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*6446 Beverley, bred from eggs laid by captured 9; 1887 |. 



*6447 » .. .. .. .. t- 



*59i5 Beverley, 1885 |. 



The body entirely black with reddish-brown hairs, 

 and faint reddish-brown sub-spiracular lines. This 

 and 6446 (which is normal in colouring) were bred 

 from the same batch of eggs. 



Acronycta auricoma Fah. 



3342 Madeley, Staffs., 1876 (Daltry). 



3343 



3341 



3340 



3338 



3671 Brighton, 1877 (Salvage). 



3672 



3673 

 824 Germany, 1872 (Staudinger). 



Yar. pepli Hilb. The wings suffused with brownish- 

 grey, and the anal dagger-like mark obsolete. 

 822 Germany, 1872 (Staudinger). 



Like the preceding, but the anal mark fairly distinct. 

 *5422 Continent, 1883 (Watkins and Doncaster). 

 *5689 Central Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). 



Uniform dull black, with reddish-brown hairs. 

 *4687 Germany, 1880 (Staudinger). 



Acronycta menyanthidis View. 



2383 Bury, bred vi. 1875 (Kav). 



2384 „ „ ^ „" 

 2385 



2386 



4124 Rannoch, bred 1879 (Salvage). 



Ground colour more bluish-grey than in the rest ; or- 

 bicular stigma obsolete, reniform hardly traceable. 

 3134 Rannoch, vii. 1876 (Robertson). 



3135 

 3136 



The transverse markings suffused brown ; orbicular 

 stigma quite obsolete ; first line nearly so. 

 3627 Rannoch, vii. 1877 (Clark). 

 5085 Russian Turkistan, 1882 (Staudinger). 



A very fine variety. The basal and central areas 

 suffused with brown, shading to clear white before 

 the second line ; this is deep black, and very con- 

 spicuous, shading off towards the hind margin. 

 *5472 Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). ") 



*547i „ M „ / 



Black ; the sub-spiracular markings red ; hairs black. 



Acronycta abscondita Treit. 



4009 Germany, 1878 (Staudinger). ^ 



DRAWER IV. 



Acronycta euphorbiae Fah. 



826 Germany, 1872 (Staudinger). § 

 4013 „ 1878 „ $ 

 4012 „ „ „ $ 



