210 BULLETIN 38, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Agrotis radix Wlk, 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., x, 332. 



" Ferrugiueo fiisca ; thorax uigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum, la- 

 teribus ferrugineis 5 alse anticse liueis uonnullis transversis uudulatis 

 pallidioribiis et obscurioribus, linea submarginali anguloso albida, 

 striga basali limulisque margiualibus nigris orbiciilari et reuiforaii ob- 

 scuriore margiuatis, bac maxima, ilia subovataj posticiu cinerese, mar- 

 ginibus obscurioribus. Mas. — Autenme ciliatie; abdomen valvulis 

 apicalibus magnis luteo i^ilosis. 



"• Foctna radix Barustou MSS. 



" Ferruginous brown. Thorax with a black band. Abdomen cin- 

 ereous ferruginous along each side. Fore wings with several undulat- 

 ing paler and darker lines, the submargiual line angulose and whitish ; 

 a black basal streak and black marginal lunules ; orbicular and reui- 

 form spots with darker borders, the former irregularly oval, about half 

 the size of the latter, which is very large. Hind wings cinereous with 

 darker borders. 



" Male. — Antennse ciliated. Abdomen with large apical valves, 

 whose hairs are somewhat luteous. Length of the body, 6 lines j of 

 the wings, 16 lines. 



'• a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



" b. Nova Scotia. From Lieutenant Eedman's collection." 



Agrotis perlentans Wlk. 



185G. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., x, 332. 



"Mas. — Fusca; autenntie simplicis aut vix ciliatce; abdomen cin- 

 ereum; alie anticie striga discali interrupta uigricante ; orbiculari et 

 reniformi iudistinctis pallido marginatis; posticie cinereic, macula dis- 

 cali marginesque fuscescentibus. 



" 3rale, — Brown. Antenna} simple or hardly ciliated. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings with a blackish streak between the base and 

 the orbicular spot, and between the latter and the reniform spot ; spots 

 indistinct, with pale borders. Hind wings cinereous with a brownish 

 discal spot and brownish borders. Length of the body, G lines ; of the 

 wings, 14 lines. 



" a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq." 



Agrotis mollis Wlk. 



1856. Wlk,, C. B. Mus., Lep. Het., x, 333. 



"Foem. — Cana; thorax ferrugiueo fuscoque fasciatus ; abdomen cin- 

 ereum; aliiB anticse ferugineiB, lineis transversis canis nigresque, exte- 

 riore arcuata, submarginali undulata, striga brevi discali atra ; orbicu- 

 lari subovata, reniformi vix excavata. 



" Noctua mollis, Barnston MSS. 



