collected in Chili. 127 



tion of the secondaries, which are pearly white, semi- 

 transparent, with dark brown outer border and veins ; 

 lastly, the Spalotis f stictica of Blanchard has the 

 secondaries of typical A. saucia, but the primaries are 

 of a greyish or reddish brown colour ; the whole surface 

 covered with fine blackish mottling, and with the discoidal 

 spots and all the paler areas of these wings white, thus 

 giving the wings the general appearance of lichen- 

 spotted bark. I have seen all the forms from Europe. 



20. Agrotis hostilis. 



Agrotis hostilis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xi., p. 737 

 (1857). 



A. consueta, Walker, I.e., p. 738 (1857). 



A. incommoda. Walker, I.e., Suppl. 2, p, 692 (1865). 



Spcelotis infmcata ?, 131anchard, in (jray's * Fauna 

 Chilena,' vii., p. 74, n. 2 (1854). 



" Valparaiso, at sugar, from September to December ; 

 larva common under stones ; feeds on trefoil, dock, and 

 various low plants." — T. E. 



It is impossible to be certain of the identification of 

 M. Blanchard's description. 



21. Agrotis hispidida. 



Agrotis hispidula, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 293, n. 476 



(1852). 

 " Las Zorras, at sugar, in November and December." 

 —T.E. 



There is a common variety having the secondaries 

 pearly white. 



22. Agrotis hipars. 

 Agrotis hipars. Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. x., p. 334, n. 62 



(1856). 

 A. consueta (part). Walker, I.e.. n. 63 (1856). 



" Las Zorras, at sugar, from November to January." 

 —T. E. 



Walker wholly overlooked the fact that he had already 

 given the name A. consueta to one New World species, 

 when in his Supplementary descriptions he gave the 

 same designation to another New World form. (See 

 A. hostilis). 



