LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 63 



West Indies. 



Group I. 

 Distinct from all the preceding groups. 



45. ACRONYCTA DISTINGUENDA. 



Albida ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; alee anticcB fuscce conspersce, lineis 

 duabus angulosis duplicatis irayisversis, strigis exteriorihxis 

 lanceolatis, lituris dxiahus connexis arcuatis discalibus lunulis- 

 que marginalibus nigris ; posticce marginibus lads simis funds. 



Whitish. Tarsi with black bands. Fore wings speckled with 

 brown, adorned with two double zigzag transverse black lines, with 

 an exterior row of lanceolate black streaks, with two black curved 

 discal marks, which are connected in the middle, and with a row of 

 black semicircles along the exterior border. Hind wings white, 

 with very broad brown borders. Length of the body 9 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 — 20 lines, 

 a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Africa. 



Group 1. 

 Like the fourth European group. 



^Q. AcRONYCTA PACHYCEPHALA. 



A. megacephala paullo minor ; palpi crassiores, nigra vix notatcs 

 abdomen incrassatum, non depressum nee apud latera villosum 

 alcB posticce vena mediana optime determinata. 



Acronycta pachycephala, Guen. Noct. i. 50, 63. 



Senegal. 



