132 NoerriDjE. 



outwards below costa and bent inwards to inner margin ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by blackish, the former somewhat oblique 

 elliptical, the latter with some brown in centre ; an oblique brown 

 bar from costa to reniform and indistinct oblique waved line from 

 cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with white, 

 the outer line black, .bent outwards below costa, then dentate, 

 slightly angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and 

 angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a fine black streak in sub- 

 median fold from medial line to texmen aud with some white 

 points beyond it on costa ; a minutely waved whitish subterminal 

 line with slight dark streaks from it to the terminal series of 

 points ; cilia with slight dark line through them. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with reddish brown ; cilia white ; the underside 

 white irrorated with brown, a dark streak in base of cell, black 

 discoidal lunule, indistinct postmedial line excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved, and terminal seiies of small black lunules. 



Bab. U.S.A., Maine, New York (Doubleday), 1 J type, Evan's 

 Center (Grote), 5 <5> 3 §, Pennsylvania, Sharon, 1 $ type har- 

 veyana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Texas. Exp. 44-50 millim. 



3717. Acroiiycta auricoma. 



Noetua anrkama, S eh iff. Wien. Vera. p. 6" (177C>) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 



p. 174 (1787); Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117. ff.4-6 &117A. ff 1,2; Hiibn. 



Eur. Schmett., Noct. f.8; Dup. Ltp. Er. vi. p. 236, pi. 87. f. 6 ; Fit. 



Neue Beitr. pi. 542 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iiu p. 41 ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. 

 Noetua lapathi, Bchrank, Faun. Boica. p. 308 (1802). 

 Noetua similis, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 180 (1809); Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 



Haust., iii. p. 41. 

 Noetua pepli, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. fil4 (1818). 

 Acronycta alpina, Frr. Neue Beitr. pi. 623 (1858). 

 Acronycta pyhavaare, Hffiii. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1893, p. 126. 



Head and thorax white tinged with brown and mixed with 

 black; palpi with the 2nd joint black above; tegulae edged with 

 blackish ; patagia with white patches and black outer edges ; tarsi 

 blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused 

 with ochreous brown, the basal crest black and white, the extremity 

 and ventral surface irrorated with black. Fore wing grey-white 

 thickly irrorated with black and tinged with broAvn in parts ; 

 subbasal line represented by double oblique black stride from costa 

 and single striga from cell with black streak from it to antemedial 

 line, which is double, oblique, waved, angled inwards in submedian 

 fold and on vein 1 ; orbicular defined by black, somewhat oblique 

 elliptical ; reniform defined by black and with spot on inner side 

 below, the black on outer side reduced to points ; an oblique black 

 bar from costa to reniform and oblique waved line from lower angle 

 of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black defined by whitish 

 on inner side, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, strongly 

 incurved below vein 3 and angled outwards at vein 1, crossed by a 

 black streak in submedian fold from medial to subterminal lines, 

 with some dark suffusion beyond it and whitish points on costa; 



