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 I of
the German text characters. Posterior wings silvery white, with a small,
faint, light, sandy border, and a small oblong brown discoidal spot.
_Under Side._ Anterior wings silvery white, with a faint indistinct dark
brown border running along the external margin, and two dark marks
opposite the German text character. Posterior wings silvery white; the
oblong brown spots are here plainly seen as on the upper side.