NO.1140. NOHTIT AMERICAN NOCTUIDAK— SMITH AM) DYAU. ' 119 



Staije TV. — Hoad us bolbrc, l)iit tlio lobes less pointed; iii>i)('r s|)ofc 

 twi(50 indented; widtli, l.r» mm. Body InciHcd betweou the HO{«monts, 

 Joint 12 slifi^litly <'.nl{irf;e(l. Piile. fj^reon, marked ns before. Hair Hliort, 

 l)la(!kisli doisally, (in<i iind scant. Le-nylJi, 1) mm. 



HIiKjr V. — II(%id mncli as before, tlu^ mark over tli(i eyo eonnectc-d 

 with tlio one abov(! it, mottled, didiLso; \vi<ltli, probably li.(» nun. iJody 

 ^ToeniHli, Himilar to the next sta^e. 



Sliujc VI. — Mead bllobed, palc^, \vi(,h blown mottled .spots on the face 

 of the lobes, except in tlie middles of ea<*,h at vertex; widtii, I mm. 

 Body higher than wide, Hlij>htly enlarj-ed iit Joints 5-0 and lli, these 

 pai'ts hnmped np in Ihe position of rest. Olive j;reen, pithir snbv<',n 

 trally, a bioad yellowish while, dorsal band, somewhat i)inkish tinted, 

 reaching to wart Mi, broken by a large diirk brown spot on joints 5, 

 8, 0, and lli, the spots diffnse at the edfjfe. A fiiintei- similai- nnirk on 

 joint. '{ and on Joint II below wart II. Warts I to III small, with few 

 short hairs; IV to VI small, more flattened and diflnse, with ]>ale hairs; 

 a few lonj? hairs at the extrcMnities. Secondary hairs very weak, a few 

 present in the snbvcnti-al rej;ion. Len};th, l.'J mm. 



Kaicly there is a brown form, bnt I have no notes on it. 



(Jocoon. — Madc/ of silk and bits of wood or other material on whi<!h 

 it may Ixi built. 



rnpa. — Sh in in;;' brown ; IcMigth, 151 mm. 



Food plant. — Witch ha/el. 



ACRONYCTA SUPERANS Guenee. 



(I'lateH I, (ijr. (I, luliill ; XVIII, li^^. 21, leg; XXI, fif^. 1, iiiulo f^onitiiliu.) 



Annmijcla euperann Guicnkic, Hjxjc,. (jIoii., Noct., IHM, I, ]». 5'.i. — VVai,kkh, (!iit. 



Hrit,. MiiH., Hot., l«ri(5, IX, ]». 59.— HicrndNic, Can. lOiit., 18<i!>, I, i». Hr>. 

 Jpalt'.la HitparanH MouuiHON, I'sycho, lH7r», I, p. <\2. 

 Ilyhoma aupiianH (iitorn, Mittli., u. d. Kottm. Miih., IliidcHli., No. ;{, ISitti, p. 7. 



(Jionnd color a very pale ash ^ray, or almost whitish. Head with 

 the front black or nearly so, and a black or brown line above the iinteii- 

 nae. ('ollar with a bla<;kish line at the base, and also l)hick tipped. 

 The pala,giae are also sprinkhMl with bhu'k sciiles. Prinniiies vc^ry 

 strongly marked with black or brownish shades, wiiic^h in a general way 

 extend first from the base thiough the submedian space to the outer 

 margin just iibove the anal angle, and, S(Uion(l, from the costa down- 

 ward belw(MMi (he oidinary spots, including the reniforni and Joining 

 tlie longitinlinal shade. A blotchy shade extends from the transverse 

 posterior- line to the oii(,er' margin opposite the (icll. Thesf^ shadings 

 vary in irrtensity and obs<;iire, th(! or<linary irraikirrgs. Th(» basal lirre 

 is black, geminate, irrarked orr the cost a only. Tiansverse anterior Hire 

 black or br-own, gemirrate,, the outer- line rrror-(5 or less br-okerr arrd (prite 

 w<',ll S(^[)arated IVorrr tlie irrriei-, whi(;li is obs<;iir-e thr-orrgh the shaded 

 ])ortiorr of the wing. As a whole, the line forirrstwo outcurvcs arrd is a 

 little drawn iir at its ceirter-. The rrrediarr shade is obscured by the 



