AGEOTIS. 429 



735. Agrotis flavirena. 



Gmphiphomflavirena, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 352, pi. 38. f. 3. 

 Graphijihora vulpina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 118 (1882) ; Hiapsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 185. 



5 . Head and tegulse red-brown, the latter with dark patches 

 irrorated with white ; thorax purple-brown, the scales tipped with 

 white ; pectus, legs, and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red- 

 brown, Avith slight white irroration at base, below costa, and on 

 the A'eins ; subbasal line obsolete ; antemedial line indistinct, waved ; 

 claviform represented by a dark point at its extremity ; orbicular 

 indistinctly defined by brown, round ; reniform ochreous whitish 

 defined by brown ; postmedial line indistinct, minutely waved, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; traces of 

 some subterminal points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown ; the cilia pale purplish ; the underside pale, 

 the costal area and termen tinged with pink ; a dark diseoidal lunule 

 and indistinct curved postmedial line. 



Hah. SiKHiJi {Russell), 1 2 type vidpina. Exp. 46 millim. 



736. Agrotis tincta. (Plate LXXI. fig. 7.) 

 Graphiphora tincta, Leech, Trans. Eiit. See. 1900, p. 41. 



$ . Head and thorax purple-brown ; palpi deep red-brown, pale 

 at tips; frons and shoulders suffused with grey ; tibiae and tarsi 

 fuscous, the spurs with pale rings ; abdomen fuscous brown, the 

 anal tuft and ventral surface rufous. Fore wing red-brown suftused 

 with purplish grey, except the end of cell and area from it to costa 

 at subterminal line ; faint traces of a subbasal line ; an indistinct 

 double antemedial line filled in with grey, angled outwards below 

 costa, on median nervure and on vein 1 and inwards in cell and 

 submedian fold ; claviform with its extremity slightly defined by 

 rufous ; orbicular and reniform irrorated with grey and with grey 

 annuli slightly defined by blackish, the former rounded, its lower 

 extremity produced to a point, sometimes connected with reniform ; 

 the postmedial line very indistinct, double, even, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, bent outwards to 

 inner margin ; the subterminal line indistinct, greyish, slightly 

 defined by rufous on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; traces of a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia purplish red ; the underside 

 pale purplish red, the costal area irrorated with fuscous brown, a 

 small diseoidal spot and sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. W. China, Omei-shan, 1 5 type ; Punjab, Simla, 7000 feet 

 (Pilcher), 1 $ . Eaj). 36-4U millim. 



737. Agrotis griseivena. (Plate LXXI. fig. 8.) 

 Agrotis griseivciKi, lliupsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 187 (1894). 



Head and thorax reddish brown, more or less strongly mixed 

 with white or grey; tegula; with white or grey medial line and 



