162 NOCTTJIDiE. 



apex ; a black streak below base of cell confluent with the 

 claviform which is defined bj- black ; orbicular large, elongate 

 elliptical, defined by black except above where it is open ; reniform 

 fuscous, defined by black and with white lunule on its inner 

 edge; subterminal line only defined by slight dentate marks on 

 its inner side towards costa and a dark mark beyond it between 

 veins 6 and 4 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing pure 

 white. 



2 . Bluer grey ; fore wing with large dentate black marks before 

 subterminal line ; hind wing suft'usod with grey towards termen. 



Hab. CoKsiCA ; Sardinia, 1 J . Exp-' ^ ^^^ S ^^ millim. 



*281. Euxoa sabulosa. 



Agrotis sabulosa, Embr. Faun. And. pi. 17. f. 3 (1839) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 147. 



J . Head and thorax grey-brown mixed with white : tegulae 

 with black medial line ; abdomen white tinged with ochreous 

 towards extremity. Fore wing brownish grey, suff'used in parts 

 with rufous and fuscous, the veins streaked with black ; the costal 

 area fuscous with pale points at the lines and towards apex ; an 

 irregular black streak below base of cell ; antemedial line repre- 

 sented by an excurved portion in submedian interspace ; claviform 

 large, filled in with black, rounded at extremity ; orbicular and 

 reniform black with grey annuli, the former produced on outer 

 side ; the cell between them black ; subterminal line only defined 

 on inner side by a series of small dentate black marks ; a blackish 

 patch before termen between veins 7 and 4. and a terminal series 

 of small black lunules. Hind wing pure white. 



Hab. Spain, Andalusia, in Coll. Oberthur. Eny. 42 millim. 



282. Euxoa arenivolans. (Plate LX. fig. 5.) 



Affrotis arenivolans, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. xv. p. 269 (1879). 



Head and thorax dark brown and grey-white ; tegulas with black 

 medial line; patagia grey, edged with dark brown above; abdomen 

 grey, dorsally tinged with brown except at base. Fore wing grey- 

 white, the veins with fine black streaks ; a dark brown fascia on 

 costa ; a black-brown fascia below the cell from base to beyond 

 middle, attenuate at extremities ; a short black fascia above inner 

 margin near base and a narrow fascia on inner margin from middle 

 to tornus ; the lines obsolete ; orbicular and reniform with brown 

 centres and grey annuli defined by black, the former small, produced 

 on outer side, sometimes met by a tooth from inner side of reniform ; 

 the cell just before and between the stigmata dark brown ; elliptical 

 dark brown spots above bases of veins 2, 3, 4, and 6 ; the subter- 

 minal line only defined by the area beyond it being black-brown, 

 dentate to termen at veins 7, 4, 3, 2, and 1 ; a terminal series of 

 black points. Hind wing dark brown, the interspaces somewhat 

 pale towards base in male ; cilia pale, with a brown line through 



