116 NOCTtJID.Ti. 



with the basal joint black behind ; shoulders and outer fidges of 

 patagia streaked with black ; tibiae slightlj" streaked with black, 

 the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey dorsally suffused with 

 brown, the btisal crest mixed with black. Fore wing blue-grey 

 thickly irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal line represented by 

 double black striae from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian 

 fold from base to beyond antemedial line emitting a slight spur on 

 lower side at middle and spurs above and below at the antemedial 

 line, which is double, oblique, waved, bent inwards to inner margin ; 

 orbicular and reniform defined by black, well separated, the former 

 round, the latter with oblique black striga in lower part and the 

 black on outer edge broken up into points ; an oblique black bar 

 from costa to reniform ; postmedial line double filled in with 

 white, the inner line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then 

 dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, crossed by black streaks 

 in discal and submedian folds from well before it to before termen 

 with slight fuscous suffusion beyond it and some white points with 

 black striae between them on costa ; a terminal series of black 

 points with fnscous streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which 

 are white with a slight dark line near base. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown, the veins brown, the terminal area suffused 

 with brown ; a curved postmedial line with minute dark streaks on 

 the veins ; a terminal series of black points with slight dark 

 streaks from them intersecting the cilia, which are white; the 

 underside white, the costal area irrorated with black, a small black 

 discoidal spot, curved postmedial series of minute black streaks on 

 the veins, and terminal series of black points. 



Hah. Asia Minor, Taurus Mts., Hadjin, Zeitun ; Syria, Lebanon, 

 1 $ , Leech Coll. Exp. 56 millim. 



3697. Acronycta aceris. 



lochia aceris, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 514 (1758); Esp. Schmett. iv. 



pi. 114. ff. 4-7 & pi. 1 17 A. ff. 3, 4 ; Donov. Nat. Hist. Eng., Ins. x. p. 15. 



pi. 330 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 13, 14 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 253, 



pi. 88. r. 5 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 36 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. 



p. 131. 

 JSocUia candelisqua, Esp. Sclircett. iv. pi. 191. f. 1 (1790). 

 Noctua infuscata. Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 177 (1809). 

 Acronycta paradoxa, Boisd. Ind. Metli, p. 60 (1829). 

 Acronicta judcea, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 131 (1901). 



S . Head and thorax white mixed with black-brown ; 2ud joint 

 of palpi with black band ; shoulders with black streaks ; tibiae 

 streaked with black, the tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grej'- 

 white slightly irrorated with fuscous. Lore wing grey-white irrorated 

 with fuscous brown ; subbasal line represented by double black 

 striae from costa ; a sinuous black streak in submedian fold from 

 base to antemedial line giving off slight spurs beloAV at middle and 

 above and below at antemedial line, which is double, oblique, waved, 

 angled outwards below costa and inwards on the veins and to inner 



