused with fuscous brown, Hab. Javan (Pryer), 1 3,1 2 type, Yokohama (Pryer), 1 3, Shimonosaki (Lecch), 1 ¢, Kiushiu, 1 g; N. Cuina, Wei-ha-wei (Fletcher), 1 3. Eap. 84-388 millim. 3719. Acronycta menyanthidis. Noctua menyanthidis, View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 50, pl. 2. ff. 1, 2 (1790); Esp. Schmett. iv. p. 461, pl. 144. f. 5 (1789); Sepp. Ins. Ned. iv. p. 167, pl. 49; Hubn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 6,7; Dup. Lép. Fr. vi. p. 289, pl. 88. f. 1; Steph. Ill. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 42, pl. 27. f. 1; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 1382. Acronycta obsoleta, Tutt, Brit. Noct. i. p. 24 (1891). Acronycta scotica, Tutt, Brit. Noct. i. p. 24 (1891). Acronycta. suffusa, Tutt, Brit. Noct. 1. p. 24 (1891). Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown ; palpi brown except at tips; shoulders aud outer edges of patagia with black streaks; abdomen grey-white tinged with brown, the medial segments with diffused dark bands. Fore wing grey-white slightly suffused with brown and irrorated with fuscous; subbasal line represented by double dark striz from costa and single striga from cell with black streak from it to antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards on vein 1; orbicular a minute ‘diffused black annulus; reniform defined by a black lunule on inner side and black points and striga on outer; a diffused oblique black bar from costa to reniform and slght incurved brown line trom lower angle of cell to inner margin, on which there is a dark mark ; postmedial line double filled in with whitish, the outer line strong, black, the inner indistinct except at costa, strongly bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate, incurved below vein 4, crossed by a short black fascia in submedian fold from just befcre it to just beyond it, some white points with short black streaks between them beyond it on costa; subterminal line in- distinct, diffused, whitish, waved, angled inwards at discal fold and slightly defined by fuscous on outer side; a terminal series of black striae ; cilia chequered brown and white. Hind wing white tinged with brown, especially on basal and terminal areas; the veins streaked with brown; a fine terminal dark line; the underside white slightly tinged with brown, the veins brown, a slight dis- coidal lunule.