544 Mr. Butler on a collection of 



smoky-brown; fringe with a grey-edged yellow basal line; 

 externally silvery-white; head and thorax brown, traversed by 

 bisinuated darker lines ; abdomen shining greyish-brown; anal 

 segment blackish at the base, with lateral reddish -brown fringe ; 

 body below pinky- whitish, front of pectus pale purplish-brown; 

 knees black, posterior tibiae striped at the end with black; venter 

 with lateral black spots ; primaries below shining grey, with 

 cupreous reflections, border whitish ; costal borders crossed 

 towards the apex by grey lines; a marginal series of black 

 ilots; fringe rather paler than above; secondaries whitish, with 

 cupreous reflections; a grey discocellular dot; a brown discal 

 line; a marginal series of black dots. Expanse of wings 1 

 inch n lines. 



One s])eciinen without auteunaj. 



APAMIID^. 



10. Apainra vitiosa (No. 14). 



Apaiiicd vitio-'^o, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. ;)<S4, pi xlii, 

 fig. 3. 



Two specimens, but without antennse, January to March, on 

 sugar. 



11. A(jfotis adinlrationis (Nos. 18 & 27). 



Agrotis iuliniratidvis, Guenee, Ent. Month. Mag. v, p. ?)<S 

 (]8(i8). 



The two specimens sent by Mr. Skellon show considerable varia- 

 tion from one another in tint, and in the distinctness of the ordinary 

 dark lines on the primaries, still I believe them to be conspecific; 

 M. Guenee describes his species as having whitish fringes, but 

 states at the same time that he has only seen one sjiecimen in 

 poor condition ; the fringe of the primaries is pale sandy -yellow 

 traversed by a greyish band, immediately followed by a line of 

 the same colour, that of the secondaries is creamy-white tra- 

 \ersed by a grey line. If, as I believe, I have rightly identified 

 M. Guen(''e's species, it should come near A. simplonia o£ Europe 



12. tSpcelotis cccruleu. 



Agntis (Sj)(i'l(4i-'^) ccvrnlea, Guenee, Ent. Month. Mag. v, 

 p. P)8(lSfi.S). 



