94 Transactions. 



5. Euxoa Hiibn. 



Euxoa Hiibn.. Verz., 209 (1823) ; type, decora Hiibn. 



Face with small truncate-conical prominence with raised rim. Antennae 

 in (J bipectinated, towards apex simple. Thorax with rather spreading 

 anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen without crests. 



An extensive cosmopolitan genus. There are about twenty generic 

 synonyms. 



7. E. radians Guen., Noct., 1, 261 ; munda Walk., Cat., 10, 348 ; basi- 



notata, ib., 15, 1686 ; turbulenta, ib., 32, 703 ; injuncta, ib., 32, 703 ; 

 scapularis Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. 110, 13. 



Dunedin. Common in Australia ; also from Friendly Islands and 

 Norfolk Island. 



8. E. admirationis Guen., Ent. Mo. Mag., 5, 38 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 31, 



pi. 5, 37 : sericea Butl., Cist. Ent., 2, 490 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 31, 

 pi. 5, 38 : inconspicua Butl., Cist. Ent., 2, 545. 

 Christchurch district. 



9. E. ceropachoides Guen., Ent. Mo. Mag., 5, 39 ; Huds., N.Z. Moths, 



32, pi. 6, 1. 

 Rakaia. 



6. Agrotis Ochs. 



Agrotis Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 66 (1816) ; type, ypsilon Rott. 

 Lycophotia Hiibn., Verz., 215 (1827) ; type, singula Thunb. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in $ bipectinated, towards apex 

 simple. Thorax with anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen without 

 crests. Anterior tibiae short, thickened, not longer than first joint of 

 tarsi. A rather limited but generally distributed genus. Hampson 

 separated Agrotis and Lycophotia by "the " rather flattened " abdomen 

 of the former, but it is quite impossible to distinguish them practically 

 by this indefinite test. 



10. A. ypsilon Rott,, Naturf., 9, 141 ; Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst., 19, 32 ; 



Huds., N.Z. Moths, 30, pi. 5, 35, 36: suffusa Hiibn., Samml. Eur. 

 Schmett., 134. 



North and South Islands ; a cosmopolitan insect. Larva poly- 

 phagous. 



11. A. innominata Huds., N.Z. Moths, 31, pi. 5, 39. 



Wellington. Christchurch. 



7. Graphiphora Ochs. 



Graphiphora Ochs., Schmett. Eur., 4, 68 (1816) ; type, obscura 

 Brahm. 



Face without prominence. Antennae in S ciliated. Thorax with an- 

 terior and posterior crests. Abdomen without crests. Anterior tibiae 

 moderate, longer than first joint of tarsi. 



A large genus, of universal distribution. Hampson includes this genus 

 in Agrotis, but I think the separation is natural and practicable. This 

 is the group to which the name of Noctua was formerly applied, but it has 

 now been generally discarded. There are numerous generic synonyms. 



