396 



NOCrlTIDJE. 



681. Agrotis consanguinea. (Plate LXX. fig. 7.) 



Ovhroplcnra cnnsaiiguincu, Moure, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 353 ; Hiuusn. Moths 

 Iiid. ii. p. 188. ^ 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with reddish brown, some of 

 the scales tipped with grey ; tegula) sometimes ochreous except at 

 tips ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tnft tinged with ochreous. 

 Fore wing daik brown with a greyish gloss ; the costal area ochreous 

 or tinged with rufous to the postmediil line; the subbasal line 

 represented by a black point below costa and a curved line between 

 cell and vein 1, followed by a blackish patch with black point above 

 it in cell; the antemedial line double, oblique, minutely waved ; 

 claviform with its extremity defined by black ; orbicular and reni- 

 form defined by black and their centres by brown, the former round 

 or somewhat oblique, elliptical, the latter with some rufous on its 

 upper part, the cell before and between them black ; the postmedial 

 line double, dentate, and produced to points on the veins, slightly 

 bent outwards below costa, oxcurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line defined on inner side by aji oblique black bar from 

 costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous brown ; the cilia grey with a brown line 

 tlirougli them ; the underside pale, the costal area thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous, the terminal area sutfused with fuscous. 



llah. Kastimik, Dras, 1 S , Scinde Valley, 1 S {Leech) ; Punjab, 

 Simla {Harford), 1 c? , Dalhousie, 2 c? , 1 § type, Thundiani {Yer- 

 hury), 1 c5' , Murree {Harford), 1 c? , Dharmsala ( //odnn^), 2 d" , 6 $ ; 

 Tibet, Yatung {Hohson), 1 cS . Exp. 42-50 millim. 



682. Agrotis costaestriga. (Plate LXX. fig. 8.) 



JfirofiscodcBstru/a, Stand. Iris, viii. p. 305, pi. 5. f. 14(1895); id. Cat. 

 Lep. iwl. p. 139. 



c? . Head and thorax black mixed with purplish red and sufl'used 

 with grey ; palpi at tips and frous white ; tarsi with whitish rings ; 

 abdomen ochreous brown, darker below. Fore wing purplish fuscous 

 suft'used with grey, especially on basal costal area and near the 

 postmedial line ; the subbasal line double, waved, from costa to 

 submedian fold, with a point in the cell beyond it ; the antemedial 

 line strong, black, oblique from costa to median nervure, then indis- 

 tinct, waved ; the clavit'orm defined by black above ; the cell and 

 costal area in medial area black suffused with blue-grey ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by black, the former oblique, oblong, open 

 above, the latter open below ; a slight line from lower angle of 

 cell to inner margin ; the postmedial line dentate and produced to 

 points on the veins, obsolescent except towards costa, slightly bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some 

 pale points on costa towards apex ; the subterminal line repre- 

 sented by an indistinct series of small ochreous and brown spots 

 and an oblique black bar from costa ; a terminal series of black 

 points. Hiud wing fuscous brown with an ochreous tinge ; cilia 



