NOCTUA (ACONTIA?) NUNDINA.
Plate [XVIII]. fig. 5.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ, Steph.
Genus. Noctua, Auct. (Subgenus, Acontia? Ochsenh. Treit.) Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.
Noctua (Acontia?) Nundina. Alis anticis pallide cinereis albido variegatis, literâ nigrâ ante apicem notatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Nundina, Drury, App. v. 2.
Habitat: New York.
Upper Side. Antennæ thread-like, of a reddish brown. The tongue curled spirally. Head and thorax ash colour. Anterior wings the same, whereon are several faint marks of a light sand colour. Close to the anterior margin, about a third from the tips, is a black mark, resembling an
of the German text characters. Posterior wings silvery white, with a small, faint, light, sandy border, and a small oblong brown discoidal spot.