LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 63 



West Indies. 



Group 1. 

 Distinct from all the preceding groups. 



45. ACRONYCTA DISTINGUENDA. 



Albida ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; alec, anticce fuscce conspersce, lineis 

 duabus angulosis duplicatis transversis, strigis exterioribus 

 lanceolatis, lituris duabus connexis arcuatis discalibus lunulis- 

 que marginalibus nigris ; posticce marginibus latissimis fuscis. 



Whitish. Tarsi with black bands. Fore wings speckled with 

 brown, adorned with two double zigzag transverse black lines, with 

 an exterior row of lanceolate black streaks, with two black curved 

 discal marks, which are connected in the middle, and with a row of 

 black semicircles along the exterior border. Hind wings white, 

 with very broad brown borders. Length of the body 9 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



Africa. 



Group 1. 

 Like the fourth European group. 



46. ACRONYCTA PACHYCEPHALA. 



A. megacephala paullo minor ; palpi crassiores, nigra vix notatce ; 

 abdomen incrassatum, non depressum nee apud later a villosum ; 

 alee posticce vena mediana optime determinata. 



Acronycta pachycephala, Guen. Noct. i. 50, 63. 



Senegal. 



G2 



