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11. ACRONYCTIA ALNI, 
Phal.-Noctua alni, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 845. 
Noctua alni, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 116. figs. 4-6 ; Hiibn. Noct. pl.i. 
fig. 3. 
Acronycta alni, Treit. Schmett. vy. 1. 16; Guen. Noct. i. p. 51. 
One very typical example, coll. Pryer. 
Yesso(Pryer) ; Europe. 
12. ACRONYCTA LEPORINA. 
Phal.-Noctua leporina, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 511. 
Noctua leporina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 91. figs. 1-5; Hiibn. 
Noct. pl. 3. fig. 15. 
Acronycta leperina, Treit. Schmett. v. 1; Guen. Noct. i. p. 46. 
Two examples, coll. Pryer. 
Oiwake (Pryer) ; Hudson’s Bay ; Europe. 
13. ACRONYCTA SUBORNATA, sp. n. (Plate L. fig. 6.) 
Primaries dark grey, clouded with blackish and mottled with 
white, double serrated basal and denticulate inner lines black with 
an abbreviated white band between them, the outer line is double, 
denticulated and curved, interspace whitish; reniform outlined in 
black with a central black curved line, orbicular white, outlined in 
black with a black centre; a short black longitudinal streak from 
the base and an indistinct dagger-mark at inner angle; fringes 
mottled grey, spotted with black at the base: secondaries fuscous 
grey ; central spot, transverse line, and broad outer border blackish ; 
fringes chequered black and white. Under surface of primaries 
fuliginous grey ; costa whitish, spotted with black, central spot and 
transverse line black: secondaries silvery white, clouded with dark 
grey along the costal and marginal areas; a black costal spot unites 
with the central one forming a short transverse bar; central trans- 
verse denticulate line black; fringes whitish dashed with black. 
Head and thorax grey ; patagia dark grey edged with black. 
Expanse 48 millim. 
Four specimens. Two, coll. Pryer, one taken by my native col- 
lector at Gensan in July and one from Yokohama. 
14. PHARETRA RUMICIS. 
Phal.-Noctua rumicis, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 516. 
Noctua rumicis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 117. figs. 8, 9; Hibn. 
Noct. 9. 
Acronycta rumicis, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 38; Guen. Noct. i. 
p- 93. 
A fine series, coll. Pryer. 
I took specimens at several places in Japan and at Gensan in July 
and August, 1886. I have also received the species from my 
native collector, who took it at Nikko and Gensan. 
Japanese specimens of P. rumicis are, as a rule, rather darker 
than those from Europe. 
