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Acronycta felina Grt. 



My identification of this was erroneous. The scant material 

 from the original locality led to an error in estimating range 

 of variation. This error extended also to the author in 

 labelling the original type series; hence the types are not 

 conspecific. The British Museum material, containing the 

 specimens from the author's own collection, must be accepted 

 as having the true type, and that is as figured by Hampson. 

 I have only one example, which had been associated with my 

 pacifica. 



Acronycta metra n. sp. 



Head, thorax and primaries very dark blue gray, powdered by black 

 atoms, but not roughened or irrorate. Sides of palpi black, and a 

 black line to base of primaries. Thorax without markings of any 

 kind. Primaries without trace of transverse maculation : veins only 

 a trifle darkened, so that the wing appears almost uniform in color. 

 A narrow black basal streak, extending about one third across wing 

 in sub-median interspace, and a slightly more conspicuous streak not 

 continuous with it, through outer third of same space, not quite reach- 

 ing the outer margin. Orbicular wanting, reniform indicated by a 

 small blackish dot at outer angle of cell inferiorly. Fringes very 

 narrowly cut with black over the interspaces. Secondaries soiled 

 whitish, darker and with the veins marked in the female. Beneath 

 whitish ; all wings with a discal spot and a broken extra-median line. 



Expands 41-49 mm. = : 1.65-1.95 inches. 



Habitat Seattle, Washington: Colorado (Bruce). 



The $ is the smaller, lacks the abdomen, but is otherwise 

 in good condition. The female, from Bruce, is an old specimen 

 that I had kept questionably as felina for many years, and is 

 in fair condition. The thoracic vestiture is hairy, as in the 

 oblinita series, the collar and patagia not well marked, the 

 wing form trigonate, apices somewhat drawn out, much as 

 in frigida Sm., and cyanescens Hampson. 



Acronycta turpis n. sp. 



Head, thorax, abdomen and primaries very pale bluish gray, with 

 a scant powdering of black scales. Palpi at sides and a narrow line 

 to base of primaries black. Primaries with all the veins marked by 

 black scales so as to make them traceable throughout their course. 

 A narrow black streak from base through sub-median interspace, al- 



