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AORONYCTiNi — Continued. 



ACRONYCTA Ochsenheimer— Continued. 



Group AURICOMA— Continued. 



64. distans Grote. 



65. 1»arnesii Smith. 



66. ])erditii Grote. 



67. edoliita (irote. 



68. cxtiiciita Giotft. 



69. xylinilormia (inende, 



longa Guenoe. 

 spill if/ era t ( i re > te . 

 2>alUdicoma (Jrote. 



70. oblinita Sinltli and Abbot. 



salieis Harris. 



71. lanceolaria Grotcj. 



72. insolita Grote. 



73. dentata Grote. 



74. pyralis Smith. 



ARSILONCHE Lederer. 



1. alboveuo.sa (ioe/e. 

 hciirici fJrotc. 

 evanidum (Jrotc. 

 ah. fumosum Morrison. 



MEROLONCHE Grote. 



1. spinca (irote. 



2. lupini Grote. 



3. iirsina .Smith. 



HARRISIMEMNA Grote. 



1. tri8ij;nata Walker. 

 eexf/uttata Harris. 



EXPLANATION OF l^LATES. 



Plate I. 



Illustrations of species of Acionijcta: 



Fig. 1. Acroiiycta hpuaculhia Guenoe. 



2 Acromjcta americana Harris. 



3. Acromjcta daclylina Giotc 



4. Acroni/cia ritbricomu Guen<^e. 



5. Aeronycta liiteicoma Grote and Koltinson. 



6. Aeronycta superans (Jueui'e. 



11. Aeronycta noctiraya Grote. 



12. Aeronycta impreisa Walker. 

 13 Aeronycta lithospila Grote. 

 14. Aeronycta hasta Gncufe. 

 1.5. Aeronycta aJfUcta Grote. 



The numbers 7 to 10, inclusive, are wanting on the plate. Fig. 14 is hardly cliar- 

 acteristic and represents an abnormal type. 



This and the i)late8 following, to and including Plate VII, were prepared for the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture as stated in the Introduction. 



Platk II. 



Illustrations of species of Aeronycta : 

 Fig. 1. Aeronycta hamamelin (}unn6(i; normal type. 



2. Aeronycta hamamelin (iuanSe; suffused form. 



3. Aeronycta liamantelis Gneiu'-e; pale form. 



4. Aeronycta modlca Walker. 



5. Aeronycta retardata Walker. 



6. Aeronycta sperata Grote. 



7. Aeronycta psi Lmrxaews (European). 



8. Aeronycta occidentalis Grote and Robinson. 



