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*' Female. — Hoary. Thorax with ferruj^iuous aad brown baud. Ab- 

 domen and hind winjjs cinereous. Fore win<^s mostly ferruginous; 

 the usual transverse lines hoary and blackish, and very distinct; the 

 exterior one curved, the submarginal one undulatin<,^; a short discal 

 deep black streak extendinj^ to the reniform spot and interrupted by 

 the orbicular one; the latter is irrejjularly oval, and lujt much smaller 

 than the reniform, whicli is hardly excavated. Leug^th of the body, 7 

 lines; of the win<;s, 14 lines. 



"rt. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barustou." 



Graphiphora illapsa Wlk. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mns., Lep. Hot., xi, 744. 



"Foem. — Subferrugineo-ciuerea; palpi nigro fusci, apice pallidi; 

 thorax autice nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum ; ahe anticie nigro 

 couspersiu, lituris costalibus liueisque valde incom[)letis nigris, orbicu- 

 lar! obsoleta, reniformi e lituris nigris, fasciis duabus latus ferrugineis 

 lineacpic intermedia albida exterioribus ; postic;e ciuereaj, ferrugiueo 

 marginatic. 



" Female. — Cinerous, with a slight ferruginous tinge. Palpi blackisL 

 brown, with pale tips. Thorax with a black band in front. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings minutely speckled with black, with black costal 

 marks, and with very iucomplete black transverse lines ; orbicular spot 

 obsolete; reniform indicated by some black marks; a broad exterior 

 ferruginous band, partly divided by a whitish line from the pale ferru- 

 ginous marginal band. Hind wings cinereous, ferruginous towards the 

 borders. Length of the body, 14 lines ; of tlie wings, 20 lines. 



"a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Itiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston," 



This is intimately associated with augur by Mr. Walker, the latter 

 species being credited to the same locality. It may be something very 

 like Pachnobia, or possibly a form nearly allied to elimaia Gn. 



Agrotis ordiiiata Wlk. ^ 



1865. Wlk., C. 15. Mils., Lop. Hot., xxxii, G'Jl. 



" Foem. — Cinerea, nigro couspersa, palpi porrccti, articulo S^* bre- 

 vissimo; antenme subsetulosie ; tibiic basi fasciculatic, ahe antic;e lineis 

 quator nigris, la 2aque duplicatis, la abbreviata, 3a deutata, 4a deu- 

 ticulata, spatio marginati fuseescente lineamsubmarginalem angidosam 

 includente, orbiculari et reniformi magnis nigro marginatis; posticio 

 pallide cinereje, puncto discali venis spatioque marginali obscurioribus. 



^'■Female. — Cinereous, black speckled. Pal[)i porrect, extending a 

 little beyond the head, second joint clothed with rather long hairs; 

 third joint conical, very minute. Anteinuu very minutely setulose. 

 Abdomen paler, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Femora 

 fringed on the inner side; tibiie and tarsi spinose, the former with a, 



