30 Mr. J. H. Leech 



on 



black forms of A. tritici occur both in Scotland and in 

 Ireland. 

 Distribution. Europe. — Amurland ; Japan. 



751). Agrotis uherthicri, sp. n, 



(J Primaries pale chocolate-brown with a whitish-brown streak 

 along the costa and a black elongate patch at the base ; postmedial 

 line blackish, submarginal line pale, wavy, preceded by a series of 

 black triangular markings and outwardly bordered with blackish- 

 brown ; stigmata outlined in black, orbicular whitish-brown with 

 darker central dot, reniform whitish-brown traversed by a darker 

 line ; fringes brown, preceded by a black line. Secondaries pale 

 fuscous, fringes whitish, preceded by a darker line. Under surface of 

 primaries dark fuscous, with darker discal mark ; secondaries paler, 

 bordered with darker, fringes whitish. 



$ Larger. Primaries have a pale antemedial line, bordered with 

 blackish and the claviform stigma is more conspicuous, forming a 

 blackish triangular mark. 



Expanse ^ 40 millim., § 42-46 millim. 



One male specimen and three females from Ta-chien-lu, 

 taken in July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



760. Agrotis islandica. 



Agrotis islandica, Stand., Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1881, p. 419 ; 



Rom. sur Lep., vi, p. 419 (1892). 

 Agrotis islandica, vai\ rossica, Stand., I. c. ; Alph., Rom. sur 

 Lcp., ix, p. 137 (1897). 

 Alpheraky records one female specimen from Kham. 

 He says that the primaries are marked with white and 

 that it was taken on May 28. 



Distribution. ICELAND ; LABRADOR. — Central Asia ; 

 Amurland ; Western China. 



7G1. Agrotis brcmeri. 



Agrotis brcmeri, Ersch., Horas Soc. Ent. Ross. (Russ. Ed.), 



iv, p. 152 (1870). 

 Agrotis spcciosa, Brem., Lep. Ost.-Sib., p. 50, pi. iv, fig. 10 

 (1864). 

 One female example from Yesso in Fryer's collection ; 

 this is much larger than a male specimen from Amurland 

 in my collection. 



Distribution. Amurland ; Yesso. 



