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Agrotis munis n. sp. 

 All the tibise armed; male autennse brush-like. Of a peculiar lilac gray, 

 rather pale, with distinct ornamentation, recalling euroides. Lines single, 

 black, well written, dentate. Stigmata concolorous; claviform sharp, out- 

 lined in blackish. Reuiform and orbicular large, vague; cell black between 

 them. Subterminal line broken into shade marks, better marked on costa. 

 Median shade marked below the reniform. Hind wings pale fuscous, with 

 concolorous fringes and discal mark. In the male paler, allowing double 

 extra-mesial shade lines to be visible. Beneath with discal lunules and 

 extra-mesial subdentate common shade line. Palpi dark at the sides. Re- 

 sembles Fernaldi, but the lines are narrower, the subterminal line is broken 

 into blackish patches, the extra-mesial line is not angulate on the secondaries. 

 Expanse 35 to 40 nlil. 



Agrotis conchis n. sp. 



All the tibite spinose. Allied to C. nigrum; recalls Hilliana by the 

 brightness of the ocher stigmata. Fore wings light lilac gray, smooth, with 

 a blackish tone. Base ocher, bounded by the half-line. Orbicular light 

 ocher, open to costa, outwardly oblique. Reniform upright, wide at base, 

 with a deep ocher interior ring. Median lines wide apart. Exterior line 

 evenly scalloped, followed by points. Subterminal space darker, with black- 

 ish costal shade. Subterminal line followed by a pale shade line. Terminal 

 space like s. t, gray at apices. Disk between and about the stigmata clouded 

 with rich blackish brown. Claviform indicated. Median shade apparent 

 below reniform. Head and collar bright ocher; tegulje brownish ocher;. 

 dorsum very pale dusty ocher. Hind wings with a pale ochery ground, 

 shaded with fuscous. Beneath, pale, with common continued scalloped line 

 and discal lunules open on primaries. Abdomen light brownish ocher; breast 

 light brownish; palpi dark brown at sides. Expanse 40 rail. 

 Agrotis olivalis n, sp. 



All the tibjB spinose. Allied to ridingsii. Dark olive with clear bluish 

 white stripes and markings. Collar with a mesial dark line. Thorax in front 

 crossed by a black line followed by a white baud. Costa shaded with white; 

 median vein narrowly striped with white. Transverse posterior line followed 

 by white shadings, spreading from the veins, crossing the s. t. line below 

 apices, at the median nervules again, and at internal margin ; these white 

 shades are alternated with black cuneate marks. Orbicular narrow, oblique, 

 white, with narrow dark center, filled in with white next the annulus ; clavi- 

 form concolorous, long, black-edged. A black, even terminal line. Hind 

 wings fuscous with whitish, interlined fringes. Beneath with double extra- 

 mesial diffused shade lines and faint discal marks. Thorax dark olive; 

 abdomen fuscous. Expanse 32 mil. 



Agrotis parentalis n. sp. 



All the tibise spinose; antennae simple, ciliate beneath. Allied to decip- 

 iens, but quite different in color. Lines deep black. General color gray. 



