296 THE entomologist's record. 



b. An elevation on 12 only : orcidcntalis (A). 



c. Elevations on 5, 8, 12 ; secondary hairs clubbed : morula 



(A). 

 (/. No distinct elevations, black at maturity : radcUffei (A) ; 

 loheUae (A). 

 § Brown at maturity, rather flattened : 

 e. Warts i.-ii., normal : bctnlae (A). 



_/■. Warts i.-ii., single haired : mci/accp/iala (E) = ('uspi<lia. 

 § Green (or brownish) at maturity. 



//. Green with dark brown dorsal line : strii/osa (E), i/risea (A), 



tritiina (A), UthospUa (A), >iU}wrans {A.) = Hi/hoiiia. 

 It. Olivaceous with darker patches : subuchrca (A). 

 2. Hairs single on tubercles, i.-iv : 



i. Hairs normal : ovata (A), hainamdia {A.) = Lqiitoreuma. 

 h. Hairs spatulate, mature larva black with creamy dorsal 



patches: alni (E), funcralis {A) = JocJieoera. 

 I. Hairs spatulate, but larva brown, no creamy spots on back : 

 affiicta (A.) = Tri(h()l(inrhi' (described by Dr. Thaxter). 

 Gen. lil. — Pharetra, Hiibner, 1818. — Type: P. anriamia. 

 Warts large, hairy ; no secondary hairs. 



1 . The stiff hairs of warts mixed with fine feathery ones : 



a. Forming tufts like (hy/i/ia : Intcicdiim (A) — PIiilonf;/{a. 



b. Not forming such tufts: cuphorbiac {wyricae) (E), spcrata 



(A), rwiiicis (E), abscandita (E), noctirai/a (A), pallidi- 

 coiiia {A) = Arct())ii)/scis. 



2. The stiff hairs not mixed with others : aurinnna (E), 



uienijanthidh (E) [Viiriinia), i)ii})n'ssa (A), .n/Z/?n7nr?;//.s 

 (A) {2Iasti.})ha7ies), ohUnita (A) {Eulonclic) = Pharetra. 



On the Genera in the Apatelidae (= Acronyctida). 



By T. A. CHAPMAN, M.D,, F.E.S. 



Mr. Grote has been kind enough to send me his paper on 

 Apatelid.t:, and Mr. Tutt tells me that he considers I have introduced 

 much confusion into the matter, by not definitely stating whether I 

 consider the three groups into which I divide Acronycta to be genera or 

 not. This opinion of Mr. Tutt's, so plainly expressed, appears to 

 compel me to say a few words, and I may first, therefore, criticise Mr. 

 Grote's excellent paper. 



The first point that strikes me is the removal of ligufitri from the 

 Apatelid.e (= AcRONYCTiD.i-:) to the Agrotid.e. Though 1 do not 

 know the species included in A(;kotid.e by Mr Grote, I have little 

 hesitation in saying that li giistr I is slu Acrony( ta, an proved by the 

 ovum and the newly-hatched larva. Their characters (combined) 

 are not found anywhere except in Acrouyrta, amongst the whole of 

 the NocTuiDKs or even Lepidoptera. 



Mr. Grote's divisions (by adult larval characters) of the remaining 

 Acronyctas I find no fault with. His Phnrcira, Hiibn., corresponds 

 precisely with my Vinnnin, excluding, however, vcnotta, which I 

 should now, even more strongly, insist on placing beside ninicis than 

 when I wrote my paper, attaching even less value to such adapta- 



