204 xociriD^. 



h^-. Fore wing with the postiiiedial area 



ueai-lj" coiicokirous t<fri(/i7(S. 



d'. Fore wing with the orbicular obsolete nerrita. 



b'\ Fore wing with ochreous and black fasciaj 



ill discal and submediau folds 2^ictifascia. 



5'. Fore wing with brown streaksin the intersjjaces. 

 «•'. Fore %4iag with the orbicular and reuifonu 



]ii-esent axiliodcs. 



h\ Fore wing with the orbicular and reniibrm 



obsolete lineifera. 



337. Euxoa vilsoni. (Plate LXI. fit;. IG.) 



Agrotis wilsonii, Grote, Bull. Buff. See. i. p. 135, pi. 4. f. 3 (1873) ; Smith, 



Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 88. 

 Agrotis spccialis. Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. ii. p. 62 (1874) ; id. 111. Essay, 54, 



pi. 2. f. 14: (1882). 

 Agrotis aqualis, Harv. Can. Ent. viii. p. 3G (1876). 



Head and thorax varying from grey-l>rowii to chestnut ; palpi 

 •with black mark on side. of 2ud joint ; legs with black hair mixed ; 

 abdomen grey. Pore wing grey -brown, often tinged with chestnut 

 except costal area ; an oblique subbasal grey striga below cell ; the 

 antemedial hue obsolete towards costa, angled inwards on median 

 nervure, strongly excurved in submediau interspace, then acutely 

 angled outwards to inner margin, or obsolete ; the orbicular and 

 reniform grey often edged with black and with fuscous centres, the 

 former obhtpie, elliptical, or with its lower extremity produced ; the 

 claviform outlined with black, moderate ; the subterminal line 

 angled outwards at vein 6, strongly inwards at vein 5, then dentate, 

 the area beyond it more or less tinged with fuscous ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing grey-brown, the terminal area 

 rather deeper ; cilia white ; under.side whitish, the costal area and 

 termen irroratcd with brown ; a black discoidal spot. 



Ab. 1. specialis. Head, thorax, and ground-colour of fore wing 

 bright chestnut-red. 



Hah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glenwood Springs, California, 2 d" , 3 5 , 

 type S specialis and $ type, and type aqualis, S. Francisco, 1 J' . 

 Kvp. 44 millim. 



Larva. Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. iv. p. 317 (1899). 



Head 3-6 mm., pale brown, reticulations very obscure, paler than 

 the ground-colour, vertical band obsolete above and below, existing 

 as a dash beside the clypeus ; body green, lined with white ; dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and lateral lines rather narrow, straight, transversely cut 

 into blotches ; substigmatal line broad, obscurely double, narrowly 

 green-centered. Feet pale ; spiracles black. Feeds on plants near 

 the sea-coast. — H. G. D. 



338. Euxoa lacunosa. (Rate LXI. fig. 17.) 



Agrotis lacunosa, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 172 (1878) ; Smith, Cat. 

 ]N'oct. N. Am. p. 88. 



cJ . Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi with some black at 

 sides ; irons witli black band ; tegulae with black band ; pectus, 



