LEIUDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 785 



8. ACONTIA BIPLAGA. 



Alba ; caput, palpi apice et thorax anticus iridescente fusca ; alee 

 anticcB iridescente fuscce, basi albidce, maculis duabus costali- 

 bus (una guttam includente) albis, lineis duabus transversis 

 incompletis nigris, linea submarginali maculaque ciliari 

 albidis, guttis marginalibus nigris ; posticce aibid.ee, litura 

 discali margineque fuscescentibus . 



Acontia biplaga, Guen. Noct. ii. 218, 991. 



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



9. ACONTIA APRICA. 



Albida ; caput, palpi apice thoraxque anticus fuscescentia ; abdo- 

 men fuscescens, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee fuscce, pur- 

 purascente varies, anticce basi albce, cinereo varies, gutta nigra, 

 plaga costali, linea submarginali ciliisque posticis albis, guttis 

 paucis discalibus nigris ; postica fascia latissima indentata 

 ciliisque albis. 



Noctua aprica, Hubn. Eur. Schmett, Noct. f. 371 . 

 Taracbe aprica, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 261, 2567. 

 Acontia aprica, Trek. Schmett. v. 238. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 165, 



1318. Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur. ii. pi. 44, f. 223. Guen. 



Noct. ii. 219, 992. 



North America. Europe? 



10. Acontia ardoris. 



Mas. Alba, cervino varia ; alee anticce antice albce Jlavo lineatce et 

 fusco oblique fasciatce, postice fuscce strigis transversis palli- 

 dioribus, apices versus fuscce strigis flavis unaque lutea ; pos- 

 tic&flavce, basi albce. 



Noetua crucis ? Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii, 2, 92. 



Taracbe ardoris, (Noctua semigeometra, Heliotbis tristis), Hiibn. 



Samml. Exot. Schmett. iii. 34, 276, f. 551,552. 

 Acontia ardoris, Guen. Noct. ii. 216, 985. 



Georgia. 



