A NEW ABERRATION OF ACRONYCTA RUMICIS, LINN. 91 



at light, July. Luperina testacea, common at light, September. 

 Luperina cespitis, one male freshly emerged on grass, 10 p.m., Sep- 

 tember 6th, 1905. three at light, September, 1906. Mamestra 

 brassicne, occasionally at sugar. Mamestra persicariae, occasionally at 

 light. Apamea gendma, occasionally at sugar. Apamea didyma, at 

 sugar. Miana strigilis var. aethiops, occasionally at light. Miana 

 fasciuncula, occasionally at light. Gramin-esia trigrammica, occasionally 

 at sugar and light ; Caradrina morpheus, occasionally at light ; Cara- 

 drina quadripunctata, occasionally at light. Rusina tenebrosa, occasion- 

 ally at dusk, also at light, end of June-July, 1906. Peridroma suffusa, 

 one at sugar, September 6th, 1905. Agrotis puta, occasionally at sugar. 

 Agrotis segetum, occasionally at light. Agrotis escclamationis, at light. 

 Agrotis corticea, one at light, June 30th, 1906. Agrotis strigula, one at 

 light, July 8th, 1904. Noctua glareosa, two freshly emerged on grass 

 stems, about 10 p.m., September 6th, 1905. Noctua plecta, occasionally 

 at sugar. Noctua triangidum, larvae, occasionally also imagines, at 

 light; Noctua f estiva, occasionally at light. Noctua baia, fairly common 

 at sugar. Noctua xanthographa. Triphama ianthina, one at sugar, 

 July, 1904. Triphaena fimbria, occasionally at sugar. Triphaena 

 pronuba. Amphipyra pyramided, two at sugar, August 12th, 1904. 

 Amphipyra tragopogonis, occasionally at sugar. Mania maura, occasion- 

 ally at sugar. Panolis pvniperda, one at light, June, 1906. Taeniocampa 

 gothica, occasionally at light, May, 1906. Taeniocampa incerta, larvae 

 occasionally beaten off oak, and imagines occasionally at light. 

 Taeniocampa rtabilis, larvae occasionally beaten off oak. Taeniocampa 

 pulverulenta, one larva beaten from hazel, June, 1904, and one from 

 oak, June, 1905. Anchocelis pistacina, abundant at light, September- 

 October. Anchocelis lunosa, common at light. Cerastis raccinii, a few 

 by boring holes in sapling birches, 1906. Scopelosoma satellitia, two 

 larva3, 1904. Tiliacea citrago, two at light, September, 1905. Citria 

 flavago, occasionally at light, 1905 and 1906. Mellinia gilvago, two at 

 ligbt, September, 1905. Calymnia trapezina, abundant. Calymnia 

 afinis, two at sugar, August 6th, 1904. Uecatera serena, one at light, 

 July, 1905. Miselia occyacanthae, larvae beaten from sloe, June, 1904 

 and 1905. Eupleayia lucipara, a few at sugar, 1905. Aplecta nebulosa, 

 two at sugar, June 28th, 1905. Hadena protea, one larva beaten from 

 oak, June, 1904, and one June, 1905. Hadena oleracea, occasionally 

 at light. Plusia chrysitis, one at dusk, July, 1905. Plusia (/ammo, 

 occasionally at light. Heliaca tenebrata, not uncommon, April, 1904. 

 Euclidia mi, a few each spring. Catocala nupta, occasionally at sugar. 

 Hypenides. — Hypena proboscidalis, occasionally at dusk. 



A new aberration of Acronycta rumicis, Linn. 



By M. GILLMER. 

 In the genus Acronycta, Ochs., similarly marked aberrations of 

 Acronycta psi, L. (viz., ab. biciryae, Tutt), and of A. menyanthidis, 

 View, (viz., ab. sartorii, Hock.), have been named, so that it would 

 appear advisable to name this parallel and beautiful aberration of A. 

 rumicis. It has the basal and marginal areas of the forewinga black, 

 the middle area scarcely darker brownish-grey than in typical specimens ; 

 the outer, light, transverse line obsolete (or suppressed), only the white 

 mark in cell lb (anal cell) remains ; otherwise the insect is typical 



