ACRODiTTCTA. 101 



63. Fore wing without brown sliade beyond post- 

 medial line. 

 «■*. Fore wing with the postniedial line dentate . euphorhice. 

 h*. Fore wing with the postmedial line minutely 



waved abscondita. 



3679. Acronycta quadrata. (Plate CXXV. tig. 14.) 



Acronycta quadrata, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 154(1874); 

 bmith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Kat. Mus. xxi. p. 106, pi. iii. f. 1 ; Smith, Cat. 

 JJoct. N. Am. p. 38. 



S . Head and thorax grey-white mixed with pale violaceous 

 brown; 2nd joint of palpi with black band ; tegulse with blackish 

 streaks at middle and on outer edge ; shoulders and outer edges of 

 patagia with black streaks ; mid and hind tibiae with faint dark 

 streaks ; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown towards ex- 

 tremity. Pore wing white irrorated with violaceous brown, the 

 costal area from medial to postmedial lines and the postmedial area 

 suffused with pale violaceous brown ; subbasal line represented by 

 double black striae from costa ; a strong black streak in submediau 

 fold from base to just beyond antemedial line, expanding at middle 

 and with some brownish suffusion below its base ; antemedial line 

 double, brown, waved from costa to submedian fold, then excurved ; 

 orbicular white defined by black except above, erect elliptical, with 

 quadrate black mark beyond it extending slightly into the reniform 

 which has a brownish centre and white annulus defined by black ; 

 a diffused medial brownish line oblique from costa to lower angle 

 of cell, then incurved ; postmedial line black defined by white on 

 inner side, bent outwards below costa, erect to vein 4, then slightly 

 incurved and very minutely waved, a minute black streak before it 

 in submedian fold and strong fascia beyond it to near termen, some 

 whitish points on costa ; subterminal line rather diffused, whitish, 

 excurved below costa and at middle and with minute black streak 

 beyond it in discal fold ; a terminal series of slight dark striae ; 

 cilia white with dark brown line at base and brown tips ; the 

 underside with the costal area irrorated with brown, a black 

 discoidal point and indistinct postmedial line bent outwards below 

 costa, then slightly waved. 



5 . Hind wing with indistinct curved postmedial line with broad 

 diffused dark band beyond it except towards tornus ; the underside 

 with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous. 



Uah. Canada, Manitoba, Aweme {Criddle), 1 5 , Alberta, Calgary 

 (WoUey-Dod), 5 c?, 1 $ , Br. Columbia; U.S.A., Nebraska, Kansas, 

 2 2 type, California. JExp. 40-44 millim. 



3680. Acronycta strigulata. (Plate CXXV. fig. 15.) 



Acronycta strigulata. Smith, Ent. News Pbilad. viii. p. 150 (1897); 

 Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxi. p. 92, pi. xii. f. «; Dyar, Cat. 

 Lep. N. Alii. p. 101. 



(5. Head and thorax white mixed with fuscous and black; 2nd 



