158 koctdid.t:. 



Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ; 2nd joint of 

 palpi banded with black ; shoulders with blackish stripes ; fore 

 tarsi banded with black ; abdomen white irrorated and suffused 

 with brown. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with brown and 

 suffused with brown bej'ond the medial and postmedial lines ; sub- 

 basal line represented by double dark striae from costa; antemedial 

 lino double, oblique, waved ; orbicular and reniform with brown 

 centres defined by blackish, the former very small, round, the latter 

 large ; medial line oblique from costa to reniform, angled outwards 

 at lower angle of cell aud on vein 1, the brown suffusion beyond it 

 strong ; postmedial line black defined by whitish on inner side, 

 double at costa, bent outwards below^ costa, then dentate, slightly 

 incurved at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; a diffused whitish subterminal line slightly 

 defined by brown on outer side and very slightly excurved below 

 vein 7 and at middle ; a series of small blackish spots on termen 

 and base of cilia defined by whitish marks on inner side. Hind 

 wing pure white, the apex slightly tinged with brown ; the under- 

 side with the costal area irrorated Avith brown. 



Ab. 1. speratina. Rather larger and paler, fore wing with the 

 markings more difi'used, — Colorado. 



Hab. Canada, Manitoba, Aweme {Criddle), 1 $ ; U.S.A., Massa- 

 chusetts, Newton, 2 S fype, New York, 3 5 •, Center {Bailey), 1 5 , 

 IJistr. of Columbia, Illiuois, Missouri, Colorado, Denver. Exp. 

 34-a8 millira. 



Lurvn. Smith & Dyar, Pp. U.S. Nat. Mus. ssi. p. 155, pi. tiii. ff. 31, 32. 



Keddish broAvn, the body shaded with blackish, more especially 

 dorsally ; warts large with thick clusters of brown spinose hairs. 

 Food-plants : Low bushes. — H. G. D. 



3754. Acronycta euphorbiae. 



Kociua euphorhiff'., Scliiff. Wien. Verz. p. 67 (1776); Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 



p. 174 (17S7) ; Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 117. ff. 1-3 ; Hubn. Eur. Sebmett., 



Noct. ff. 12 & 529 ; Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. p. 247, p). 88. f. 3 ; Heri-.-Scbatf. 



Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 375, 377 ; Frr. Neue Eeitr. pis. 177, 538 ; Staud. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 133. 

 I^octiia obticura, Strom, Dansk Vid. Selsk. Skr. 1783, p. 79. 

 ]Soctua euphrasice, Brahm, Ins. Kal. ii. p. 143 (1791); Dup. Lep. Fr. vi. 



p. 250, d1. 88. f. 4 ; Herr.-SchafiF. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ff. 373-4 ; Frr. 



Neue Beitr. pi. 537. 

 JS'octua emdcB, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett.. Noct. f. 613 (1818). 

 JS'nciua cyparissa, Hiibn. Eur. Schmetr., Noct. f. 615 (1818). 

 ISoct'ua ahsoondlta, Herr.-Scbaff. Eur. Schmett., Noct. ii. ff. 87-89 (1845),. 



nee Treit. 

 Acronycta montivaga, Guen. Noct. i. p. 57 (1852). 

 Acronycta myruee, Guen. Noct. i. p. 59 (1852). 



S . Head and thorax white mixed with black, the head slightlj'- 

 tinged with ochreous : palpi with the 2nd joint blackish ; irons 

 with blackish bar ; fegulao slightly tipped with black ; tarsi blackish 

 ringed with while ; abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous brown. 

 Fore wing grcy-whilc thickly irrorated with black ; subbasal line 



