130 NOCTUIDiE. 



diffused towards cos>ta, then very indistinct, obli<|iie ; orbicular 

 absent ; reniform represented by traces of a slight black lunule 

 Avith diffused oblique black mark above it from costa ; postmedial 

 line whitish, defined on inner side by black towards costa, slightly 

 bent outwards below costa, then lunulate, excurved to vein 4, then 

 incurved and bent outwards at vein 1, crossed by a slight black 

 streak in submedian fold ; subterrainal line absent ; a series of 

 small black spots on termen and cilia. Hind wing white, the veins 

 and terminal area slightly irrorated with fuscous ; a series of slight 

 fuscous spots on termen and cilia which are white mixed with 

 fuscous ; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated with 

 fuscous, a blackish discoidal spot and postmedial series of slight dark 

 streaks on the veins. 



Ilab. Canada, Vancouver {Danhj), 3 S fjT^* Exp. 44 millim. 



*3714. Acronycta pacifica. (Plate CXXYI. fig. 6.) 



Acrom/cta pacifica, Smith, Ent. News Philad. viii. p. 148 (1897); Smith 

 & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Miis. sxi. p. 66, pi. xi. f. 5 ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. 

 N. Am. p. 100. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ash-grey with some dark irroration. 

 Fore wing ash-grey with dark irroration and streaks on the veins ; 

 a black streak below base of cell extending to the antemedial line, 

 which is very indistinct, double, bisinuate, angled inwards in sub- 

 median fold ; orbicular very small and slightly defined by black, 

 narrow and elongate; reniform a slight dark mark; medial line 

 represented by a dark mark on costa ; postmedial line black, bent 

 outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, 

 then incurved and stronger in submedian interspace, where it is 

 crossed by a black streak extending to termen, the area beyond it 

 rather darker; subterminal line absent; cilia intersected with 

 black. Hind wing white, slightly tinged with fuscous in female ; 

 the underside with discoidal spot and postmedial line. 



Hah. U.S.A., California, Sierra Nevada. Exp. 40-46 millim. 

 This species is unknown to me, figured from a drawing from 

 co-type in Coll. J. B. Smith. 



3715. Acronycta interrupta. (Plate CXXVI. fig. 7.) 



Acronycta interrupta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 46 (1852) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. 



p. 101. 

 Acrom/cta, occiclentalis, Grote & Rob. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil. vi. p. 16 



(1866); Smith & Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xsi. p. 79, pi. ii. f. 8; 



Smith, Cat. Noct. N.'Am. p. 35. 



Head and thorax brownish white ; palpi with black patches at 

 sides of 2nd joint; lower part of frons tinged with rufous; 

 shoulders with blackish streaks ; tegula3 with rufous streaks at 

 middle and sides ; patagia with black streaks on outer edges ; tibise 

 wdth interrupted black streaks ; abdomen grey, dorsallj^ tinged with 

 fuscous, ventrally white. Pore wing brownish white; subbasal 

 line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; a strong black 



