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6. ACRONYCTA MAJOR. 



Acronycta major, Brem. Bull, de I'Acad. 1861, t. iii. ; Lep. Ost- 

 Sib. p. 48, pi. V. fig. 7 (1864). 



TricBua ancedina, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 19. 



I took this species at Hakodate and there were specimens in Fryer's 

 collection, one of which, from the Kuriles, is a pale form with but few 

 markings. In his Catalogue Pryer gives a brief description of this 

 variety and proposed for it the name of snoivi. 



Tokio {Fenton) ; Yokohama (Pryer and Manley) ; Hakodate 

 (Leech) ; Kuriles (Snow) ; Amur. 



7. Acronycta brumosa. 



Acronycta brumosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 52 (1852). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



This is a variable species, some of the examples being dark ; others 

 are identical with typical brumosa, whilst one or two specimens are 

 much paler. 



Yokohama (Pryer and Manley) ; Gensan (Nat. Coll.) ; North 

 America, Virginia. 



8. Acronycta ligustri. 



Noctua ligustri, Fabr. Mant. 172 ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 119. figs. 

 2-4; Hiibn. Noct. jil. 5. fig. 21. 



Acronycta ligustri, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. p. 20 ; Guen. Noct. i. 

 p. 51. 



One example, coll. Pryer. 

 Oiwake (Pryei-) ; Europe. 



9. Acronycta coNS\NGuis. 



Acronycta consanyuis. Bull. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 358 

 (1879). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I have also received the species 

 from Mr. Manley of Yokohama, and my native collector obtained it 

 at Hakodate in June 1887. Closely aUied to A. menyanthidis from 

 Europe. 



Yokohama (Pryer and Manley) ; Hakodate, Tokio. 



10. Acronycta pruinosa. 



Acronycta pruinosa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 53 (1852). 



Polia soluta, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xxxiii. p. 723 (1865). 



Plataplecta soluta, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist (5) i. p. 195 

 (1878). 



Plataplecta pruinosa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 5, pi. 144. fig. 3 

 (1884). 



■ A fine series, coll. Pryer. 



This species very closely resembles auricoma of Europe, but the 

 orbicular is larger and whiter. 



Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Silhet, Java, Ceylon. 



