112 NOVTTATES ZOOLOQICAB XXV. 1918. 



submedian interspace ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner side by white, 

 slightly angled outwards below costa and above inner margin and incurved 

 between these points ; claviform represented by a faint brown and whitish line 

 across submedian interspace at its extremity ; orbicular and reniform white 

 defined b}' black, the former round, the cell before and between them black ; 

 postmedial line brown slightly defined on outer side by white, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and slightly dentate ; traces of 

 a pale subterminal line ; a terminal series of slight blackish lunules ; cilia with 

 ■a white line at base followed by a brown line. Hindwing semihyaline white, 

 the inner area tinged with brown ; a slight brown terminal line from apex to 

 vein 2 ; the underside with the costal area irrorated with a few brown scales, 

 a postmedial brown striga from costa and slight points on veins 6 and 5, a 

 terminal series of brown points to vein 2. 



Hah. Arabia, Yemen (Bury), 1 ? type. Exf. 38 mUl. 



688a. Agrotis paramensis n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some dark brown ; palpi blackish 

 brown, the 2nd joint at extremity and 3rd joint above whitish ; abdomen 

 mixed with brown and dorsally tinged with yellow on basal half ; pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen whitish mixed with red-brown. Forewing grey 

 suffused with brown, the costal area paler to the postmedial line and tinged 

 with rufous especially towards base ; two subbasal black striae below costa and 

 a patch below the cell with small white spot in centre ; antemedial line double, 

 black-brown filled in with white, angled outwards below costa and inwards in 

 the cell and at vein 1, excurved below the cell and above inner margin ; clavi- 

 form small, defined by black-brown ; orbicular and reniform with white annuli 

 defined by black-brown and with red-brown centres, the former elliptical ; 

 postmedial line black-brown, forming a small spot at costa, bent outward below 

 costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points 

 beyond it on costa with black-brown between them ; a blackish-brown bar from 

 costa before the faint slightly waved brown subterminal line ; a terminal series 

 of minute black-brown spots ; ciUa with a fine white line at base. Hindwing 

 white tinged with red-brown especially on inner area, the veins browner ; a 

 rather darker terminal line ; cilia white with a brown line near base ; the under- 

 side with the costal area urorated with dark brown, a small blackish discoidal 

 spot and indistinct curved waved postmedial line ; a terminal series of small 

 ■dark-brown spots to vein 2. 



Hah. Colombia, Parama del Quindin (Fassl), 1 ? type. Exp. 42 mill. 



Genus Trichosilia nov. 



Type: Suctua acarnea Smith. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned ; fringed with rather 

 long hair in front, the 3rd joint short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, slightly 

 hairy and overhung by rather long cilia ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with hair only and without distinct crests ; all the tibiae spined, moder- 

 ately fringed with hair ; abdomen with ridges of rough hair. Forewing with 

 the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 

 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 



