iCRONYCTA. II 



DO 



3749. Acronycta insita. (Plate CXXVII. fig. 3.) 



Acronycta insita, Wlk. ix. 61 (1856) ; Smitli, Cat. Noot. N. Am. p. 41. 

 Acronycta denvcra, Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 189 (1905). 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with fuscous brown ; 

 sides of palpi and irons brown. Fore wing white irrorated with 

 pale brown, the veins with slight dark streaks; subbasal line 

 represented by a, faint dark mark on costa ; antemedial line double, 

 the two lines rather widely separated especially towards costa, 

 somewhat angled outwards below costa and inwards in submedian 

 fold, then oblique and excurved above inner margin; orhicular a 

 rounded dark annulus on the outer antemedial line ; reniform a 

 small lunule defined by blackish at sides on a diffused brown mark ; 

 postmedial line black defined by white on inner side, strongly bent 

 outwards below costa, then minutel)' dentate, slightly angled in- 

 wards in discal fold and strongly incurved below vein 4, with 

 oblique black stria? before it above vein 5 and below 2 and black 

 streak from it to termen in submedian fold ; suhterminal line 

 absent ; a terminal series of small black spots with streaks from 

 them intersecting the cilia, a double spot on each side of sub- 

 median fold. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area very 

 slightly irrorated with brown ; a fine dark terminal line, the under- 

 side with dark discoidal spot. 



2 . More thickly irrorated with brown. 



Hub. Canada, Ontario, Orillia (Bush), 1 5 type; U.S.A., New 

 York, 3 d , 1 2 > Colorado, Denver, 1 d cotype denvcra. Exp. 

 52-54 millim. 



Larva. Head white, blotched with black. Body yellowish, the 

 hairs long, soft, fine, growing from the skin, yellow ; no pencils. 

 Food-plant : Poplar. — H. G. D. 



3750. Acronycta innotata . ( Plate CXXVII. fig. 4.) 



Acronycta innotata, Guen. Noct. i. p. 50 (1852); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 73, pi. ii. ff. 17, 18 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. 

 Diphtera yrcpfii, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. (58, pi. 3. f. G (1863). 

 Apatela yriseor, Dyar, Can. Ent. xxxvi. p. 29 (1904). 



d • Head and thorax white tinged with pale brown ; palpi with 

 black spots at side of 2nd joint; antennas hlack except at base; 

 shoulders with black streaks : teguhe with slight dark streaks at 

 middle; abdomen white slightly mixed with fuscous. Fore wing 

 white slightly tinged with brown and irrorated with fuscous ; a 

 black point at base : subbasal line represented by a black point on 

 costa, the antemedial line by oblique black rather diffused stria* 

 from costa, cell and inner margin; orbicular represented by a 

 fuscous point, the reniform a diffused fuscous lunule ; a slight 

 medial blackish striga from costa ; postmedial line with black 

 striga from costa, strongly bent outwards and interrupted below 

 costa, then black defined by white on inner side, minutely waved, 

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

 outwards at vein 1, with slight black marks before it below vein 2 



