Meyeick. — Monograph of New Zealand Noctuina. 38 



Napier, Christcliurch, and Lake Coleridge, from January to 

 March ; very common. Also occurs in Australia, Cliiua, India, 

 Africa, Europe, North and South America. 



63. Agr. admirationis, Gn. 

 (Agrotis admirationis, Gn., Ent. Mo. Mag. v., 38.) 



Male, female. — 32-34 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax in 

 male whitish-ochreous, brownish-tinged ; in female fuscous 

 mixed with whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint externally 

 dark fuscous except apex. Abdomen grey- whitish, anal tuft 

 ochreous- whitish. Legs ochreous- whitish, anterior tarsi black 

 towards base of joints. Forewings moderately dilated, less in 

 female, costa straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin straight, rather 

 oblique, rounded beneath, hardly waved ; in male whitish- 

 ochreous, in female fuscous mixed with whitish ; costa mixed 

 with blackish towards base and sometimes posteriorly ; lines 

 obsolete ; claviform suffusedly outlined with blackish-fuscous, 

 elongate and produced as an obscure streak to base ; orbicular 

 narrow-oval, dark-fuscous, margined with whitish-ochreous, 

 and then imperfectly with dark-fuscous, posterior extremity 

 of whitish-ochreous margin produced to touch reniform, and 

 margined below by a dark fuscous spot ; reniform irregular, 

 dark fuscous, obscurely pale-margined ; subterminal indistinct, 

 with two strong dentations below middle, margined anteriorly 

 by several small dark fuscous triangular marks, and posteriorly 

 by a suffused dark fuscous hind-marginal space above middle ; 

 a hind-marginal row of small black triangular spots : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings in male grey-whitish, in female 

 slightly greyer ; a hind-marginal row of dark-grey lunules ; 

 cilia white, with a faint grey line. 



Christcliurch, at roots of tussock-grass on sand-hills ; very 

 common. 



64. Agr. sericea, Butl. 



{Ghersotis sericea, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii., 490.) 



Male, female. — 33-35 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and 

 thorax grey, fuscous-tinged ; palpi with second joint suffused 

 with dark fuscous externally. Abdomen grey, and tuft 

 ochreous-tiuged. Legs dark grey, apex of joints whitish. 

 Forewnigs moderately dilated, costa almost straight, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin waved, somewhat oblique, rounded beneath ; 

 grey, fuscous-tinged ; lines obscurely paler and dark-margined, 

 or obsolete ; spots blackish-margined ; claviform elongate ; 

 orbicular roundish, dark-centred, connected with reniform by 

 a dark fuscous spot ; reniform containing a daikor inner ring ; 

 subterminal obsolete ; a hind-marginal row of black dots : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, with three cloudy grey lines. Hind- 



