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black; the subbasal line black, double, waved; the aiitcmedial line 

 double, obliquely waved ; claviform slight))- outlined with black ; 

 orbicular and reniform outlined with black, the former round with 

 fuscous centre, the latter with some fuscous in its lower extremitj- ; 

 a medial shade from cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line 

 iiiinutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein H, 

 then incurved ; the subterminal line defined by the area beyond it 

 being tinged with fuscous, angled outwards at vein 6 and excurved 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hnid wing yellowish 

 Avhite, suffused with brown especially towards tcrmen, the veins and 

 a waved terminal line brown ; the underside with discoidal spot, 

 curved postmedial line, and terminal series of points. 



2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing rather greyer ; abdomen and 

 hind wiug white ; fore wing with the postmedial line more 

 dentate. 



If ah. U.S.A., Colorado, Glen wood Springs, in Coll. Schaus. New 

 Mexico, Hot Sj)rings, in U.S. Nat. Mas., Arizona. E.rji. 32 millim. 



384. Euxoa robiginosa. (Plate LXII. fig. 25.) 



Agrotis robiginosa, Stand. Iris, vii. p. 271 (1894); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 150. 



5 . Head and thorax pale rufous ; tarsi banded with black ; 

 abdomen ochreous. Fore wing rather ])aler rufous ; the subbasal 

 line re])resentt'd by traces of double stride from costa and cell ; 

 antemedial line almost obsolete ; claviform narrow, slightly defiued 

 by brown ; orbicular and reniform slightly defiued by blackish, the 

 former oblique, elliptical : postmedial line indistinct, dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; subterminal 

 line defined by slight fuscous suffusion on inner side ; a terminal 

 series of black points. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal 

 half tinged with ochreous brown ; cilia white ; underside white, 

 the costal and terminal areas very slightly irrorated with pale 

 brown. 



Hah. Syria, Palestine, 1 $ . Exp. 40 millim. 



*385. Euxoa exculta. (Plate LXII. fig. 2Q.) 

 Carneades exculta, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 424 (1900). 



cJ . Soft dark red-brown, suffused with grey; tegulaB without 

 transverse line. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete, the 

 ante- and postmedial lines represented by fuscous spots on costa 

 and the former by a series of golden brown seal s ; orbicular and 

 reniform slightly darker, very faintly defined by golden-brown scales ; 

 subterminal line irregular, only defined by the area beyond it being 

 somewhat darker. Hind wing ochreous tinged with fuscous, darker 

 towards termcn ; cilia yellowish white ; underside whitish, the costal 

 and terminal areas with dark irroration. 



Hah. Canada, N.AV. Er. Columbia. Exp. 33 millim. This 

 species is unknown to me ; figured from a photogrnph from type in 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



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