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22. ACRONYCTA SPINIGERA. 



Cana ; alee anticce fusco conspersee, vitta latissime interrupta, an- 

 nidis duohus discalibus subobsoletis, linea exteriore angulosa 

 transversa lineolaque submarginali nigricantibus ; posticce 

 pallidissime fuscescentes. 



Acronycta spinigera, Gum Noct. i. 45, 53. 



a — c. New York, United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, 

 Esq. 



23. Acronycta interrupta. 



Alba, A. Psi minor ; alee anticce lineis maculisque solitis strigisque 

 costalibus pallide nigricantibus, linea basali nigra apud 

 medium angulata, apice bifurcata, striga apud marginem inter- 

 num, striga altera parallela, linea maculam reniformem trans- 

 eunte punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce jlavescente- 

 cinereis. 



Acronycta interrupta, Guen. Noct. i. 46, 54. 



Georgia. 



24. Acronycta lepusculina. 



A. interrupts et A. leporinae affinis, A. leporina paullo major. 



Var. ? Cana ; alee punctis marginalibus nigris ; alee anticce fasciis 

 duabus incompletis nigricantibus fasciaque exteriore obliqua 

 guttidari nigra ; posticce albidce. 



Acronycta lepusculina, Guen. Noct. i. 46, 55. 



North America P 



Var. ? Hoary. Wings with black, dots along the exterior bor- 

 der. Fore wings with two incomplete nearly upright blackish 

 bands, and with an exterior oblique dotted black band. Hind 

 wings whitish. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



Var. p. First band almost obsolete ; second and third very in- 

 complete. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 



Dr. Barnston. 



b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



