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excurved below vein 7 and incurved in discal and submedian folds, 

 with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces to the terminal 

 series of black lunules, which have blackish spots beyond them on 

 the cilia. Hind wing pure white, the veins slightly tinged with 

 brown ; a terminal series of brown lunules with slight spots beyond 

 them on the cilia ; the underside with the costal area irrorated 

 with brown, a slight discoidal spot, postmedial spot on costa and 

 minute streaks on the veins from costa to vein 3. 



5 . Hind wing with the veins, costal, inner and termiual areas 

 tinged with brown, a slight discoidal spot and curved postmedial 

 line. 



Hab. U.S.A., Florida (Doubledaif), 1 $ type. Archer, Texas, 1 c? , 

 1 2 type persaasa, ? Colorado, ? New Mexico. Exp. 48-52 millim. 



3657. Acronycta velia. 



Acronycta velia, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 223 (1894), Druce, 

 Eiol. Centr.-Aui., Het. ii. p. 472, pi. 93. f. 4. 



5 . Head and thorax white mixed with black ; palpi with small 

 black spots on the joints above ; pectus and femora white tinged 

 with brown, the tibiae streaked with black, the tarsi black ringed 

 with white ; abdomen white irrorated with black and dorsally 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with black, 

 the area between the reniform and postmedial line white ; subbasal 

 line represented bv double diffused black striae from costa and single 

 striga from cell ; antemedial line double filled in with white, strong, 

 oblique and waved from costa to submedian fold, then erect, the 

 inner line angled inwards just below mediin nervure ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by black, the former small, round, white with 

 dark brown centre, the latter large with brown centre and whitish 

 annulus, its upper extremity produced ; a medial black line diffused 

 and very oblique from costa to reniform, incurved and sinuous from 

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

 strongly bent outwards below costa, then lunulate, strongly bent 

 inwards from vein 3 to submedian fold, then excurved, some white 

 points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa 

 and with blackish suffusion from it to termen between veins 3 

 and 1 ; a waved white subterminal line, angled outwards at vein 7 

 and inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal series of small tri- 

 angular black spots deiiued on inner side by white lunules and 

 with blackish marks beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing whitish 

 tinged with reddish brown at base, the terminal area suffused with 

 fuscous ; cilia chequered white and fuscous ; the underside white, 

 the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black, an 

 indistinct diffused oblique brownish medial line, a black discoidal 

 spot, crenulate postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique, and 

 a terminal series of small black lunules. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa ; Guatemala (^Rodriguez), 1 $ , Godraan- 

 Salvin Coll. Exp. 48 millim. 



