AGEOTIS. 389 



costal fascia to the subbasal black ]>atch ; rciiiform with fuscous 

 centre with ochrcous lunula on it and ochreous anniiliis dctined oa 

 inner side by black ; tho postmedial line minutel}' dentate, often 

 defined by ochreous on outer side, slightly bent outwards below 

 costa, excurved at median nervules,then oblique ; the subtermiual line 

 pale, defined on inner side by an obli(]ue black bar at costa, then by 

 some points, angled outwards at vein 7 aiid somewhat dentate at 

 veins 4, 3, Hind wing fuscous brown. 



Ab. 1. Fore Aving more variegated and irroratcd with grey ; 

 claviform well developed, defined by black, orbicular with grey 

 centre ; a waved medial line from cell to inner margin. — Kashmir, 

 Punjab. 



itab. Siberia, 1 $; AY. Turkestan, Ferghana; E. TuRKEsrAN, 

 Hi; Tibet, Amdo ; Amukland, Ussuri ; Japan, Yokohama (Pri/er, 

 Manlei/), 1 c? , 2 $ , Chiuzengi (L<'((.'zs), 1 5; Kashmir, Kala (J/c;- 

 ArtJiur),2 d , 2 $ ,Kokser (McArthar), 2 J ,Narkundah {Mc Arthur), 

 2 5; KuLTJ, Sultanpnr {G. Young), 1 5; Punjab, Simla, 1 J', 

 Dalhousio, 1 d" ? Murree {Yerhunj), 1 S , Dharmsala (/focl-in</), 4 cT , 



2 $; Tibet, Yatong (//o6soii), 4 J; Sikuim {llassdl, Liddcrdale), 



3 J , 1 § , type trianrjularis. Exj). 36-48 millim. 



670. Ag-rotis miisivula. (Plate LXIX. fig. 32.) 



Acfrofis mufit'ula, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 310 ilSltr)); id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. U3. 



J . Head and thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge ; tegula? 

 pale rufous at base, with white medial line and black-brown fi[)S ; 

 abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface blackish, the anal tuft 

 rufous. Fore wing pui'plish brown, the disk bright red-brown ; the 

 costal area brownish ochreous with red-brown streaks to the post- 

 medial line, extending to just below cell at base ; an olive-brown 

 subbasal patch below the cell ; the antemedial line obsolete toAvards 

 costa, excurved below the cell and above inner margin, angled 

 inwards on A'cin 1 ; orbicular and reniform Avith fuscous centres 

 and grey annuli defined by black, the former V-shaped, open above, 

 the cell before and between them tinged Avith dark olive-brown ; 

 the postmedial lino dentate, bent outAvards below costa, excurved to 

 A'cin 4, then incurved ; the subtenuinal lino indistinct, pale, defined 

 on inner side by diffused blackish at costa, then by a series of small 

 dentate dark marks slightly angled outAvards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind Aving fuscous 

 brown, Avith darker terminal line and ochreous lino at base of cilia ; 

 the underside paler, the costal area irrorated Avith fuscous. 



JIab. Tibet, Kuku-no'or, 1 J , Amdo. E.rj>. 34 millim. 



671. Agrotis c-nigrum. 



Kociuar-nigrum, Linn. Sjst. Nat. \. p. .MO (1758) ; lliibii. Etir. Sclimett., 

 Noct. ])1. '-i-l. r. Ill ; Hiiipsn. Motlia Tiul. ii. p. 18d ; Stand. Cat. Lop. jjal. 

 p. 139 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 7l'. 



Bomhyx nun-atrum, E.sp. Scliiiiett. Eur. iii. text p. 385 (1777). 



Noctua gothica, var. siHf/i(laris,Es\t. SchiiRtl. iii. pi. 7R. t'. 3 (1777). 



