56 CATALOGUE OF 



25. ACEONYCTA MODICA. 



Alhida; alcB anticcB lineis nonnullis undulatis transversis interrup- 

 tis nigricantlbus, slriga basali bene determinata annuiisque 

 duobus incompletis nigris, litura -v^ no)i bene determinata ; 

 posticcE cinerece, fasciis duubus margineque obscurioribus. 



Whitish. Fore wings with several undulating transverse inter- 

 rupted blackish lines, with a more distinct black mark near the 

 base, with two imperfect black ringlets, and with the usual 4/, which 

 is indistinct. Hind wings cinereous, with two bands and the bor- 

 der darker. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



26. ACRONTCTA GRISEA. 



Cinerea ; abdomen album ; alee anticcB breviusculce latiusculce, 

 apud marginem exteriorem vix obliques annulis duabus disca- 

 libus, vittalate interrupta fasciiiique duabuftnigris, li.turis dua- 

 bus -4^ distinctis, fascia interiore undulata interrupta, exteriors 

 angulosa. 



Noctua grisea, Barnston, 3ISS. 



Cinereous. Abdomen and hind wings white. Fore wings 

 rather short and broad, hardly oblique along the exterior border, 

 with two irregular black discal ringlets, with a widely interrupted 

 black stripe, and with two black bands, each of which forms a dis- 

 tinct "J/, where it traverses the stripe ; interior band undulating, in- 

 terrupted; exterior band zigzag. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a — c. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Eiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 by Dr. Barnston. 



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



27. ACRONYCTA HASTULIFERA. 



Cana ; ales anticcB fusco compersce, anmilis duobus discalibus 

 nigris^ fasciis duabus angulosis albis nigro marginatis, guttin 

 marginalibus nigris, litura i/^ vix determinata, posticce cine- 

 rascentes fascia obscuriore. 



