178 GROrE & ROBINSON. 



thougli its colors are not foreign to its Group, it resembles Phryganidia 

 californica, Pack., as much as any member of the Family in colora- 

 tion. 



NOCTUIDAE. 



NOCTUINAE. 

 ACRONYCTA, Ochs. 

 Acronycta dissecta, n. sp. ( Plate 2, fig. 81, %. ) 



Z 9 • — Form slight, size small. Whitish-grey. Palpi prominent-, 

 porrect, second joint with black scales superiorly, third mixed with 

 black scales. Thorax whitish grey mixed slightly with black scales, 

 these latter aggregated "on the collar in front. Primaries darker at 

 base and terminally j the wide median space is pale. Basal line dis- 

 cernible. Transverse anterior distinct, geminate, waved, joined to the 

 lower extremity of the basal by a faint streak. Ordinary spots ill-de- 

 fined, well sized, of the usual shape. Median shade perceptible. 

 Transverse posterior less prominent than transverse anterior, of the 

 usual shape, scalloped between the veins. A neat terminal series of 

 black dots. Fringes grey, interrupted with blackish. Secondaries, 

 beneath, whitish, with a blackish discal mark and irregular median 

 line; above evenly dusky or smoky with the markings of the under 

 surface reflected and slightly iridescent, the veins darker. Bxp. 26 

 to 30 Him. 



Hub. — Pa.; Reading, Mass. (J. W. Manning). Two specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. Sanborn are labelled " evolved Ap. 2d., 1865." This 

 is the frailest species of the genus known to us. 



Acronycta verrillii, n. sp, ( Plate 2, fig. 82, %.) 



% <^ . — Clear grey mixed with black. Moderately stout. Palpi 

 whitish grey, second joint blackish at tip. Thorax grey mixed with 

 black. Primaries pure grey, all the markings black and distinct. 

 Transverse anterior widely geminate. Inferiorly between the basal 

 and transverse anterior line is a black shaded streak. Above the sub- 

 median vein across the median space the wing is rather broadly shaded 

 with black to the median shade. Orbicular small spherical, distinct 

 and neatly ringed with black, with a black central dot. Reniform 

 well sized of the normal shape, clouded with blackish. Transverse 

 posterior of the usual shape, rather deeply scalloped between the ner- 

 vules. A regular subterminal series of black marks preceded by 

 white scales. A neat terminal series of black dots. Fringes inter- 

 rupted with black opposite the terminal black dots and subterminal 

 marks. Secondaries paler in the % than the ? ; beneath with scattered 

 dark scales and very faint dot and line. Ex}). 32 to 34 mm. 



