NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. Ill 



620a. Feltia atridiscata n. sp. 



Euxoa basigramma Hmpsn., P.Z.S. 1906. p. 488 (nee Staud.). 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with brown, the vertex of head 

 browner, the tegulae with strong black line at middle ; antennae fuscous brown ; 

 frons at sides and palpi to near extremity of 2nd joint blackish ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen grey suffused with brown. Forewing grey tinged 

 with brown ; some blackish scales on costa ; claviform elongate, red-brown 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former small, 

 rather elongate elliptical, the latter with grey annulus and brown centre, rather 

 attenuate above, some black-brown in the cell before it and below the orbicular 

 and some black-brown on its outer side forming a dentate mark at discal fold ; 

 the termen more strongly tinged with brown ; cilia with a whitish line at base 

 followed by two slight brown lines. Hindwing grey suffused with pale red-browB ; 

 a darker terminal line ; cilia white with a slight brown line near base. Under- 

 side white tinged with red-brown, the hindwing with brown discoidal lunule. 



Ah. 1. Head, thorax, and forewing more strongly tinged with red-brown. 



Hob. Tibet, Gyantse, 13,000 ft. (Walton, Bailey), 2 $ type. Exp. 40 mill. 



657a. Agrotis olearia n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly mixed with grey ; antennae 

 black-brown ; palpi with some bright rufous in front and at extremity of 2nd 

 joint ; abdomen grey suffused with dark brown ; pectus, legs, and ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen dark red-brown mixed with some grey. Forewing grey tinged 

 with red-brown and thickly ii-rorated with black, the costal edge rufous ; a 

 slight brown subbasal spot on costa ; antemedial line faint, pale, incurved, with 

 two slight broT^Ti spots at costa ; orbicular and reniform with faint pale annuli, 

 the termen round, the latter with black spot before it at discal fold ; post- 

 medial line faint, pale, excurved to vein 3, then incurved ; traces of a pale 

 subterminal line ; a terminal series of slight dark spots ; cilia red-brown with a 

 fine whitish line at base. Hindwing glossy grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; a 

 faint dark discoidal spot ; a terminal series of slight dark marks to submedian 

 fold ; cilia whitish with a faint brown line at middle. Underside of forewing 

 brown, the costa rufous irrorated with black, the terminal area pale irrorated with 

 blackish ; hindwing white tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown, 

 the costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, a black discoidal 

 lunule, a faint curved brown postmedial Ime. 



Hah. Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo (Mann and Skewes), 1 S type. Exf. 

 52 miU. 



677a. Agrotis medioatra n. sp. 



?. Head and thorax whitish mixed with dark brown, the tegulae with strong 

 black medial band concave behind ; antennae whitish tinged with brown ; sides 

 of frons and palpi with some blackish, the latter with the extremity of the 2nd 

 joint and the 3rd joint white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown ; pectus, 

 legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white mixed with brown, the tarsi ringed 

 with white. Forewing grey-white tinged with brown and irrorated with dark 

 brown, the costal area whiter to the postmedial line ; some black in base of 



