acronycta; 



65- 



antemedial line giving off a streak above vein 1 ; the base of inner 

 margin yellow with some diffused black above it ; antemedial line 

 double, irregularly waved, oblique ; the medial area with black 

 streak above vein 1 defined by brown above ; orbicular defined by 

 black, produced to a point at lower extremity, the reniform ochreous 

 white defined by black on inner side, some brown suff'usion between 

 them ; a dark striga from middle of costa ; postmedial line double 

 filled in with whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 and angled outwards on 

 vein 1, a black streak from just before it to near termen, strong 

 beyond the line, and some pale points with slight dark streaks 

 between them beyond it on costa ; a terminal series of small black 

 spots with slight dark streaks from them intersecting the cilia, 

 which have a slight dark line through them. Hind wing ochreous 



Fig. 17. — Acronycta strigosa, ^. \. 



white tinged and irrorated with brown, especially on inner and 

 terminal areas, in female more uniformly brown ; a faint post- 

 medial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the underside white 

 slightl}" irrorated with brown, a black discoidal spot, postmedial 

 line oblique to vein 4, then incurved, and terminal series of small 

 black lunules. 



Ab. 1. bryophiloides. Fore wing with the ground-colour moro 

 uniform dark grey. 



Hab. Britain, Leech Coll. ; France, Sand Coll. ; Germany, 

 Zeller and Leech Colls. ; Austria, Bucovina ; Hukgart, Leech 

 Coll, ; Switzerland ; Rumelia ; Russia, Frey Col., Livonia, 

 Zeller Coll,, St. Petersburg, Sarepta ; Armenia; W. Siberia; 

 E. Siberia, Amurland, Ussuri ; Japan, Yesso (Fryer\ 1 5 , Hako- 

 date (Leech), 1 $ , Oiwake (Pryer), 2 5 ; Corea, Gensan (Leech), 

 1 2 ; W. China, Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 J. LI.vp. 30-38 millim. 



Larva. Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 141 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit. iii. p. 243, pi. 121. f. 2. 



Green, rarely purple-brown ; an irregular dorsal crimson-brown 

 stripe, scattered blackish, ochreous and wliitish hairs : 11th somite 

 with dorsal prominence ; head dark brown. Food-plant : Haw- 

 thorn. 7-9. 



3639. Acronycta vinnula. (Plate CXXIV, fig, 12.) 



Microccelia vinnula, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 436, pi. ix. f. 2 

 (1864); Smith & iJyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 93, pi. iv. f. H ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 38. 



$. Head and thorax white; 2nd joint of palpi with black 



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