Genera and Species o/'NoctuIdse. 415 



black and orange. Fore wing black ; a rounded yellowish- 

 white anteraedial spot in cell, medial elliptical spot from 

 discal fold to well below vein 2 and obHquely placed post- 

 medial spots beyond the angles of cell, the upper rounded, 

 the lower rather triangular ; some silvery-blue irroration 

 below costa to end of cell, short streak above base of vein 1, 

 medial spots iu and below cell and above vein 1, discoidal 

 striga, slight curved postmedial series of spots, and two spots 

 at tornus ; cilia white at apex and above tornus. Hind wing 

 orange, the basal, costal, and terminal areas black, the black 

 apical area expanding quadrately into the cell to origin of 

 vein 2 and with bar-shaped yellowish-white spot on it between 

 veins 7 and 4 ; cilia with some white towards apex and above 

 vein 1. 



Hab. FonMLOSA, Kanshirei {fVileman), 1 ^J type. Exp, 

 46 ram. 



Noctuidae. 



Ageotijvjs. 



231 a. Agrotiphila tenera, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with grey and 

 brownish hair; antennse black. Fore wing grey irrorated with 

 reddish brown, the costal edge blackish towards base; ante- 

 medial line brown, waved ; a small black spot at middle of 

 cell and rather diffused discoidal lunule ; postmedial line 

 brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, angled in- 

 wards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4 ; some 

 blackish on costa towards apex ; subterminal line brown, 

 minutely dentate, incurved at discal fold; a fine brown 

 terminal line with blackish striae on it. Hind wing grey 

 suffused with brown, the cilia whitish except at base ; the 

 underside grey irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal spot 

 and rather diffused postmedial line. 



Hab. Tibet, Lanark Valley, 15,000' {Bailey), 1 (^ type. 

 Exp. 22 mm. 



267 a. Micragrotis nigrisigna, sp. n. 



$ , Head and thorax black-brown, the tegulse with black 

 medial line ; the spurs and tarsi with whitish rings ; abdo- 

 men brown mixed with greyish, the ventral surface blackish. 

 Fore wing fuscous brown ; double subbasal black striae from 

 costa ; antemedial line with double black striae from costa, 

 then indistinct, waved ; claviform small, defined by black 

 above and at extremitv ; orbicular and reniform defined bv 



