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586 Epping, reared from the egg, 1872 (Doubleday).\ 

 2309 Rotterdam, v. 1875, bred by an old man. / 



Hind wings clear white. 

 2308 Rotterdam, v. 1875, bred by an old man. 



All the wings suffused with a peculiar shade of fawnish- 

 brown : a striking form. 

 *5358 Beverley, x. 1883 f . 

 ♦5467 Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). 



*5465 „ „ „ 



*5466 „ „ „ 



The dorsal stripe varying from orange to bright red, 



Acronycta psi Linn. 



590 Epping, reared from the egg, vii.1872 (Doubleday). \ 



591 „ „ „ „ „ J 



Var. suffusa TtM. Fore wings suffused with brownish- 

 grey, and hind wings darker than in the type. 

 1820 Houghton, E. Yorks., vi. 1874 f . 



1818 „ „ „ f. 



1819 „ „ „ f. 



[Named by Henry Doubleday]. 

 2344 Beverley, bred from ovum, v. 1875 f. 

 i 6692 Kuldja, Turkistan, 1888 (Tancre — taken by Graeser). 



6693 



All the markings chocolate-brown instead of black. 

 — [Wings at rest]. 



*5357 Beverley, ix. 1883 f. 

 *5356a „ „ t- 



*5356 „ y, t- 



*3949 Sheffield, x. 1878 (Doncaster). 



DRAWER III. 

 Acronycta cuspis Hub. 



4006 Germany, 1878 (Staudinger). 

 4002 



4003 „ „ „ 



4004 



4005 



2175 Germany, 1874 (Staudinger). 



Ground colour lighter grey than in any of the preceding. 



2176 Germany, 1874 (Staudinger ). \ 



4007 ,, 1878 ,, / 



Semi-melanic : ground colour suffused with brown, 

 but the markings distinct. 

 *5559 Leipzic, 1884 (Heyne). 



Acronycta leporina Linn. 



6183 Romney, bred 1886 (Buckell). ^ 

 6182 „ ;, „ [ 



1017 Bred vi. 1872 (Earl). j 



5968 Bred 1885 (Harwood). j 



Var. bradyporina Treit. Semi-melanic : wings dusted 

 with greyish-brown atoms. Cf. Barr., PI. 120, fig. ib. 



2177 Germany, 1874 (Staudinger). \ 

 2180 „ „ „ J 



Type form : pure white with black markings. 



