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Hamamelis, Guenée. 
New York; Pennsylvania. 
dissecta, Grote and Robinson. 
Massachusetts; New York. 
§ 
sperata,!°® Grote. 
New York; Pennsylvania. 
§ 
xylinoides,?? Guenée. 
New York; Pennsylvania; Missouri. 
§ Eulonche,?? Grote (1873). 
Type: Acronycta oblinita, Guenée. 
oblinita, Guenée. 
Phalaena oblinita, Abbot and Smith. 
Canada; New York; Pennsylvania; Southern States. 

testaceous. A black basal dash extends to the twice strongly angulated t. a. line, which is gem- 
inate, the inner more distinct line composed of raised scales. Above the basal dash the 
humeral space is pale beyond the geminate basal half-line. Median space wide superiorly, 
owing to the superior wide projection of the distinct and regularly denticulated t. p. line. 
Orbicular rather large, pale and vague, with clouded center. Costal black marks evident. 
Median shade apparent by raised darker scales. Reniform vague, bisannulate, stained with 
deep testaceous. A very narrow black distinct dash at internal angle, broken at the pale con- 
tinued s. t. line. A third black dash, indicated within s. t. line, opposite the disc. Secondaries 
fuscous, with the distinct black discal spot and dentate line of the paler under-surface reflected. 
Eepanse, 1.45inch. Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 
10 Acronycta sperata, n. s., Plate 2, fig. 1%, belongs apparently to the section of A. myricae, 
Guenée, Clear blue-gray, the usual markings of the primaries distinct and erect. T. a. line 
geminate, waved, component lines divaricate. Orbicular small, very distinct, a blackish void 
annulet. Reniform well sized, also distinctly but less completely black ringed, crossed by the 
median shade. TT. p. line regularly dentate, nearly straight, as usual inflected below median 
nervure. No sagittate marks; s. t. line pale, vague; a series of minute terminal black marks. 
Hind wings white, dusted costally ; beneath white, a little dusted, no lines or spots perceivable. 
Fxpanse, 1.35inch. Coll. B.8..N.S. and Am. Ent. Soc. 
11 This species resembles oblinita in general appearance, but is easily distinguished by the 
shape of the primaries, the apices being less produced, the external margin a little straighter. 
The t. p. line is more distinct and removed further towards the external margin, and there is a 
more or less obvious streak at internal angle. Perhaps the two are confounded in the Third 
Annual Missouri Report, p. 71. In this same Report, the re-description of Laphygma 
frugiperda, Guenée, the corn-bud-worm moth of Abbot and Smith, as Prodenia autumnalis, 
will at least prevent, it is hoped, ‘‘in this country,” the appearance of scientific descriptions of 
this variable species ‘based upon the simple examination of solitary specimens of the perfect 
insect, without the fact being mentioned.’ The italics are mine, and the quotations from page 
56 of the Third Report. The species alluded to in this Report as ‘‘ Prodenia commeinae,”’ can 
certainly not be Abbot and Smith’s Commelinae, as this is so large as not to be possibly con- 
founded with Laphygma frugiperda. 
12Q@yr.; “Ev et Ady yn. This section is characterized by the long pointed primaries and 
sunken head. Vein 5 of the hind wings is a mere fold, and the cell open, 
BUL, BUF, SOC. NAT. SCT. (11) JULY, 1873. 
