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the markings less distinct, and the border of the secondaries is 
reddish brown, not blackish as in armigera. The ‘‘ cupreous tint” 
to which Walker alludes in his description is apparent in the 
specimens before me. Hargesa, July 18, 1894. 
FAMILY ACONTIID-A. 
GENUS METACHROSTIS, Hiibn. 
M. africana, Feld. 
Erastria Africana, Feld., Reise d. Novara, Pl. CVIII. fig. 6 (1872). 
One specimen, Sheikh Husein, Sept. 28, 1894. 
M. acclivis, Feld. (?) 
Evrastria acclivis, Feld., Reise d. Novara, Pl. CVIII. fig. 24 (1872). 
The specimen before me represents a species closely allied to 
that delineated by Felder, but somewhat different. It may be a 
new species, but I refrain for the present from characterizing it as 
such. Sheikh Husein, Sept. 27, 1894. 
GENUS EUBLEMMA, Hiibn. 
EB. glaucata, sp. nov. 9. Thorax glaucous; upper side of abdo- 
men pale gray; under side of thorax and abdomen pale gray. 
Primaries on the upper side glaucous, widely bordered with brown, 
with a few brown marks on the costa and obscure parallel trans- 
verse brown lines below the cell beyond the base, and a brown 
spot at the end of the cell. The secondaries on the upper side 
are white, margined toward the anal angle with brown. The under 
side of the secondaries is white, laved with pale brown at the apices. 
Expanse 27 mm. Sheikh Husein, Sept. 27, 1894. 
FAMILY NOCTUID-. 
GENUS AGROTIS, Ochsenheimer. 
A. sp? near A. spinifera, Hiibn. 
Berbera, Jan..7; Sheikh Husein, Oct. 27. 
A. sp? 
The Haud, July 23, 1894. 
Neither of the species of Agrotis before me agree entirely with 
the descriptions of any species known to me, but without more time 
