A^LERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 170 



7/r7?;.— Oambridjie. Mass. (Verrill No. " 80"). Smaller than the 

 European A. auricoiua and a darker species, without the black dash at 

 internal angle. Also smaller than the American A. haraamelis and 

 A. clarescens and the European A. rumicis. It appeared to us to be 

 M. Guenee's A. bruniosa, an unidentified species, but that it is not 

 •' un peu plus grande que rnmi'cis." Although greatly smaller it 

 rather resembles A. rubricoma and the succeeding .species. 



Acronycta luteicoma, n. sp. ( Plate 2, fig. 83, 9 • ) 



9 . — Form rather stout, size somewhat large. Dark grey. Palpi 

 white at base, second joint with black scales superiorly. Thorax above 

 dark clear grey ; collar darker shaded superiorly. Primaries dark 

 clear grey, evenly colored. All the lines black, tolerably distinct. 

 Oniamentation as in A. rubricoma. Reniform and orbicular black en- 

 circled, the latter large and flattened, obliquely subspherical. Secon- 

 daries entirely dark smoky, fringes whitish. Beneath these are whit- 

 ish with a faint discal dot and median line. Primaries blacki.«jh 

 smoky beneath, whitLsh along costa and externally. Exp. 47 mm. 



Ifub. — Atlantic District. Three specimens from New York and 

 Pennsylvania. This is a large and darker species than A. rubri- 

 coma. The orbicular is larger and less spherical. The secondaries 

 are darker above and the primaries below than in A. rubricoma. The 

 anterior wings are more elongate; the costal and internal margins are 

 more parallel so that the wing does not widen outwardly as in A. ru- 

 bricoma. The name is a MS. one of M. Gueuee. 



Acronycta funeralis, G. <£• li. 



This species is apparently the American representative of the 

 European A. alni. Tt differs in the extent of the black, shading of 

 the primaries and their shape and ground tint. 



Acronycta afSicta, Grote. 



This species has occurred in Penu.sylvania. 



LEUCANIA, Ochs. 

 Leucania rubripennis, n. sp. ( Plate 2, fi;^. 77, J. ) 



% 9 • — Obscure straw color. Disc of the thorax and upper edge 

 of the prothoracic pieces darkest; collar in front very pale. Anterior 

 wings rather long, narrow, produced at apices. Primaries broadly 

 shaded longitudinally with purple rosy. First from the base out- 

 wardly and continuously below the median nervure to external margin. 

 Again from the discal cross vein outwardly, widening and running 

 obliquely upwardly to external margin. Finally along the outer half 

 of costal region. No discal dot. Secondaries thinly scaled, semi-trans- 



