THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



JUN151920 



NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID.EV FROM THE 



PHILIPPINES. V^Vm np^^ 



By a. E. Wileman and Richard 

 Enxoa lazonensis, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax brownish-grey, abdomen shghtly paler. 

 Fore wings greyish-brown, sprinkled with darker ; antemedial line 

 black, serrated ; postmedial line black, outwardly pale-edged, curved 

 round outer end of cell, thence inwardly oblique to dorsum ; sub- 

 terminal line pale, sinuous, biangulate below middle, inwardly edged 

 with black ; terminal dots black ; orbicular and reniform stigmata 

 blackish, faintly outlined in pale brown. Hind wings dark fuscous, 

 darker towards termen, discal dot black. Underside dark fuscous, 

 fore wings paler on costa and termen ; all wings have a black discal 

 mark. 



$ . Similar to the male, but the stigmata are brown, and the 

 subterminal line is whitish. 



Expanse, (^ 40 mm., $ 38 mm. 



Four specimens (3 <J <? , 1 2) from Haight's Place, Pauai, 

 subprov. Benguet, Luzon (7000 ft,), November 7th-l4tb, 1912. 

 Comes near E. canariensis, Rebel. 



Agrotis luminosa, sp. n- 



(^ . Head and thorax reddish-brown, abdomen greyish-brown with 

 reddish dorsal and anal tufts. Fore wings reddish-brown, suffused 

 with darker brown on costal area to the postmedial line ; orbicular 

 and reniform stigmata pale ochreous, outlined in black, claviform 

 strongly outlined in black ; the reniform is preceded by a black dash, 

 followed by a black streak to termen which is interrupted by the 

 postmedial and subterminal lines ; antemedial line pale ochreous, 

 crenulate, outwardly edged with black ; postmedial line crenulate, 

 pale ochreous, inwardly edged with black, curved round end of cell, 

 thence inwardly oblique to dorsum ; subterminal line pale ochreous, 

 crenulate, interrupted, and wider towards dorsum ; a connected series 

 of black dots on termen; fringes tawny brown, chequered with darker. 

 Hind wings pale brown with darker veins and terminal border. 

 Underside fore wings suffused with blackish except on the costal and 

 terminal areas, which are tawny brown ; hind wings pale, almost 

 whitish, brown, tinged with tawny brown on costal area, terminal 

 border blackish ; all the wings have a black discal dot and transverse 

 line beyond; fringes tinged with tawny brown. 



Expanse, 43 mm. 



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