334 NoCTUiDji;. 



irrorated with brown. Fore wing dull brown, slightly irrorated 

 with white ; a white fascia in submedian fold to near postmedial 

 line, slightly defined by dark scales ; a slight white streak in cell to 

 the orbicular, which is elongate, \\ith white anniilus slightly defined 

 by blackish ; reniform small, with white annulus defined by blackish ; 

 the postmedial line very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein. 4, then incurved ; the subterminal line whitish, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a series of 

 dark dentate marks defined by V-shaped whitish marks, before it ; a 

 fine terminal dark line ; cilia white and brown. Hind wing pale 

 suffused with fuscous brown ; cilia white ; the underside white 

 irrorated with brown. 



Ab. 1 . issi/cula. Paler, the ground-colour of fore wing moreochreous 

 white, the antemedial line visible on inner area, angled inwards on 

 vein 1, then outwards. — Issyk-kul. 



Bab. S.E. Russia ; Armenia, 2 $ ; Asia Minor 1 d" , 1 $ ; W. 

 TuEKESTAN, Krasnovodsk, 1 J , Zeller Coll., Turcomania, Issyk- 

 kul, 2 d , 5 2 . Exp. 38-42 millim. 



595. Eiixoa aeqnicuspis. (Plate LXXIII, fig. 3.) 



Agrofis aquicusjns, Staud. Iris, xii. p. 365, pi. 6. f. 18(1895) ; id. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 14:7. 



Head and thorax white irrorated with dark brown ; abdomen 

 white. Fore wing white irrorated with dark brown ; the discal 

 and submedian folds slightly tinged with ochreous ; a white fascia 

 in submedian fold from base to near postmedial line incompletely 

 defined by black ; the orbicular and reniform with white annuli 

 defined by blackish, the former very elongate, its outer edge pro- 

 duced to a point or bidentate, the latter small ; the subbasal and 

 antemedial lines represented by dark stria? from costa ; faint traces 

 of a dentate postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to 

 vein 4, tlien incurved ; the subterminal line whitish, indistinct, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, with a series of 

 dentate dark marks defined by V-shaped white marks on its inner 

 side ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia white and brown. Hind 

 wing whitish, suffused with fuscous brown, the cilia white ; the 

 underside white irrorated with brown, a small discoidal spot. 



Bab. E. Turkestan, Thian Shan Mts. ; Mongolia, Kuruk Tag, 

 1 (5 , 1 $ . Exp. 40 millim. 



596. Eiixoa lagena. (Plate LXVII. fig. 26.) 



Agrotls lagena, Grote, Can. Ent. vii. p. 26 (1875) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. 

 Am. p. 80. 



$ . Head and thorax white mixed with brown ; 2nd joint of 

 palpi at sides and sides of frons with black marks ; teguljB with 

 black medial line ; pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with 

 brown ; abdomen white irrorated with brown. Pore wing whitish, 

 irrorated with brown ; the lines obsolete ; a sinuous black-brown 



