ErXOA. 



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medial line; a minutel}' dentate postmedial line licnt outwards 

 Lelow costa, exciirved to vein 4, then incurved. 



Hah. U.y.A., Utah, Stockton, co-types t d $ i" Coll. Rothschild. 

 Eay., <3 3G, $ 38 millini. 



404. Euxoa confiisa. 



Agrotis confiisa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvii. p. 61, pi. 2. f. 47 (1882) ; 



Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 136. 

 Jgrotis suhco7ii2ncua, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 13; id. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 149. 



(5 . Head and thorax grey mixed with hrown ; abdomen 

 brownish grej', the anal tuft mixed with yellow. Fore wing grey 

 irrorated with brown ; the subbasal line represented by indistinct 

 black spots below costa and cell ; the antemedial line waved, angled 

 outwards above inner margin, blackish, defined by grey on inner 

 side; claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform whitish, 

 rather incompletely defined by black ; the postmedial line minutely 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then 

 oblique ; the subterminal line represented by a rather obscure 

 series of dentate blackish marks, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing 

 pale suffused with brown, and tinged with ochreous towards inner 

 margin ; cilia white with brown line at base ; the underside white 

 irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal lunula and some brown 

 suffusion on terminal area. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana ; E, Turkestan, Hi, Koria ; 

 Mongolia, Uliassatai Mts., 1 J , Exp. 36 millim. 



405. Euxoa subdecora. (Plate LXIII. fig. 9.) 



Agrotis subdecora, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 7; id. Cat. Lep. pa}. 

 p. 144. 



c? . Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; abdomen grey- 

 white, dorsally tinged with ochreous towards extremity. Fore 

 wing brownish grey irrorated with white; a waved fuscous ante- 

 medial line from costa to submedian fold; a nearly straight erect 

 antemedial line ; hardly a trace of the stigmata ; postmedial line 

 dentate, slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 tlien incurved ; traces of a subterminal line, slightly angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a brown line at base 

 of cilia. Hind wing white, the veins and marginal areas tinged 

 with brown; cilia white; the underside white, the costal and 

 terminal areas irrorated with brown, a slight discoidal point and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Asia Minor, Tontus ; W. Turkestan, Turcomania, 1 cT , 

 Ferghana, Issyk Kid. Erj>. 34 millim, 



400. Euxoa acornis. (Plate LXIII. fig. 10.) 

 Carveades acorim, Smith, Ent. News Pliilad. vi. p. 335, pi. 15. f. 6(1805). 

 S . Head and thorax very pale brown ; tarsi banded with black ; 



