56 CATALOGUE OF 



25. ACEONYCTA MODICA. 



Albida; alee anticce lineis nonnullis undulatis transversis interrupt 

 lis nigricantibus, striga basali bene determinata annulisque 

 duobus incompletis nigris, litura %// non bene determinata ; 

 posticce cinerece, fasciis duabus margineque obscurioribus. 



Whitish. Fore wings with several undulating transverse inter- 

 rupted blackish lines, with a more distinct black mark near the 

 base, with two imperfect black ringlets, and with the usual \J/ 5 which 

 is indistinct. Hind wings cinereous, with two bands and the bor- 

 der darker. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



26. ACRONYCTA GRISEA. 



Cinerea ; abdomen album ; alee anticce breviusculce latiusculce, 

 apud marginem exteriorem vix obliquce annulis duabus disca- 

 libus, vitta late inter rupta fasciisque duabus nigris, lituris dua- 

 bus ty distinctis, fascia interiore undulata interrupta, exteriore 

 angulosa. 



Noctua grisea, Barnston, M8S. 



Cinereous. Abdomen and hind wings white. Fore wings 

 rather short and broad, hardly oblique along the exterior border, 

 with two irregular black discal ringlets, with a widely interrupted 

 black stripe, and with two black bands, each of which forms a dis- 

 tinct J/, where it traverses the stripe ; interior band undulating, in- 

 terrupted ; exterior band zigzag. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



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

 by Dr. Barnston. 



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



27. ACRONYCTA HASTTJLIFERA. 



Cana ; alee antica fusco conspersce, annulis duobus discalibus 

 nigris, fasciis duabus angulosis albis nigro marginatis, guttis 

 marginalibus nigris, litura -^ vix determinata, posticce cine- 

 rascentes fascia obscuriore. 



