. Contributions towards a monograph of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidæ of boreal North America [microform] : a revision of the species of Acronycta (Ochsenheimer) and of certain allied genera. Noctuidae; Moths; Noctuidés; Papillons nocturnes. NORTlt AMERICAN NOCTVIItAE—SMITH AND DYAH. 129 Pufut.—Hiitlior thill, brown, tapering, ubdoininul Hegnicnts very HMiootli, Hcarcely pniurtureU at all, Miiiniii);; caHeH very Mli|;litly Hlia- ^;r*'eiie<l. Cri'iniiHter rather broad, h)w, irrcguhir and lumpy, neaHod liciow, blackiHh; upper liookn one on eacii side, HhMider, directrd ha<!lt-
. Contributions towards a monograph of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidæ of boreal North America [microform] : a revision of the species of Acronycta (Ochsenheimer) and of certain allied genera. Noctuidae; Moths; Noctuidés; Papillons nocturnes. NORTlt AMERICAN NOCTVIItAE—SMITH AND DYAH. 129 Pufut.—Hiitlior thill, brown, tapering, ubdoininul Hegnicnts very HMiootli, Hcarcely pniurtureU at all, Miiiniii);; caHeH very Mli|;litly Hlia- ^;r*'eiie<l. Cri'iniiHter rather broad, h)w, irrcguhir and lumpy, neaHod liciow, blackiHh; upper liookn one on eacii side, HhMider, directrd ha<!lt- ward; lower hooks tliree on each side, straight, subparallel, with recurved tips. Length, 17 nun. Food j)lant.—ihik. ACRONYCTA LITURATA, new species. (P1iit4« XIII. tlK- H, femnlfl adult; XXI, tl^. 21, itmln K«uitalitt.) Ground color a i)ale powdery ash gray, more or less sun'uHed with smoky. Head witii a brown line below and another above the anten- nae; a blackish line crosses the middle of the (collar, and the edges of tiie patagiae are more or less black marked. The primaries have all the markings traceable, but rather obscured. Basal line is geniinute, brown or black marked on the costa only. The transverse anterior line is geminate, brown or black, outwardly oblique, irregular between the veins. The median shade is narrow, obscure outwardly; oblicjue t'lom the costa through the reniform and then irregular, obliquely inward to the hind margin. Transverse posterior line geminate, brown 01' black, the inner portion of the line less defined, the included 8i)a<!e white or nearly so, the outer line slender and denticulate on the veins. The subtenuinal line is white or nearly so, very strongly dentated, interrupted ojuwsite the cell and in the submedian interspace. The terminal space has, in the interspaces, blackish markings, more or less evident, and a series of black terminal lunules, beyond which the hinges are cut with black or brown. There is a more or less di
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