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noctuid.t:. 



the cell forming with part of the subbasal line a semicircular mark 

 with pale centre, then acutely angled outwards above inner margin ; 

 claviform large, slate-grey defined by black ; orbicular very small 

 and rather elongate, with pale aunulus defined by black ; reniform 

 large, expanding below, slate-grey, with pale annulus defined by 

 black ; the postmedial line pale, very indistinct, bent outwards 

 below costa, then with series of small dentate black marks on its 

 inner side ; the veins beyond the cell with black streaks, and defined 





Fig. 64. — Feltia gladiari((, (^ . \. 



l)y whitish streaks on each side ; the subterminal line represented 

 by a series of small dentate Avhitish marks, with larger dentate 

 black marks on their inner side ; a terminal series of black points 

 and fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 brown, the veins and terminal area fuscous brown ; cilia white with 

 a brown line at base ; tlie underside with blackish discoidal lunule 

 and some fuscous suffusion on apical area. 



5 . Hind wing often more uniform fuscous brown. 

 Uab. Canada {JSorman), 1 $ ; U.S.A., E. States, 3 d" , 2 $ type 

 morrisoniana, Grote Coll., Texas. Ea-j). 3i-40 millim. 



603. Feltia venerabilis. (Plate LXVII. fig. 30.) 

 Agrotis venerabilis, Wlk. x. 328 (I85G) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 83. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with ochreous and grey ; 

 tegulae blackish at tips ; patagia grey-white except at shoulders ; 

 tarsi blackish, with pale rings on the joints ; abdomen reddish 

 brown. Fore wing grey-brown, sufiused with fuscous towards 

 costa or wholly suffused with fuscous, sometimes tinged with pink ; 

 the veins with dark streaks ; the lines obsolete ; a faint semicirctilar 

 mark below the cell sometimes present, representing part of the 

 subbasal and antcmedial lines ; the claviform narrow, elongate, 

 blackish defined by black ; the orbicular small, elongate, and defined 

 by black ; the reniform blackish, partly defined by black and rather 

 ill-defined ; a triangular fuscous mark on termen below apex, with 

 traces of small blackish spots or slight streaks in the interspaces 

 above and below it. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale, 

 with a brown line near base ; the underside whiter, Avith the costal 

 and terminal areas suffused and irrorated with brown ; a discoidal 

 point. 



$ . Patagia pinkish l)rown. 



Hah. Canada, Orilla {BasUe), 2 c? , Nova Scotia {Redman), 3 J 



