118 NOCTUlUJi. 



widely separated towards costa and with black striae at costa : 

 orbicular whitish defined on inner and outer sides by a few black 

 scales, small, rather oblique elliptical ; reniform with black striga 

 on inner edge with minute oblique black streak from it, otherwise 

 hardly traceable ; an indistinct diffused oblique dark striga Irom 

 costa to reniform ; poslmedial line blackish defined by white on 

 inner side, double at costa, just below discal fold and above sub- 

 median fold, bent outwards below costa. angled outwards at vein 7, 

 then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 3, then incurved and 

 angled outwards on vein 1, crossed by black streaks at discal and 

 submedian folds not nearly reaching termen and with white points 

 beyond it on costa; a series of small black spots on termen and 

 base of cilia, which are white. Hind wing white, the basal area 

 clothed with pale reddish-brown hair, the veins streaked with 

 brown and the terminal area suffused with brown ; a brownish 

 postmedial line, excurved to vein 4 then incurved ; cilia Avhite ; 

 the underside white, the veins tinged with brown, a black discoidal 

 spot, indistinct crenulate postmedial line with brownish spot at 

 costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and terminal series of slight 

 dark points. — E. Siberia ; Japan, Yezo. 



Ab. 1. ancedina. Somewhat darker especially the hind wing. — 

 Japan, Hondo ; W. China. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial black streaks 

 more or less obsolescent. — C. & W. China. 



Hah. E, Siisekia, Amurland, Ussuri : Japan, Yezo, Hakodate 

 (Andrews), 1 J, Tokio (Maries), 1 $ t\pe ancedina, Yokohama 

 (Manley, Pryer), 2 3 ; C. China, Hai-ning (J. J. Walker), 1 £ , 

 Ichang (Ilobson), 4 3; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt),! J , 1 § , 

 Omeishan, 1 £ , Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 1 3 , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 3 . 

 Exp. 52-72 millim. 



W09. Acronycta eldora.. (Plate CXXV. fig. 24.) 



Acronycta eldora, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. ]>. 189 (1905). 



2 . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with fuscous brown and 

 blackish ; sides of palpi and Irons with bbickbk patches ; shoulders 

 with black streaks ; tegulse with dark tips towards middle and 

 patagia with dark upper edges ; abdomen grey-white mixed with 

 dark brown and black. Eore wing grey-w bite suffused and irrorated 

 with brown ; a small black spot at base and traces of a black streak 

 in submedian fold ; subbasal line represented by an oblique black 

 striga from costa ; antemedial line rather indistinct, double, oblique, 

 angled outwards below costa and just below median nervure and 

 st rongly above inner margin, angled inwards in submedian fold 

 and on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform defined by blackish, the 

 former small, irregularly rounded, the latter with blackish centre, 

 an oblique dark shade above it from costa and traces of an oblique 

 sinuous line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial 

 line double filled in with white, the outer line black, bent outwards 



