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(22) Agrotis chersotoides Butl. 

 Apaniea chersotoides Butl. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) vii. 1881, p. 322. 



</?. 31 — 40 mm. Head and thorax red-brown or dark fuscous, edge of collar 

 and a broad irregular median streak from collar to posterior margin often grey- 

 whitish or whitish-ochreous. Antennae in </" hardly serrulate. Forewings brownish- 

 ochreous, variably suffused with brown- reddish, costa from base to subterminal line 

 often broadly suffused with dark reddi.sh-fuscous, more broadly anteriorly, in ? often 

 extending over whole wing, sometimes a costal streak of lighter suffusion from base 

 to second line ; subbasal and first lines blackish-edsfed ; orbicular and reniform rather 

 dark slaty-fuscous or sometimes reddish, partly edged with whitish-ochreous and 

 blackish-outlined, connected by a quadrate darker spot ; claviform small, oval, partly 

 indistinctly blackish-outlined ; second line indistinctly dark-edged, sometimes with 

 dots only, well-marked on costa ; subterminal pale, obscure, partially indistinctly darker- 

 edged. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, becoming fuscous posteriorly. 



13 specimens ; 5 Kona, Hawaii, at 4000 feet; 6 Mts Waimea, Kauai, at 4000 feet; 

 2 Kaholuamano, Kauai ; from April to September. Also two examples in the British 

 Museum, from Maui. Varies very considerably in colouring. 



(23) Agrotis ceramophaea, sp. nov. 



^. 1% mm. Head and thorax red-brown. Antennae bidentate with triangular 

 teeth. Forewings red-brown ; orbicular, claviform, and reniform fuscous, orbicular and 

 reniform connected by a small quadrate dark reddish-fuscous spot, laterally edged finely 

 with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light fuscous. 



I specimen, Kilauea, Hawaii, in September. 



(24) Agrotis psatnmophaea, sp. nov. 



j$. 35 — 38 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous or brown, somewhat 

 sprinkled with pale and blackish, anterior half of collar sharply blackish-fuscous. 

 Antennae in t bidentate with triangular teeth. Forewings varying from pale brownish- 

 ochreous to brown, sometimes sprinkled with black or much suffused with dark fuscous ; 

 subbasal and first lines partially dark-edged; spots fuscous or dark fuscous, black- 

 outlined, orbicular and reniform sometimes connected by a small blackish-fuscous spot 

 or bar, claviform elongate-oval ; median line cloudy, darker, curved ; second dark- 

 edged, margins usually dotted ; subterminal obscurely pale, partially and irregularly 

 edged with spots of dark suffusion. Hindwings light fuscous. (Plate IV. fig. 1 1.) 



8 specimens, Haleakala, Maui, at 5000 feet, in May. Variable in intensity. 



