AGROTIS. 371 



649. Agrotis plana. ( Plate LXVIII. fig. 30.) 

 A(/)vtisjjlaiui, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 20. 



^ . Head aud tegukc rufous mixed with grey and black ; palpi 

 black at sides ; teguliie with black medial line, with some white 

 scales beyond it ; thorax black-brown, the scales and hairs tipped 

 with grey ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen ochrcous brown, the 

 ventral surface dark brown irrorated with white. Fore wing dark 

 brown snfFused with purplish grey ; the lines indistinct ; the subbasal 

 line from costa to submedian fold, angled outwards below costa ; the 

 antemedial line angled outwards below costa, in submedian fold, and 

 above inner margin : claviform almost obsolete ; orbicular and rcni- 

 form large, with black centres and pale annuli defined by black, the 

 former round, ihe latter somewhat constricted at middle ; the post- 

 medial line minutely dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, 

 €xcurved to vein 4, then oblique and angled inwards in submedian 

 fold ; traces of a waved subterminal line ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hind wing pale brown, whitish towards base and inner 

 margin ; the underside with rhe costal area strongly iri'orated with 

 brown, a discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line. 



Hal). W. China, Pu-tsu-fang, 3 S fype, Nitou, 1 J , Omei-Shan, 

 2 (S . Exp. 38 millim. 



650. Agrotis subcorticea. 



Agrotis suhcorticca, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 311 (1895) ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 151. 

 Agrotis parvi'.la, Alph. Rom. Meiu. ix. p. 9, pi. 'i. f. 1 (1897). 



S . Head ochrcous, the antennae and a baud between their bases 

 red-brown, the palpi dark, fringed with rufous in front, the lower 

 part of frons purplish red ; tegulaj ochreous, with dark brown 

 medial line and reddish tips ; thorax fuscous mixed with grey ; 

 tarsi with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft and 

 ventral surface reddish. Fore wing grey suffused with purplish 

 red, and before the antemedial and subterminal lines with brown ; 

 subbasal line straight from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial 

 line double, the inner indistinct, angled outwards below costa, 

 excurved below cell and more strongly above inner margin ; clavi- 

 form represented by a few brown scales at its extremity ; orbicular 

 and renifonn large, with fuscous centres and greyish annuli defined 

 by fine brown lines, the former round ; a waved medial rather 

 dift'used line ; postmedial line double, waved, bent outwards below 

 costa, somewhat incurved at discal fold, incurved at vein 4 ; sub- 

 terminal line defined by the brown suffusion before it, slightly 

 dentate at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, then incurved ; a fine terminal line ; 

 cilia brown. Hind wing fuscous brown, rather paler towards base 

 and inner margin ; botli wings Avith a fine yellowish line at base of 

 cilia ; the underside whitisli, the costal and terminal areas tinged 

 with brown, a slight discoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Tibet, Amdo, Kuku-noor, 1 c7 . Exp. 34 millim. 



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