58 CATALOGUE OF 



31. ACRONYCTA CONTACTA. 



Cinerea; abdomen canum; alee anticce nitentes, annulis duobus 

 incompletis discalibus strigisque apud marginem exteriorem 

 cuneatis confluentibus nigricantibus ; posticce pallide cinerece, 

 fascia obscuriore. 



Cinereous. Abdomen hoary. Fore wings shining, with two 

 imperfect blackish discal ringlets, and with some slight blackish 

 marks, which are cuneiform, and form a row along the exterior bor- 

 der, on which they are confluent. Hind wings pale cinereous, with 

 a darker band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 

 lines. 



a, b. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented 

 by Dr. Barnston. 



Group 3. 



Alae antics? cana?, strigis parvis discalibus guttisque margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticas albae. 



Colour hoary. Fore wings with minute black discal streaks 

 and with black marginal dots. Hind wings white. 



32. ACRONYCTA OBLINITA. 



Albida ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, guttis discalibus et margina- 

 libus nigris ; posticce alba, guttis marginalibus fuscis. 



PhalaBna oblinita, Abbot fy Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep, Ins. Georgia, ii. 



187, pi. 94. 

 Acronycta oblinita, Guen. Noct. i. 49, 61. 



a — d. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



e,f. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



g. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Eedman's collection. 



Group 4. 

 Like the fourth European group. 



33. Acronycta innotata. 



Albida ; alee anticce litura discali, maculis costalibus fasciisque 

 duabus angulosis incompletis guttisque marginalibus nigris, 

 fascia interiore nonnunquam subobsoleta,exteriore albo margi- 

 nata ,• posticee albce. 



